Crazy Cool Car =] September 8, 2008

I think I want to paint Candy. For those of you who don’t know, Candy is my beloved crap-wagon…i mean station-wagon. Don’t get me wrong, I love my car. My Dad bought her for me before I even got my license. She’s a 98 Hyundai Elentra. She’s kind of a deep red. But she’s just kind of plain. For Now.

I was thinking something abstract, of course. Multicolored and swirly. Work in an Elevation symbol. A peace sign. A heart. Maybe a few inspirational phrases. But definitely something totally inspired. Something unique. Bright Colors. Something people recognize and go “Whoa. Here comes Jacque.” Kindof a cross between Pop art and Hippie. There’s a painting that’s kindof like what I want to do to it. But for the life of me I can’t remember who painted it. It’s just the word love. And it has this abstract multicolor face almost growing out of one of the letters. It’s kindof simple. So I want to take that simple idea, and just run with it. Go completely overboard, like I always do. I haven’t painted in a really long time. This will be a nice long project and a great creative outlet. It’ll just be free flowing, no stiffness, no guidelines. Just pure creativity from brain to brush.

Oh my gosh, It is going to kill me not to know the name of that artist. And I can’t find it anywhere. One of my friends imitated the style of the painting once for a project. I’m going to have to ask her…because it will kill me. Anyways…

Thoughts? Comments? Good Idea? Bad Idea? I’m very excited about this idea. It’s going to be so cool when it’s finished. Tomorrow I plan to start some concept designs for it. I’ll upload them as they finish, get some feedback. It’s going to be AMAZING.

I Miss Art. August 27, 2008

Last night a couple of guys who I went to high school with came in to play some pool. I wasn’t too close with any of them, but I had art with this one guy Logan. We were talking about where every one went, how much I missed Katie, Jenn, Steph, and Melissa, and what ever happened to Cam? And I got to thinking, wow, I really miss my old art class. It’s weird going from seeing the same people every day, for almost 6 hours to not seeing them hardly at all. They were like a second family, and now every one is so scattered at school, or so busy working we don’t even have time to call each other up or even email hardly. And then I got to thinking about something I miss even more than every one from that class, I miss actually creating art.

I haven’t painted since graduation, I haven’t even sketched. The most artistic stuff I’ve done lately is make Ekidz t-shirts and color in the occasional kids coloring sheet at work. And as much as I love making those shirts, it’s just not the same. I really do miss having a great idea, and just running with it. I didn’t do a whole lot of work in class, but over the past year I did some pretty cool pieces that just didn’t fit into school work. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have the time to paint, I have a good bit of free time. I just haven’t gone out and stocked up on supplies. I need more paint. A few more brushes. I’d like to buy some watercolor and experiment with that. I need to start another book too.

So I think I’ll do that today. I have to go out and buy a Panthers shirt for work, so I’ll be out and about anyways. So I’ll make a quit stop at AC Moore or Michael’s. It’s time I’m reunited with my long lost love. And now that there’s no pressure to get anything done, now that it can just b for fun and for passion, I have a feeling the creativity will just flow. I need it back. I miss it too much.