Remember the name Roy Brewster

Projekt Rattloch Week 22.

We decided not to have a particular theme for the show. Instead we are just aiming for something bright and exciting to brighten up January really. I am going to put in a load of colourful portraits that I painted a couple of years ago. The artwork will be up for the whole month to brighten people’s days and it is all for sale as well so I am really looking forward to it.

As a nice little touch we decided we are going to paint portraits of each other on small canvases. I am painting Roy and he is painting Bex and Bex is painting me. I am using my outsider naive style for Roy and thinking of doing a close up of his face because he is quite a smiley character.

Previous display at the Beehive.

I haven’t had much time to paint new stuff for the show because I have been busy organising the studio. I finally got some self storage space so all of my huge paintings are out of the studio now. In fact every painting is out. I am ready to start with a blank canvas next year both metaphorically and literally. Next Monday I am going to be at the studio all day which is so precious. I am going to finish throwing rubbish out and organising it perfectly.

On the technical side of things I set up a new web server and copied my old websites over. I am actually able to use Google Gemini on the server to help me out with admin tasks like creating new web pages. It feels like I am one step closer to automating the admin side of my art practice which is very exciting. If anyone is interested I can share more about that later.

I also found a bit of a guardian angel this week from an AI SKOOL community I am in. I won’t mention his name as we are keeping it quiet but he has been helping me out massively. It started because I shared a little app I built that uses APIs from top art museums to show random pieces of art. He really liked it and saw the potential in my work even though he isn’t really an art person. THE APP … https://slart.me/viewmoreart/

He isn’t charging me for anything but he gives me little tasks to do every day. This is exactly what I need because with my ADD I tend to take action without thinking it through which leads to a lot of unfinished projects. He is helping me tie all the fragmented bits together like my Etsy and Shopify stores and getting me to set up Google Analytics properly. It has been great so far having that direction.

Yes it feels totally different now and I can’t explain why really. I saw clearly for the first time ever that these fragmented parts can fit together to make an outstanding puzzle. Sure there are some bits that no longer fit but I have learned from every experience whether it was good or bad.

Oh before I go, shout out to THE Roy, here’s a piece of his awesome art he shared with me the other day. You need to check out his work https://www.instagram.com/artformeat50

Awesome innit?

Roy’s got bitten by the art bug and it’s great to see. I look forward to exhibiting with him in January!

Watch this space.

How are you doing? I would love to hear from you. Have you ever had a moment where all the scattered pieces of a project or your life just suddenly seemed to click into place? Let me know in the comments.

SLART

P.S. I laugh at this now… 😂