Room with a view, 2009, Oil stick on canvas board, 12x16

2010 was a year that I let everything get in the way of my artmaking.  I hope 2011 will be different.  This is the view from my classroom where I spend way too much time.  Seeing that bench out there makes me sad because no one ever sits in it.  I wonder if I asked for a key to that courtyard, would they give me one?

I usually resist the temptation to make new year's resolutions because I think it is silly to create change for the sake of change and those resolutions are rarely successful.  However, I'm going to give it a shot this year.

Two resolutions: to post something on this blog at least once every 48 hours and to make sure my son and I exercise daily.  Maybe no one will ever read this, but that is OK.  I know it is here and that is enough.