Adventures in Art-Making

Some of you may have seen the pictures I posted, including the one below. This work I put up in the hallway was for a UCF Art scholarship competition, the scholarship money put up by a group called the Altrusa Club (who is independent of UCF).

Well, the results are in, and I received a call today to inform me that I won. I believe the 32 students that entered were voted on by the entire UCF Art staff. I will be attending a ceremony/reception put on by Altrusa, with winners from other colleges and UCF majors. I am pumped!




Over the weekend, while eagerly awaiting the results, I was working on a life-size self-portrait for drawing class and gave myself a giant wound. For good light, I have a lamppost with an exposed light bulb, no lampshade, and it had been on for hours. I was listening to The Hard Sell, which happens to feature quite a few De La Soul beats, and I started housin' in place. What can I say, I was moved. In my clumsy caucasian flailing of the arms, I knocked over the lamppost and the bulb landed right on my arm...for about a split second on its' way to the floor. My skin immediately came off my arm. It was pretty gnarly. But the pain didn't start for about 5 minutes. This one might scar!