Back when the economy started to go south I started to worry how it might effect me and my job as an artist. Then one day in the mail I received a notice informing me that I had been laid off. I was to cease and desist all art making and art related activities (like blogging about art!) I was devastated, art was the most important thing in my life. I desperately sought out new hobbies to parlay into a full time career but to no avail. Nothing was as satisfying as pulling a brush thick with oil paint across a freshly stretched canvas. So I decided to lower my standards and seek an entry level position in art. And surprisingly I was hired on by an arts chain within a couple of months on the market. It’s going to be hard to paint and blog my way back up to the top, but I just feel so lucky to be given the opportunity.

This entry was posted on Sunday, November 15th, 2009 at 4:45 am and is filed under misc..