Well It’s finally here. another year, and just wanted to look shortly back at the tiny things that happened this past year. A ton of growth, and rollercoaster of a ride. So where to begin? How about the gift? Yes, let’s work backwards.

First, the art show, and the gift. This year got to be part of this tiny group show/pop up market, with a tons of great artists. Which I’ll leave links to their instagrams for your perusal. The theme was “I’ll be home for Krampus”, and I took it to that Krampus place. Bringing back my Defecters’ series, and introducing, who might just one of the great defecters of our age. Ole Krampus himself.

The show ran all day on the 15th of December, and it was quite a success, in so many ways. Not just the amount of people who came through, but also the,“events” within the “event,”, such as musical chairs, a small ritual for the Krampus gods, and some interactive performance pieces.

The gift, which was given to me by a young artist, Maria-Teresa Bernard, caught me by surprise. It was part of a project she did for school many years ago. She was asked to do something with a living artist, and chose me and my painting “Harmonic Resolution,” for the project!!!! Yes, I got the feels. She also did a copy of the piece, and wrote a little note. which I will post a pic of, once I get a good photo of it. (ugh lighting). Well that and my camera phone is currently cracked.

So, onwards, to the show. Lots of artists in a room sharing and hanging out and telling their tales to one another. The story builds from here.