family

About juggling my role as both an artist and a parent of two little kids, and the challenges of working from home and raising a family.

An hour of art a day

May 19, 2009  :  Business of making art, family   :  Views 1158  :  12 Comments   
There is a factoid that contrary to popular opinion, an artist will only spend 20% of their time actually making art, that the rest of their time is spent running their art business. For me, juggling my ketubah business alongside my oh-so-slow-growing fine art ... Read More

leap second

December 31, 2008  :  family   :  Views 922  :  4 Comments   
This year, the powers that be have decided that we need an extra second added to the year. It's an trivial amount of time, simply required to make the calendar's bookkeeping all work out. But it's an interesting idea, receiving this fraction of extra ... Read More

the leaf hunt

December 03, 2008  :  Being an Artist, family   :  Views 1102  :  4 Comments   
As autumn gives way to winter, my ketubah business tends to slow down, and I find more time to spend working in the studio. Autumn is a important time for me: to collect things to photograph, to search for new ideas and inspiration. My son ... Read More

An artist’s obligation

January 18, 2008  :  family   :  Views 1629  :  One Comment   
"An artist's obligation is to create and support his loved ones." — Yuri Gevorgian Yuroz Amen. Seriously, what else matters? It is too easy to get hung up on unimportant matters. I know that when my nose is to the grindstone, and I'm cranking ... Read More

hungry for your art

October 17, 2007  :  Being an Artist, family   :  Views 1299  :  5 Comments   
What makes you hungry to make art? What conditions do you need to to be in to find enough fuel to fire your creativity? In his blog today, Wil Wheaton describes a friend of his who quit his well-paying job to start acting: ...he ... Read More

a benefit of working from home

September 24, 2007  :  family   :  Views 1372  :  5 Comments   
Working from home can be tough. Working for yourself can be tougher. It's hard not having an infrastructure to work within, guidelines that help you know what's expected of you. It's tough not having any co-workers, ... Read More

life as an artist/parent

June 30, 2007  :  family   :  Views 2182  :  7 Comments   
My art group was recently talking about how having kids impact your art career, and Cynthia described it really well: "It requires discipline and a letting go of whatever idea that you have in your head about what being an artist is all about." Trying to ... Read More

a beautiful weed

June 11, 2007  :  New Photographs, family   :  Views 1505  :  3 Comments   
My three-year old son present this flower to my wife as a present. It was such a sweet thing to do, I had to try to preserve it through a photograph. Looking it up online, I found that it is a crown-vetch, a plant often ... Read More

Thank you Charles Schulz

May 21, 2007  :  family   :  Views 1290  :  Comments Off   
My nearly-3 year old just discovered Snoopy. He's known about the Peanuts for a while, but recently he really connected with the stories. We have several of the Peanuts' holiday specials on DVD, and he began watching them over and over (and over). Within a ... Read More

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

March 02, 2007  :  On Art and Artists, family   :  Views 1611  :  2 Comments   
Today is the birthday of Ted Geisel, Dr. Seuss. As an artist, he is one of my heros. When people ask me which artists I have been influenced by, I look to people like Ted Geisel and Charles Schulz. Geisel was man who ... Read More

 
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