darkart42

I don't get out to DA much these days. I'm still using Win2000, and the load times for DA pages is abysmal. So, in an attempt to chronicle my progress in creating art for my next big show in August, I've started an art blog at http://allisonstein.blogspot.com . Come see me over there! I also have a personal blog at http://astein142.livejournal.com , where I record the mundane everyday stuff of life, and the random antics of my cats. Comments are encouraged in both locations. See you there!

(pokes head in, looks around, brushes the dust off the pile of mail, sneezes) I've lost track of how long it's been since I've visited DA. My year sorta got away from me. Highlights: - March. Started a new job and a 10-week watercolor class. - April. Cat died. RIP FurBeast. - May. Big art show. - June. Travelled to WV for BabySister's wedding/baby party. - July. Did precious little. House invaded by teenagers from afar. Art studio ransacked by a creative 16-year-old with a thing for lime green. - August. Photographed my other Little Sister's wedding. - Late August. Adopted new cats, Mischief and Mayhem. Studio is being trampled by pu

- The cat became ill shortly after my previous post. She's diabetic with failing kidneys. She hasn't eaten in 4 days. The end is near. - I'm still job hunting, but something good happened this week and it's so close I can almost taste it. - I'm taking a watercolor class for the next 10 weeks rather than figure drawing. Finally! Yeah! - I've been posting art for sale on the big "E", but not every week. Here's the link. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZalliQ5fatticQ5f42 - I've been contracted to do another cover for Yard Dog Press http://www.yarddogpress.com/ and I'll have a short story in their "Flush Fiction" anthology la