weekend round up

August 2, 2026 jawara318Leave a comment

Hola Galeras,

The week is done and I’m tired. Sometimes that’s what it takes. To make the art you want, you have to give up a few extra years. Miss a few days fully awake. It feels amazing when you have accomplished a thing, a painting. At best, the plans are always to come up with a painting work on the lines. Figure out the shapes and the colors see if there’s a message in there you’d like to sneak in be a part of all the things that you’re working towards and on. I guess I never know what I’ll come next. It just kind of comes out form itself, and there you have it.

Life

Weekend round up

July 26, 2026 jawara318Leave a comment

Hola Galeras,

It stays busy!

A lot of painting and a lot of beautiful artwork!

Enjoy

Life’s journeys are unpredictable but rewarding too.

Weekend round up

July 18, 2026 jawara318Leave a comment

Hola Galeras,

We are at the end of the week.

I need to draw more and work on this painting tonight.

Come see my 24 shots posts on Patreon.

https://www.patreon.com/collection/71131?utm_campaign=collectionshare_creator

I’m somewhere around 150 rolls as of today.

Weekend roundup

July 11, 2026 jawara318Leave a comment

Hola Galeras,

Hope all is well. The painting is done. I feel good. I’m working on feeling ok with celebrating my work more.

May this art find a great home. May all my art find beautiful owners.

Weekend round up

June 28, 2026 jawara318Leave a comment

Hola Galeras,

A fast week. Rain, bikes and art. Can’t say I moved so much in the last five days. I’m glad I made it through.

This painting is growing. It feels like it’s alive in some parts and facets.

Weekend round up

May 31, 2026 jawara318Leave a comment

Hola Galeras,

How goes it on your end?

Good.

Here is my collection of videos this week in painting.

I’m in love with this painting.

Also I need all of you to vote for me so I can win this 25k grant.

https://peoplesartist.org/2026/jawara-blake

I have so many great plans to use that money for. I want to donate some murals to a few public spots and train some young artists. I want to build out my new studio and make it fancy and get some new tech.

I really think I can win this if all of you vote for me.

Also happy birthday mom!

She bought me my first paintings 40 years ago. Setup my first corner studio and easel.

Weekend roundup

May 24, 2026 jawara318Leave a comment

Hola Galeras,

It was a nice week. I have a rock injure but it should be fine.

Hope you enjoy.

It was a nice time.

Weekend round up

May 10, 2026 jawara318Leave a comment

Hola Galeras,

If you missed all my videos this week, here you go. Packed nicely in one playlist.

Enjoy

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDPfhfxyy3L8dUhiLGRuEx-KxfEMPK8bV&si=04GTknipqMM8rgCr

So much going on this week but feeling good.

Jamin out most of the week to Augustus Pablo. A fun dancehall artist from the early years of the West Indies sharing its musics.

“Jamaican producer Augustus Pablo was perhaps the first melodica virtuoso, using the unique instrument to add a mysterious and melancholic vibe to his classic dub tracks. Debuting in the early ’70s, Pablo made his name with a series of classic instrumental albums at a time when reggae was dominated by passionate roots singers. Collaborating with studio wizards like King Tubby and Keith Hudson, Pablo laid down hypnotic grooves that he filled with exotic melodies, an evocative style he called the “Far East sound,” and he continued recording essential dubs until his death in ’99”.