Art Photos

TSO asks why I don't post photos of my artwork on the blog, and it is a good question.

The answer is complex, but here goes:

1. I am planning on having a different website to show (and sell) artwork. On it I will have all of my paintings and drawings that pass my standards. I was hoping to have this site up this summer, but my web designer lives in a different city, has had a baby, etc. We just don't communicate often enough, and, since getting this project up and running will take a considerable amount of work, I have been waiting until there is a break in my schedule. The longer it gets, though, the higher the priority this project gets, so as soon as I write the four restaurant reviews I have to file in the next week, I will probably start work on it.

2. Obviously I will need to photograph my art. If I don't do it right, I might as well not do it. I have been debating hiring someone or simply setting up a photo day and doing it myself with the fancy digital camera that we can use from the newspaper. Since I have a general aversion to photographers, I have opted for the second, which means that I will need to take a couple of days (when the camera is available) and spend it tinkering with lighting and so forth.

3. I have no idea how to post images to this site (or any site). I have not learned web design, and have no intention of spending any time on the matter until I have a site dedicated to showing art, at which point I will post lots and lots of pictures (and will let my readers here know about it when it happens).

4. This blog lives on my friends' server, and I don't want to use up too much bandwidth.

So, until then you will have to come to Oakland to see my work (although some of it is in Sacramento, and scattered pieces can be found in private collections in Portland, Pittsburg (PA, does that one use the "h" or is it the one in California?), Fiddletown, Santa Cruz, St. Louis, and points in between). If you really want to see some neat art online, why not look at my friend Jared's over at Artgoblin? It looks nothing at all like my work, but Jared is quite good. He also took some good bullfight pictures a few years ago that you can see.