The other week I finished my submission for the Millicent Rodgers Miniature 2018 art show. It's my first time submitting work into this show. The quality of art is pretty high and there are so much awesome work from what I saw. This is a miniature show all the artwork meets the requirements of no greater than 100 square inches in size. 

The Millicent Rodgers Museum is a creative fundraiser that raises money for the museum which houses a large collection of Northern New Mexico Art. Half of all art sales goes to the museum as well as tickets.

Opening night is on Friday February 9th 5:30-7:30pm and tickets are $15 upon entry.
Miniature show is a month long event from Feb 9-March 4th, after opening night it can be accessed
during regular museum hours.

Main Museum Website

About MRM

MRM Miniature Show website link

I was a bit nervous dropping my submission off for the MRM show. At times if you work on something for awhile you tend to hate it since you've looked at it a lot and the mistakes that are part of the piece become glaringly obvious.  Whenever I look at it I zero in on the mistakes. The handful of people I showed my submission actually liked it. I hope nobody was trying to be nice not to hurt my feelings. Normally I am not a perfectionist with these kind of things but for once I feel that way. The drawing looks better from far away. There are parts I had fun messing around but to say I am anxious is an understatement. Another thing is I had to submit it super early so it'll be a full month since I last seen it in person not sure if the time distance will be a good or bad thing in my opinion and feelings towards it.

Some people like to be different just to be different. I tend to fall into the category my ideas are different so it just happens to stand out and be unintentionally different... At times I don't mean to stand out but it just happens.  From what I have seen a lot of people submitted landscape art. I thought of doing landscape art but with the time constraints I didn't want to do that or experiment. It started off as a joke with a friend about what I was going to do and ended up making it real.

Also My piece is called Delightful and its only $399 ;]

Alas haven't made that Magnum Opus yet. Have to concentrate and focus on my portfolio more.
Which is exciting and also a lot of work needs to be done.

Hihi! Happy New Year's everyone

Hope all is well.
Finally after 2 weeks or so I finally got rid of this nasty cold!
There has been this nasty bug going around where you get sick get better, it doesn't quite go away and then one falls ill again. Hey least I got to go to two New Years parties before I got sick again. Even now it still lingers, but I'm vigilant it won't strike back in full effect again. Na uh!

I was disappointed I missed what I originally planned for New Years Eve which would of consisted of orange slices and bluemoons observing the super moon. Nope. Huddled under layers of blankets with fevers and chills, sketching and watching the New York ball drop from my phone. Insult over injury  the other day I thought I would see the Quadrantid meteor showers. Missed that too! Except the full moon washed out the sky to abysmal visibility and cloudy weather obscured everything! It would of been worth being sick for a few more days to observe that! It'll be months before another good meteor shower with good visibility will be present!

After the strings of disappointment of this week...Finally is my chance tonight/early morning to make up for that! I live in the western hemisphere. Before sunrise I am estimating between 3-5am there is a total lunar Mars eclipse going on.  People call it blood moon but since it is January the real made up name for it is blue moon. Even though it is not blue. Hopefully I'll get good visibility and possibly take pictures of it.


2017 really has been an interesting year. So much had happened in my personal life that required my full attention. Pardon me for the lack of consistent updates and frequent absences. I have been terribly busy, finding a lost piece of self, personal growth, acceptance and major heartaches. One significant  thing is I got diagnosed with last January was an auto immune disease that affects your metabolism and energy levels. It is a mental and physical battle at times. Good health and energy are things one can take advantage of until its told otherwise to you. These days I am more health conscious. It's a lifelong thing that just can happen and it isn't treatable but subdued...and only just recently in September I got proper treatment management for it with some nasty side effects that took time to settle. In person I am open about it but in time I'll talk about it more.

You never know what people are truly dealing with. A few months ago someone said it must be nice being happy go lucky and I didn't say anything. If they knew what I was really going through beneath the surface they wouldn't say that. I don't make my struggles apparent. Be kind to people you never know.

Back on a positive note. I'm finishing up a piece for an upcoming art show located in the middle of nowhere next month.
Alas I am looking forward to this year one of my core dreams will come true. It's manifested itself in a different opportunity than I originally thought but I am ecstatic and motivated. Stay tuned to that!

Kanpai!
to this new year 2018
Wish you all the best.
:]
-K