It can be hard sometimes. All I really want to do is work "in the studio". But there's other things to do and think about like marketing, the work of being open to the public, office management, you know the crap no one really likes doing. But being "in the studio" is where I always really want to be. Why do I say "in the studio" like that with quotes? Because "in the studio" is not a single place. It's a state of mind. When I'm working sometimes it's physically in the space

I first learned about Slow Art Day a decade ago when I had The Clock Tower Studio Gallery in Oakland, CA's Jingletown neighborhood....

Friday, March 15, 2024:

I don't have a "company". I have a small store front and I'm a sole proprietor. I don't know who you are or why you think I need your...

Here are clips from Wednesday, March 6th:

This photo was taken yesterday, February 29, 2024 on my way into work: and THIS photo was taken this morning, March 1, 2024, on my way...

Here is the clip for this week:

Here is the clip for the next 7 days:

When I was a young and budding Artist I used to devour the articles and images on the pages of Art periodicals as if they were nutrition...

Upon waking yesterday I was focused on moving forward with my new series. Once a series is finished the viewer only sees the final product, but my process is much more complex than the simplicity of the final piece(s). My Art making process involves media studies, academic study, writing, spiritual and physical practice as well. In a previous blog post I shared the first video clip of the spiritual portion of this year's Lenten Series. The finished work will be a series of me

It was a rainy mess. 1 year in business and I decided to have an observance of the milestone. I had 1 visitor. There was excellent conversation. Maybe for the 2 year anniversary 1UV will have 2 visitors. Anyway...here were my thoughts upon waking:

Omar and I moved to California a few short months before the attacks of 9-11. His mother called me early in the morning, frantic, asking...