Monday, January 2, 2012

This Is Going to Be an Expensive Resolution

     I had a job at MJDesigns when I was in high school.  I enjoyed the other kids that worked there, but I couldn't stand my bosses. Yes, I said bosses.  Boss A would tell me to do one thing, then Bosses B and C would want to know why I was doing that and not what they wanted me to do.  It was ridiculous. I quit.
     I still feel a little anxious when I go to that store (it's a Michael's now) because I always seem to see one of my old bosses, Susan.  I'm probably being paranoid, but I feel like she gives me an icy stare every time I walk in there. As if she remembers that 17-year-old that left them high and dry in the fall of 1997.
     I walked into Michael's today with the stink-eye on my face (for Susan) ready to buy some supplies. I walked out after spending $123 on canvases, Liquin, gesso, and odorless turpentine.
     I also came up with a couple of ideas for paintings today.  The first one will be a double self-portrait of my younger self poking my 31-year-old self in the face or arm. Now, if I could only execute it.
 This is my primed 24"x48" canvas in my cold, nasty-ass garage.
This is an initial sketch of me now. I'm having trouble with my chin. 
I blame the constant fear of spider attacks.
A closer view

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