Art
Hi.

Last night I hit a few different art openings. Shannon Mayorga, a local curator, put on a show at Edge. The work was all made by tattoo artists and he mentioned this but I'll delve into this briefly, the levels of talent was apparent. Some of the artists work appeared to be well crafted and technically on point but some was way beyond "gallery artist industry standard" whatever you want to take that as. The point being it's interesting thinking of the reasons why some people get into tattooing. Whether it be the early 80's to current punk rock kids who just want to revolt and put statements of said revolt on skin with little to no art training or art school kids who can't find any other avenues to do art and make a living. That juxtaposition was interesting and although I was not interested in 80 percent of the work the idea of these two types and all between showing in the same venue is refreshing. Everyone gets a chance with art and that's whats so great.

Big Time Illustration
I then headed to coincidentally a Tattoo Studio (Skeleton Key) for BT's opening. I was thoroughly impressed at the work and the way it was done. The show was called "Connected" so all the pieces were unified and...connected. I took pictures so perhaps I'll post them for now go check his site I linked above.

I then drove over to Brian's place. He was having a group art show at his house called "Someone Let The Monkey's Out The Cage" (love it). It turned out really nice. Good conversation, great work and I sold a small piece so I came out on top...landed on my feet if you will. The response from my peers is always really good and basically that's who I am working for I suppose...I don't know. I walked over WorkSound for a bit to see the PNCA Masters Group show. There was some really nice stuff in there. I like that space a lot and the people that run it are top notch and on top of things. My kind of gallery!

I would be doing myself a disservice if I didn't mention the show at Sugar. It went well and I met some good people. The work fit the space (retail, vintage clothing store) much better than I anticipated and I think the store profited off of having my work in there and being open for business on First Thursday so I can't complain in the least. It was a good night of friends, new friends, art and beer. It's what I envision as an artist just perhaps as the years progress and my work gets better and more focused the venues will get better and money will start to flow a little better so I can monetarily justify (not that I NEED that) doing this.

jeremy