never sleep

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Making it a point to learn something new, everyday. Even if it is about some thing I think I know about. Makes the world feel bigger to me. Nothing simple enough not to learn it.

The ins and outs of my camera seem to be complex this round. I took a call on it back when I was in high school. I’m relearning all those steps this Spring. My mind feels more alive this go round.

So much to do in a day. All at once and then not even a little bit done with the creative projects.

wood working

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I love how this is coming a long. I forgot how much of a workout this is.

See you at the show. Invites will be made and handed out soon. Should I sell a few of these at the show and online?

little waves in the bathtub

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I got asked by one of my best friends “what made you change your style a few years back from Luchadoras to surreal forms?” The hoest answer how so many reasons. Some I’m still figuring out.

  • No place public to hang them
  • people love them but are nervous about having nude paintings.
  • I got bored not painting faces detailed.
  • a critic hurt my feelings.
  • a lot of critics hurt my feelings.
  • I didn’t expect it to last forever doing the same thing over and over again.
  • I wanted to change.

It’s so strange to recognize in my sleepy mind why things happened. But I guess that is how looking backwards works? You see past the hurt and the bullshit at some point and that raft floating in the bathtub is truth.

I don’t know as my star rises that I will follow any rules of respectability. I feel like I will make a space to do what ever I want and the show what ever I come up with. I’ll put out books and paintings and paint walls of things I have never come across in my mind until then. I hope you will still be arond in that journey.

the sleeping world happens at all hours.

for some

A link to pick up some of my prints, paintings, and other merchandise.

paypal.me/jawarablake

https://www.patreon.com/JawaraBlake

http://jayisapainter.storenvy.com

https://society6.com/jayisapainter

http://www.blurb.com/b/8829360-painter-files

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/painter-files/id1412300309?mt=11

I find it easier to pull myself outside of my worries on Sundays by being outside at the local farmer’s market. The smells of fresh foods is a pick me up.

Parts of clay pigeons

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This life has plans for me.

And I have plans for it in return.

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There is a foolishness in fearing creativity. And yet it lives in the hearts and ends of critics. My mom used to joke about me blue period and then my nudes. I remember thinking “she noticed me.” So how that slolwy his clouded as I read reviews of other artists. As I reach new peaks I fear the sunlight but I will climb either way.

I just added a bunch of my new paintings to my online store. Long live the climbers.

http://jayisapainter.storenvy.com

La Gama’s amore

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Of all the paintings I have done in the last few years. i think this one has meant the most to me. It’s small but i put a lot of ideas and plans into it. I learned to be brave again with in it.

links to take some of my work home.

paypal.me/jawarablake if you would like to leave a tip. Anything is wonderful.

https://www.patreon.com/JawaraBlake I have lots of amazing extras here for the cost of almost $12 a year.

http://jayisapainter.storenvy.com Tons of prints and original paintings.

https://society6.com/jayisapainter shirts and extras.

http://www.blurb.com/b/8829360-painter-files for my first art book.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/painter-files/id1412300309?mt=11 for a digital copy of my art book.

thanks Galeras.

tchau,

Jaws