I landed on June 19, 2011. This was a week of record heat and I inhabited an apartment I had never seen before, in a neighborhood that was completely foreign. The apartment is up four flights of stairs, had no AC, no blinds, no furniture, no internet... nothing. The only thing it had was volcanic properties of heat and light.
It's almost August now and after a wind-sprint of "gettin-shit-done" my place is furnished and comfortable.
I have never had this much culture shock inside my own country. I live in a Hasidic neighborhood, so everyone looks funky to me. The best grocery store here is Russian, so I can't read half the labels and have to mime questions to the staff. And I've been living in a town of 1000 people for the last three years with daily commutes down dirt roads in my pickup. Learning the bus routes and subway lines has been a bit of an adjustment.
I'm starting to see the matrix a little bit.
Spent 2 days updating my web site. I'm happy with it, good to see some refinement in what's included.
Hired a model to pose for the next painting. Very cool guy who works as a stunt man. Taking a look at the photos after this post to see what I've got to work with.
Included in this post is my last painting, called "Time To Leave Town."
It's almost August now and after a wind-sprint of "gettin-shit-done" my place is furnished and comfortable.
I have never had this much culture shock inside my own country. I live in a Hasidic neighborhood, so everyone looks funky to me. The best grocery store here is Russian, so I can't read half the labels and have to mime questions to the staff. And I've been living in a town of 1000 people for the last three years with daily commutes down dirt roads in my pickup. Learning the bus routes and subway lines has been a bit of an adjustment.
I'm starting to see the matrix a little bit.
Spent 2 days updating my web site. I'm happy with it, good to see some refinement in what's included.
Hired a model to pose for the next painting. Very cool guy who works as a stunt man. Taking a look at the photos after this post to see what I've got to work with.
