Artomatic!

I spent a good part of this month working on my partition at Artomatic.

Artomatic is an annual event, where a new or newly renovated office building is taken over by the DC area artist community for a month, prior to its occupation. Each participant in visual arts is given a partition, floor, or wall to do whatever he or she desires. In addition, performing arts are scheduled at several stages throughout the month. There's even a tattoo parlor.


My show is titled "The Planet Fights Back"; the photos show various man-made structures being broken down by natural forces back into the landscape.

I hope you can make it to Artomatic, as it's a great way to see lots of local artists, and there is nothing else quite like it.

More information on the show is available at www.artomatic.org

Show's over, some thoughts...

Well, my show at ArtSpace is over, and on the one hand, it was extremely successful: I sold more in both dollar terms and pieces of artwork than any previous show at ArtSpace.

On the other hand, I didn't come close to break even - although I still have salable framed pieces left over.

I guess I'm looking at this glass as half half. In positive terms, aside from the firsthand comments from visitors who enjoyed the show, the biggest piece of encouragement that I heard was a local photography instructor encouraged his class to go look at the show, as it had some merit.

However, barring a significant increase in sales, I'm thinking it will be very difficult to sustain myself on fine art photography alone. Options: day job or commercial photography, I guess.

Artomatic is next!