Tuesday, November 13, 2007

End of the season...

So after the upcoming Harwell Museum Show (50-60 paintings), I believe it may be time for a bit of a break. Time to reflect and paint half-naked ultra-conservative-types for a year or so, rather than continue my roller coaster ride of 200 annual landscape/abstractionist paintings for 6-8 solo shows and a handful of group exhibitions per twelve-month cycle. Sure, I have to keep my name “out there”, so I’ll still have a couple shows set for 2008, but nothing like the tumultuous painter’s endurance course I’ve been carrying for the past couple years.

Having said all that, I’m in the final two weeks prior to delivery of artwork for this last show of 2007. I’m measuring and re-measuring half a dozen times on every canvas, paper, mat and frame – a true test for my OCD behavior. Last night, I caught myself literally blowing on a 26”x70” oil painting in the hope that will dry enough to avoid cracking when I re-stretch it over wooden bars, next week.

All this work leads to one thing if sales are less than stellar in the course of a year’s exhibition – cheap scotch. I hate cheap scotch… I’ve been nursing bottles boasting the red label for far too long this fall, so here is my request everyone: come out and buy a piece, if you can’t make it to the show in December, than pick-out a painting online and place an order via e-mail... ‘cause Papa is craving some Johnnie Walker Blue, this holiday season. - DN

4 comments:

Leslie Pearson said...

With my sales, I can't afford the cosmos that I like, instead I just top off my Crystal Lite with a little vodka. See, it's ok to drink Crystal lite at 3:30 in the afternoon but it's a faux pax to drink a martini. ha ha

Anonymous said...

wow! that sounds like quite a bit of work. do you paint full time or also have a side gig as well?

danielnorth.com said...

Full time, I paint everyday... I have a very supportive family and when sales are slow or a gallery/museum takes too long to make a payment after a sale...there are major sacrifices involved; but in the end its always worth it. - DN

Anonymous said...

I think its great that you can just focus on your passion for paints and not have to worry about rushing to a job or classroom to teach. OCD keeps you on your game so dont feel to bad about that and in some strange way it probably helps us too. Nice site, byebye