Hey there, sports fans, Al here with the latest;

It’s been a while since I’ve been able to post anything on a blog in recent times I’ve had a little bit of personal issues dealing with just creativity and you know that time of the year when people start feeling a little out of sorts but with that being said I’m back. 

I've been involved with a couple of other projects recently. I have a new commission that’s about nearly completed or at least 2/3 of the way done for a friend of mine at work by the name of Robbie Shabasson 

Robbie’s Valkyrie Commission. 9”x12” Scratchboard

, I’ll post an image here.

On another note, I’ve been working on doing some digital and trying to master the art of digital inking over my comic book pages for the Quantum Society. And also have been working on it. I guess what you would call a thirst comic for a friend of my name, Amy that one includes Sadie Sarkus and some compromising positions. 

Page 10 of Quantum Society.

However, art is art sometimes art always takes precedence over written reviews and so on.

I should mention, however, that there are a couple of shows that are going to be lined up maybe not for the end of this year but for the beginning of next year at the end of January, and another show at a place called the flat iron in June so about six months later, I’ll have one of and that’ll be up for three months.

There’s also some possibility of actually approaching some of the folks at the slingshot to see about the possibility of taking over the ownership or leadership of being the art curator there. Nothing against the person who’s running it currently, but there have been some instances in the past that make me question, the whole situation of hanging artwork. 

I’m hoping that the Comics will get done here in relatively quick fashion and colored and once that’s completed then I can move on looking for a natural printer so I can get three different titles printed up and we’ll see if that works out to my advantage. 8 x 8 are still on standby mode but we’ll see if I can crank out a few more before the end of June or January rolls around and maybe even have some more by the time that the June show rolls up more details to follow as time goes on. 

Also portraitures I’ve been looking at some other portrait for some of my friends from the bar and I’ve got another one lined up and I may be doing that here in a short period once I’m done with the commission, but I gotta keep moving.

An idea for a new mermaid piece - for a 4 year old

 Hey there sports fans, Al here with the latest;

An idea for a new mermaid piece.

I need a not creepy piece of mermaid artwork with earrings and a necklace and a tail and white that has rainbows. I'll see how well I can do that with a piece of black and white or work.

So now the "Say it ain't so show" has been going on for about three weeks now. In that time, I have sold five pieces of artwork. One original black and white of Richard Parker "Cargo Hold of the Deep" four small mounted prints. It's been reasonably successful for me showing people the artwork with them commenting about it. I've had other questions about the work. As you could tell by the beginning part of this blog, I was approached by my coworker. She wanted to have a piece of artwork done for her daughter, who happens to be four years old. Her description of what she likes about mermaids are as follows - "probably with not as long a tail and not and make it not as "creepy. " This made me laugh out loud. Which is four-year-old speak means to make the eyebrows not so pointed and jaggy, and it has to have rainbows.

Please refer to the piece of artwork "Spell Upon Richard Parker."

I might be able to do that. But right now, I'm in the process of working on three new big 18 x 24 pieces of artwork that have already been drawn out they've already been transferred over. It's a matter of just starting to work on it. I need to finish the last the let the previous three, and then start planning for number seven, the apocalyptic forecast. It'll be a 9 x 12, but I need to design that one out.

UPDATE: 8-29-21

Currently, I am looking over some aspects of looking for an artist's agent to help me find other venues to showcase my art. It has been pointed out that I might have to change my subject matter to attain a higher status with more "conservative tastes."

This is a personal choice for me. I can do such pieces (and who knows, I might actually do it just because), but I am not about to just change course on what I have set for myself. I've already changed course in trying to finish Richard Parker, and look where that has gotten me. Closer to being finished, but what does that really mean?

Anyway, heady thoughts for long-term stuff.

And I am outta here.