December 2010

Happy Holidays! and… Don’t Panic

I’ll be fidgeting, fussing, and tweaking PaperCuts over the next couple days. After that, I plan on doing a refresh of the rest of my website too. If things look weird, I’m probably just testing something out, so please try to ignore it. If the blog explodes, hopefully I’ll be able to fix it soon.

So, why redesign? Other than the fact that I’m just tired of that off-white background? PaperCuts has been running for almost 4 years now without any real changes. My art and my career path, on the other hand, have continued to evolve over that time. I’m doing more and more gallery shows these days, which is great. Less great is the fact that I can’t always show the artwork as soon as it’s done. So, the focus of the blog has slowly changed, and I would like it to reflect that change. I would also like to have my artwork be the first thing visitors see when they come to the site, followed by announcements and then longer articles.

And that’s just the blog. The portfolio section is a whole other thing to ponder.

Hopefully, the changes I make will address a few of the shortcomings that have developed. Hopefully.

Please let me know if you have any thoughts or ideas. If you love or hate the changes.

Thanks for your patience, and hopefully this transition will glide along smoothly.

This Summoning Wind blows into the shop today to stand proudly next to its partner “This Lightning Won’t Forge Itself”.

Inspired by the Japanese deities and/or demons Raijin and Fujin, together, these two harness the wind, thunder, and lightning. Basically, all the stuff that make stormy nights kinda cool. Here, we see the pair of them between typhoons. Read the original posts here and here.

Hang them individually, or as a pair (a photo of the originals is below)
click here or the image for a bigger pantheon.

Get both prints in the shop now!

In other happy news, the drama with Japan’s Postal system not shipping packages to the US has, apparently, been cleared up. The whole situation was weird; and the resolution is fully in keeping with the overall oddness. I’ve chosen to interpret the bureaucratic rumbling as “…Man, you guys are a buncha whiners. Fine, have your postal service back. Just don’t call us anymore.” The upshot is that I can now ship whatever I darned well please …and that includes big boxes of prints and art. So, don’t be afraid to order.