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This Friday at Art for the People Gallery, Jeremiah Hurta and I will be showing our "Collaboration" piece for their Scene Builders Exhibition. The founder of the funky South 1st gallery, introduced me to Jeremiah two years ago because our illustrative style was so similar. We have a surprising amount of things in common: Both of us took classes at the University of Texas. We have taught art. We love crystals (although Jeremiah knows quite a bit more than I do), we love to doodle, fusion styles of music, and micron pens. More often than not, we prefer to sit down with a pen and see what comes forth from the...

  How do you feel about murals colored by the community rather than an artist? Cool? Cop out? Both? Jason and I just took a staycation in Austin, and one of the things I got around to doing: Interactive Coloring at Hope Outdoor Gallery.  Over the years Hope has become less and less a forum for serious street artists, moving more towards interested tourists tagging their names. One artist I ran into told me (with a noted tone of disdain), I could expect my work to be painted on within the hour.  I will say when I left, I watched people out...

The other day a young undergrad (19 years I think, Lordie she made me feel old), asked me to get coffee and chat about art-making for a living. We made a date at Thunderbird. I came armed with my meager 3 years of knowledge. I was expecting to answer questions about retail. Accounting. Systems management. Prioritization.  Goal Setting. Clients. Boundaries.  She wanted to talk about none of those things. Instead we talked for over 2 hours about a totally unexpected topic: My energy. It took about 15 minutes of chats on weather before she felt warmed up enough to share. Forewarning, I am about...

That scene from Goodfellas is quoted a lot for a reasons. It's tricky navigating payment as an artist. This episode is a story about how rainbows with a dash of pop culture mafia can yield a recipe for getting paid. If you find yourself getting pushed around by the finance side of creative work, this story is for you. Explicit