wow. I just noticed that Blogger has been upgraded or something, with new templates and designs and such…seems to have added quite a bit of functionality. Tonight I may go through all my posts to edit out some of the old drivel.

Work and life have been busy lately, haven’t been painting, but instead working on smaller mixed media works on paper, some of which have been uploaded to my website.

Tax day. yes – just completed my taxes today and mailed them. This is the second year filing a schedule C (profit or loss from business) and the second profitable year. It is an extrememly gorgeous day, and instead of writing this I’m going for a walk.

The Scripps Art Society Presents:

Contemporary Figurative Painting

a presentation by John Otter

Thursday, March 25th 2004, 7pm

Scripps College • Claremont, Ca.

Humanities Auditorium

digital presentation including works by

Elizabeth Peyton, John Currin, Lisa Yuskavage, Annika Connor, and more.

This event is free and open to the public.

Three new paintings almost complete. Preparing a talk on contemporary figurative painting, March 25th, so I have some time. It’ll be a powerpoint presentation with images of works by Elizabeth Peyton, John Currin, Lisa Yuskavage, Annika Connor, Eric Fischl, and more. I think two of the concepts I’ll push is temperature (within and outside) the work (i.e. a “hot” new artist vs. cold modern abstraction) and I’d love to incorporate viscosity. Heat & Viscosity in Contemporary Figurative Painting? There’s an opening at the Claremont Graduate University tonight (and every tuesday) think I’ll stop by for a couple free beers before heading to the polling place to vote. I wish I could make up things to vote on. I’m not even sure how I’m registered. I used to be a card carrying Republican – but it was only to throw the numbers off. I might be undeclared now. After voting I’ll lock myself in my studio until I pass out… I haven’t done that in a long time, there’s something very rewarding about working yourself to the point of exhaustion – I mean if its something you truly want to do.