I'm filling the cavity with Great Stuff and then painting it with Montana Spray paints to match the tree. It's rather obscene looking at this stage with this thing oozing out. I need to buy a couple more cans of Great Stuff and do the process again until I fill the cavity. It's home improvement, not art, and it's tucked away in nowheresville, not visible to anyone really, but I still want to do a nice job. Maybe I'll add googly eyes to it. I suspect insects have been nesting in there. Insects of the prehistoric, hard-shelled, diemuthrfckrdie-and-stay-out-of-my-home variety.
This weekend, I worked on paintings at the home studio in-between some yard work. I stayed away from the train car studio all weekend. Yesterday I was at Home Depot and ran into one of the guys responsible for giving me the residency. I was buying gutter guards after having my gutters cleaned. I heard a voice behind me at the check-out jokingly say, "You should be painting." I tuned around and jokingly said, "This is what I do in my spare time." Neither one of us was really joking. My solo show in conjunction with the residency is in mid-October. I should be painting a lot.
Today though, I was once again a genius in the studio. First off, I walked in and was greeted by 3 paintings I had forgotten I finished last week. I love when that happens. It's like having friendly amnesia. They need a bit more work, but more or less they're done. I then took a large canvas that was directionless into an unexpected direction. I'm liking it and it's surprising to me so I'm not questioning it. I also started another self-portrait which by end of day was coming along nicely. Just a few more things needed but the paint needed to dry a bit before I could go in again. A full and respectable day at work, and another day of grace and ease. When I left the house this morning I was anxious about stuff in general, but I was okay after a few minutes at work in the studio. Yard work is magic.
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I've been "letting" myself spend more time in the yard this summer, and it does seem to help me in the studio, a lot. Interesting cavity filling technique on the tree.
That sounds like a dream day in the studio, finding finished work, etc.
Sadly though, I have not been doing anything remotely associated with gardening. I think I have an unpublished post where I disclose hauling a couple of year's worth of dead branches to the street. The gravel drive yields a lot of weeds so for a while I was pulling weeds a little bit each day until I woke up one morning to "You Betcha Garden" and there was a listener asking about controlling grass in her gravel driveway. The solution was to let it go and mow it. http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?ai=1099
I had seen the paver/grass look out in LA and liked it, so i was considering that here. Cheaper solution was explained on the link above, so I'm going to give that a try.
I've had to have help with tree limbs and major brush cutting. I keep thinking about getting a chainsaw, but when I get a new tool, I tend to overuse it.
"I was thinking about getting a chainsaw, but when I get a new tool, I tend to overuse it." Mad pictures are rolling through my mind now as i lie on the floor laughing.
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