As 2018 approaches, I have been taking inventory of my existence and have come to the conclusion that it is a good time for a change. I'm not certain why I feel this way only that I think I might be sane after all. Since Hurricane Harvey, I realized that this service I have been building as my own company needs a facelift, like many things do after this weather event. I will grow this business into something new with more benefit for artists and this is coming soon. My daughter and a friend are now on board. I have the utmost confidence in my daughter as a formidable business woman.
I have all the high ideals and Sarah seems to have a knack for implementing them and making something out of nothing, I at least need some raw materials.
Last year, I didn't keep my new year's resolution, which has been the same for years, create one piece of art every day. It lasts a few month then becomes a chore for me. I have also had a goal of creating more artwork than Vincent van Gogh did in his lifetime but I doubt if I will ever match his extensive portfolio, so this dream has faded away since my youth. Now I feel that I have a much greater purpose, making this obsession in original art into a viable business for all these "starving artists". I feel that this social stigma needs to be flipped. Visual artists may not be seen as monetarily rich but almost all I have met are rich in thought, experience, and vision. These are qualities that must be recognized and not lost in the age of technology but integrated into it.
I will continue curating spaces and searching for more walls for local artists to exhibit but the online part of this art business is in need of a long overdue upgrade. Watch me to see what happens this upcoming year.
