I received my copy of the book featuring some of my photography, celebrated my father's birthday, finally finished my art commission, and I took my husband and family on a Christmas wonderland getaway right here in Philly.We even managed to have a good time at our yearly Colonial Ball outing. All the fun times were bitter sweet but we managed to pull through. The best thing about December is that it brought us closer to each other and I'll take that any day :) Here's to a new year because I can't wait to put this year behind us.
What can I say about December other than historically it has always been one of the crappiest months ever for me. 2014 started on a bad note, in between it had some awesomely, great, goodness filling, but in the end it was one of the worst years ever. When everything around you seems to be about merriment, joy, happiness, and cheer there are those times when you just want to hide under a rock. My beloved father-in-law passed away early this December and trying to keep the Christmas spirit was not easy. I felt extremely sorry for my husband who was close to his father and there was not a day in December that went without tears and I'm sure the daily river of tears will flow until next year. One of the toughest things have been cleaning out his house, and going past my phone contacts and not having the heart to delete his phone number. There has always been lots of tears in December, my grandmother passed away a few years ago in December and my uncle on Christmas Day three years ago. How sad it is to not look forward to December anymore. The magic and innocence of Christmas disappears when you're an adult and we are commercially spoon fed happiness all month long leaving me feeling guilty for enjoying myself for just a few minutes. Regardless, we managed to survive December with a few good smiles. I received my copy of the book featuring some of my photography, celebrated my father's birthday, finally finished my art commission, and I took my husband and family on a Christmas wonderland getaway right here in Philly.We even managed to have a good time at our yearly Colonial Ball outing. All the fun times were bitter sweet but we managed to pull through. The best thing about December is that it brought us closer to each other and I'll take that any day :) Here's to a new year because I can't wait to put this year behind us.
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After blood, sweat, and tears (and I really do mean blood, sweat and tears!) I finally completed my commission a few weeks ago, yay! My client was much too kind to deal with my many artistic brain locks. I even offered to give the money back because my artistic brain has been into photography for the last year or so and I did not want to do painting at all, but my client would not take the money back. He said "Andie, even if it takes you ten years to complete, I'm not taking the money back". I would start the painting and half way its completion I would start over, I just could not do it, my heart was in photography and it was torturing me. I can honestly say I would start over and over again about a thousand times. Art also feels different when you are doing it for the money; I hate doing it for the money. When money gets involved everything changes and so does the natural, free flowing state of mind. For me it's devastation, I am now under pressure to create something and forced to have something completed when at times you are just NOT feeling it. But I did it and it feels great to not have that burden. Art has been very kind to me and I've met many great clients and artists but I feel like it's time for me to move on and concentrate 100% on my photography which has also allowed me to meet and work with a lot of incredible people and taken me to places I never thought I could as a kid. Below is just a small section of the painting and my big ol' grin of satisfaction. I can't show the entire piece but trust me it's completed and I can't wait to get it out of my hands once and for all! Here's to my past love of painting and to my future endeavors in photography. Maybe some day I'll pick up a pencil and start sketching again ;)
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AuthorPlain and simple, I'm painfully the artsy type. I like to keep my mind occupied because it keeps me out of trouble. I love art, photography, music and the 1940's. Between art exhibits, photography projects, design work, developing and promoting my new upcoming line the "LuvSicks", dressing up in early 40's vintage clothing for WWII living history events and endlessly researching the 40's home front and women's fashion to help educate the audience, and dusting off my drum sticks once in a while, I am endlessly busy. In a nutshell I draw silly pictures, shoot pictures, and play dress-up. In a nutshell I guess I never grew up. In a nutshell I guess I'm just a nut! Archives
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