(gotta love Charlotte’s Web)
So. I would like to start featuring a different artist each month. The feature post will consist of a small interview and a few choice images along with links to the artists websites, shops, etc. I feel like I run out of ideas to write about and feel slightly selfish/egocentric using an entire blog to write about what is going on in my life.
I am looking for submissions from different artists of every kind. May has already been taken by artist Kristina Rolander. I plan to have the post up by May 1st. Artists who would like to be featured on my blog either email me or leave a comment. Please include a link to your work.
Really, it all comes down to supporting each other.
i am having a huge surge of creative output. it’s so weird when this happens. for the longest time i was feeling so uninspired. and if i was inspired i just didn’t have the energy/time/thoughtfulness to make anything. or maybe i was just thinking too much? this tends to happen quite frequently for me. i over think everything. right now i am just going with my instincts. making art for the sake of my sanity/just because.
this idea of making art without an end in sight or in mind is a rather hard thing for me to do. i think this is because of art school. now, i graduated in 2001 so that has given me plenty of time to unlearn a few things. school is great, don’t get me wrong. but i feel like in a school setting art can be theorized to death. sometimes (at least for me) my education works against me. (in more ways than one - getting a completely un-employable education definitely has worked against me).
anyways…
can’t. stop. painting.
© lauren b. woehler 2009
at the rate i am going things should be finished soon. and hopefully i can get my printer on the mend and offer some of these in the shop.
dying paper with coffee and coffee grounds in the bathtub.
and this above is what it’s turning into. working with animals/animal heads. kind of excited to see where it all leads. i am having printer problems right now (updated to leopard and my epson is not printing right) but when i get that figured out i will be offering prints of this in my etsy shop.
© lauren b. woehler 2009
mixed media on photograph printed on paper.
© lauren b. woehler 2009
Hope everyone is having a great start to 2009! Mine has been filled with changes. Alot of stuff going on that isn’t necessarily art/design/business related. One thing that has been floating through my head quite a bit is going back to school to get my masters. I am not sure that this degree of education is needed for what I want to do or where I see myself going. It is alot of work and I am a s.ingle mama, so we will see. In other news, it looks like I will be having surgery on my elbow. My right elbow. I am right handed and I depend on my hands for my livelyhood. So this isn’t exactly something I am excited about. The problem lies in my tendon - I have tennis elbow. Tendonitis. I’ve been doing physical therapy, acupuncture, cortisone shot, wearing braces, rest, stretching - nothing has helped. I am going to see another dr. today for a second opinion. So, we will see what comes of this appointment. Overall, I am leaning towards having the surgery. I feel like being out of commission for two months or so is worth having this problem taken care of. It’s very painful and makes everything difficult. Oddly enough, it doesn’t actually bother me when I am typing or working on the computer - but it gets really bad after.
So I would love to hear anyone’s opinions about the surgery. If you have had it or if you know someone else that has had it.
I have a lot of things I need/want to get done before the surgery. This includes, wrapping up some albums that are in limbo, finishing up some artwork, updating my shop, deciding whether or not to apply to school for the fall, and tying up general loose ends.
Whew. Wish me luck!
And just because blog posts are always more fun with pictures, here ya go:
© Lauren Woehler 2009
New print listed in shop!
© lauren b. woehler
Just updated my trunkt portfolio with a few new items!
Check it out here!
I live in the midwest and yesterday it started snowing like crazy! My love affair with snow is really limited. I usually think it’s so pretty and great for about the first week. Then it becomes a pain in the ass. Especially when you have to run errands with a 22 month old! Or it takes 2 hours to shovel out your car.
Although as much as I do complain about the snow, I have to admit that it wouldn’t really feel like the Christmas season without it. So in honor of this crazy white stuff, you can receive 10% off anything in my etsy store. This is limited to one discount per household. Just enter “snowy” in the message to seller and wait for a revised invoice.
Mixed media digital print. A combination of drawing and digital manipulation.
© Lauren Woehler 2008
Just listed this yesterday in the shop.
Also, I opened up a shop at Artfire. Not sure if it’s a totally wise idea to list items in more than one place but I thought I would give it a try. The items that are crossed listed at Artfire and Etsy are open edition prints and not originals so there is no risk of running out. 
You can check out my Artfire shop here.
Happy Monday to everyone!
