Wow!
Time flies when you are buried in a an avalanche of work, huh?
So, the BIG SHOW is only a week away!
That's right, in 7 days, my booth will be almost complete - and in EIGHT days......
THE GRAND OPENING!!!!!
The One of a Kind Show (aka OOAKX15) is almost here!!!!!
EEEEEEK! (I am not sure that is nervousness or excitement - OR BOTH!)
Hey, have I mentioned that I have almost 150 new 6" x 6" and 6" x 9" pieces PLUS almost TWENTY 12" square art pieces??
Well I do!
Here are are 3 new ones.....one of each size!!!
No.....it is NOT "HOT BEAVER" so just stop that:
"HOT DAMN", 6" x 6", Acrylic on Wood $50.00
This one features a drawing of the LOVELY #Kensington Market:
"MEAT MARKET", 9" x 6", Acrylic on Wood $100.00
and finally.....this one.....
"DRINK LIKE A FISH", 12" x 12" Acrylic on Wood, $275.00
HAPPY HUMP DAY!
Well......now it's 22 days until the One of a Kind Show!!!!
( #OOAKX15 )
As I keep mentioning.......basically I am in "ART LOCK DOWN"......
It's been very very fruitful........I have completed a LOT of new work!
In fact, I am so committed to having my best show ever at #OOAKX15 that I had to keep working the last few days.....both without water and power in my studio!!
I KID YOU NOT!
You see, a very very old tree......on my neighbours yard...........decided to just give up.
this bad boy -- that is twice the size of the houses.......
Not due to wind....not because of an ice storm....the mighty oak just was #OverIt !!!!
It fell.....now let me tell you how it happened.....
PICTURE IT.
7pm.
Toronto.
My husband and I were sitting in our front room, talking about how our days went.
You know.....I complained about my horrible boss, and my irritating co-workers......and he shook his head.....secretly worried that I ACTUALLY BELIEVED that I had these people in my life....
ANYWAYS.......Suddenly there was this rumbling.......I thought at first it was the GO train.....
But it got louder and louder and then the house SHOOK.....not unlike this......
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7oWUAZzQPg )
We both jolted off the sofa and looked out our front door to see this:
Yes.....on garbage night we put our green bin with 3 bungee cords on our porch to keep out the raccoons! What of it!??
YIKES!
IT WAS A SHOCK!
We couldn't get out of our house. Because there was a tree in our front yard.
It took out the hydro lines! (Obvi)
So we called 311.
The city was FAST!!!
REALLY REALLY FAST.....within 20 minutes they were out with hydro to access the damage.
I was pleasantly surprised!!!!
After a couple hours, all the downed electrical wire was off, and I was able to get a better view of the damage.....
The poor tree split in half....... half over the road.....
The other half on the front lawn.
I was thrilled that it missed out house!!!!
.....or so I thought...........
It took a team of 10 guys, and many hydro people to get us back to "normal".....
The chainsawing was AMAZING......
I decided that a little lack of light was NOT gonna stop me from working!!!
I can't afford ago take time off from my show preparations!
(at which point my husband thought I had actually LOST IT!)
YES.
Painting by candlelight.
THAT is my level of commitment to The One of a Kind Show!!!!
Honestly, I felt like, I need to keep my eye on the prize.....
THAT.....and my boss is a B**CH.....have I mentioned that?
As you can imagine, the chainsawing until 1am made it impossible to sleep.
That, and the adrenaline....oh......AND the bag of left-over Halloween chocolate I stress-ate!
In the light of day......it told a rather disheartening story.....
I guess it DID hit our roof......
....then our porch.......
....before finally coming to rest on our lawn.
In it's trip from sky to ground it took out the hydro, and slammed so hard on the ground it ruptured a water line........
It meant we were without water AND power for a lot of the next day...
Now I know what you are thinking......
.....surely Rob, THIS this is an excuse to stop working.....
NOPE.....I moved OUTSIDE to work.....thankfully it was a beautiful warm day.......
12 of my brand new pieces are ready to go!!!
By 6pm, everything was back to "normal" and I was able to get back down to my studio.
WHAT A 24hrs!!!
SO......I want to say this......
1.) I am grateful (and shocked) that nobody was killed and that our house and our neighbour's houses
were not destroyed by that tree? Really really grateful. Would I have liked it to have NOT
happened? YES!!!
2.) I am grateful that the 311 and Hydro people worked so hard and so late. It was most appreciated!
3.) I am feeling gratitude that I do what I love, and live in a nice house, in a nice tree lined
neighbourhood. (Despite this freak incident!) Let's face it......doing what you love can be a great
distraction from destruction around you!
SO.......YOU need to come out and see what I am working this hard on!
The fruits of my 'single focussed' labour!!
THE reason I have been working from 8am-9pm each day....is fast approaching......
You made it to Friday! Congratulations!!!
I have been making incredible progress here on new work for The One of a Kind Show!
I now know my booth is #X03
YAY!
I will talk more about that location next week....but for now...check out these photos of NEW work:
"Horse Play", 6"x6", Acrylic on Board with scrabble letters! $50.00
"Meat Market", 6"x9", Acrylic on Board with scrabble letters! $100.00
"Near and Dear", 6"x6", Acrylic on Board with scrabble letters! $50.00
AND THEN THERE IS THIS ONE:
"Cache Cow", 12" x 12" Acrylic on Board, $275.00 SOLD!!!
Yup - that one above is already sold. The bigger ones are a lot more work, but are also pretty special! (If I do say so myself!!)
The new work is REALLY getting a lot of attention from my social media blitzing!
So far I have sold this bigger one and 4 smalls!
So come out to the OOAC to see this fun new pieces in person!
And remember - I do commission works!
;-)
(as soon as Dec 6th is done!!)
Have a great weekend y'all!!
Good day friends!
Now.....I know you HATE the idea of Christmas when it is barely October.....but.....
My biggest show of the year is QUICKLY approaching:
The One of a Kind Show!!!!
YOU will want to check out some of the over ONE HUNDRED new pieces I hope to have ready for this big show! I know what you are thinking.....
"THAT'S CRAZY BANANA PANTS, ROB!!"
I know......but this show is ELEVEN glorious days.....so I need a LOT of stock!
Especially of my Mixed Message Series works - THESE are my biggest sellers!
So, here are 3 brand new 9" x 6" ORIGINAL pieces - yes, they are variations on the same word - but as you can see, they are entirely different from each other.....
This big heel version is pretty cool - it also has some cool bits and bobs on it:
"Reboot"
.....for the person that likes that old blueprint look:
"Reboot"
....and finally for the person who enjoys a good wellie.......
"Reboots"
"Why do so many reboot pieces?"
.....the truth is, each time I do one....it sells! IMMEDIATELY!
Honestly most of this series does NOT last long, bit this one is especially popular......and c'mob for $100 you CAN'T get much in the fine art world....
Also, let's face it, I am a big nerd, and my peeps are AWESOME!!!!!
There you go!
Think about these guys for the special nerd in YOUR life this Christmas!
