My muse...my muse...I am in love with my muse! There are powers at work far greater than myself. She is the brains, beauty and organization behind much of my success. ANd now, she is the driving force behind a new studio...a new home. I owe much of my commercial success to her drive...as annoying as it can be at times...I still need it to get me going in the right direction.

The new studio is still just a wired "shop/old garage" behind what will be a new home on Oct 16...papers signed and keys handed over on the 15th...that is too wild. 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 fireplaces, a big yard for the dogs...fully finished basement...on a nice quiet cul-de-sac. I,my friends, am blessed. From being homeless and in detox only 6 years ago, to getting sober, serving my community, being a successful artist and now a home owner. Miracles all.

I am pleased to announce that all my art (except for those works using stock and resources whose rules prohibit usage outside DA) is hanging in a Spa. The owners, get this, are paying me a monthly lease fee to use the art. How groovy is that? I never have subscribed to that false myth of the starving artist...and neither should you. We all know that creativity is a gift and the making of our art is hard work...very hard work. Let it be known that we as artists are productive beings! I was going to say members of society, but quite frankly, I'd rather not be a member of "their society". Yea yea...I am still somewhat of an anti-social paranoid miscreant.

That's my news cats....except for that announcement of my upcoming show in December...stay tuned.

Peace be with you all