As January nears its end, we still have February and March (and probably part of April) to deal with Winter. I find myself burrowing deeper and deeper into the comfort of our home, in an effort to ignore the drudgery of this season.
I have not been as creative in the studio as I'd like to be, but the work that does eke out is worthy of attention (see below).
I spent the workdays of January involved in the Winterim Program at Maumee Valley Country Day School, teaching art to a Junior at the school, Fareid El Gafy. The program winds up today with a fair at the school. I was truly impressed with Fareid's talent. He (wisely) has no intention of being an artist when he graduates from college (he's thinking of something dealing with international diplomacy), but he shows talent, nevertheless, with his work. Part of the daily ritual was to keep a blog of the day's events. This is the link:
http://mvwinterim15-fareid.blogspot.com/
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My new side musical project (Chinese Purple) has been trying to make a mark on the local scene, with varying successes. The Village Idiot seems to have appreciated what we put forth, and have offered us what hopefully will be a steady flow of dates, March 6 being the next gig.
And by the seat of our pants, we entered a competition affiliated NPR's "Tiny Desk Concert" series. We waited till the day it was due, but thanks in no small part to Mike Malone (who filmed and loaded it to the site) we came up with this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp8Rc6SFVKg
It's a toon I wrote a few years back, called "When Da Cold Winds Blowed." Enjoy - and wish us luck.
Some pics of recent work:
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"Jailhouse Rock on TV"
"A Bumpy Aquarium I"
"A Relatively Useless Basket"
"Deluxe Divining Rod"
"Popcorn Heart (For K)"
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