The Movement x Downtown

The grand master sage at work,

Hello Blog,

Whats good with the world. Been a while but daddy had to make the mula and save the world. That said I had another exhibition and also a world class education on managing an exhibition. I tell ya the administration job and dealing with a job at the s

ame time was real taxing. But I learned a valuable lesson on in extreme time management or as Earle nightingale would say .. activities management as no one can really manage

time, time is.

In weird way some of Veerle's Class on curating started to make sense especially about the art world being an interconnected macrocosim of artist, curator patron, collector, sponsors

..ect. I say this because it the show was not financed by any sponsors, was not curated by any well known person. From the ground up it was nurtured by three individuals two artist and an art teacher/Gallery owner who provided the space in Downtown, Kingston. While not totally a cohesive body (I had a j.o.b ) It took flight.

The biggest shout out for Manifesto Jamaica for getting on board with us and assiting with nuturing this exhibition.

Andwele and Gallery owner, Rozi Chung opening the show

So.....we had decent turn out :)

Manifesto Jamaica in full effect.

At studio 174 the works touch some people that they just got to ..touch back..LoL

Safa hailing the King (selassi)

Wish I could give you more detail on this painting Augustus is a talented dude

and if he keeps this up he gonna blow up. A person to watch.. wish you could see this detail.. in Jamaica by the June 1-16, you just gonna take you a** down there..cc flyer above.

Loving how Kadez's Lion looks in this pic.. wish we had dozen of these..

Goregeous work it is. look better in person.

An Abebe Payne painting.....Epic

Universal Door way An installation I did

land we Love-Mural by Andwele Haughton

Aim fingers not triggers at Wezzy F.

Ok the exhibition done...go home now and sleeeeeeeeeeepzzzz

Tuesdays and Saturdays..I make progress

Hey.... another kiddy pic and a bit of process to it (well sorta kinda) ...

The portraits of the kids faces seems to continuing .. I am just allowing the work to flesh it self out. I dont have a cohesive idea about the work or what form it will take..
currently experimenting with new finishes and varnishes.. would be nice t get some thing like liquid plastic that dries hard and transparent raw acrylic is nice for fixing stuff but i needs a polymer or some thing.I am going towards a combination of different surfaces, textures and playing with shinny versus matte. varnish seems ok so far but turn brown after a while which is good but i takes too long to get that the slick semi brown transparency.

I try to work that out by the next post and hope fully by then will incorporate more media. (progressing tentatively aren't I:D )

Peace

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Welcome to year before 2012

Welcome to the year before 2012. That's right hold on to your knickers kids cause this will be quite a year. The quality of the year depends upon you and how you deal with life and it's challenges. The best way is to go forth in faith and much backbone. A lot of people get stuck doing same thing every year and they usually get miserable because life has not "granted" them a lucky break ...tuff titty. Pursue your passion, get paid and make your life the way you want it.

BUT enough with the philo-banter ..here is ART

Through the random

Here is just a some of what been happening art wise. I searching that elusive some thing ..I can here it but i need to see it.. Well it call for investigating it seems. pics of studio and work ..munch

2010 Randomness

Hey Blog

I haven't been here too often since the start of the year or rather the start of my job. I want to talk about jobs and your art career for a hot minute. I am currently work'n in a call center for large online store...hmm... I know what your thinking.EWHH!! and I agree. However I had bought into the lazy notion that has infected many people in my country(and it seems that artist are not immune). We have bought into the idea of the 9-5.

There is nothing wrong with having a 9-5 job, in fact it's a million times better than being unemployed especially in this economic climate. If you are been employed in a field that uses your passion and talents , then that's even better! However when it takes one off course from your "dreams" and prevents you from finding the time or the energy to make any progress in that which you really love then its like slowly drinking bleach over a period of time. It becomes a drain on your enthusiasm for life. At the company where I work, I can see this happening not just me but other creative individuals seem to be washing daily on the shores of this purgatory. In addition to a dream killing job, have to deal with pay cuts and discrepancies with your money on a regular basis, sometimes some nasty RETARDED customers and potential of being fired for no reason. I technically work in a musical chairs environment. But I am stil there for now.. In this economic wasteland there are very few oasis out there and in time of uncertainty, have a steady stream of income is a matter of survival

But wish for a better form of existence in fact, I am willing to work and scheme towards it. Comfort I refuse. This job thrives on our comfort, it knows we have few places to go, very few safe harbours, for the seas are turbulent and rough But I refuse comfort with this phrase,,MFA OR BUST!!!.

Hello 

New content is on its way. This is just an up date  for the sake of posterity to let you know I am alive. The art is awesome and it is moving . More is being done and soon will show you more items that made to the under 40 exhibition  and new stuff.

Also a random sentence : a billingsgate knows exactly how it wants it

under 4o at mutual gallery work pics

WHAT'S  GOOD WITH YA PLANET EARTH!
well i am back ladies and gents i bet you thought i was dead but surprise i aint the blog goes on and so does the journey. i wont stop even if i amstopped..word. here is some hi-lites from the wonderful evolving  world of my life. enter in g the under forty was a risk especially since i had NOOO!!! budget. it took several days in not months of stealing work space and living on the edge of poverty to these works.. but i am just glad its over(needs a job..perferably one that uses my artistic side). yeah marketing my self as an artist is a bit of an art in it self . it's part sodomy and part managerial skills combined. i would rather tackle the managerial side with some degree of ass kissing @__@. the show was ok wish we had better advertising but it was good. i managed to do all that i proposed.here is a teaser before i installed the background