Woohoo! I was already spastically excited about the opening of my first gallery show & now I have even more reason to smile and twitch! I've been selected to participate in the upcoming Hillsboro First Tuesday Artwalk & will have signed framed prints on display & for sale. If you're in the Portland area and want to check it out, I'd love to see you. Here's where & when you'll find me:
Hillsboro First Tuesday Artwalk
April 1st, 2008 6pm-8pm
Aunt Addie's Attic
(503) 693-1419
137 NE 3rd Ave.
Hillsboro, OR 97124

In other news... I've finally signed up for an account at http://twitter.com (Chris O'Rourke has been telling me to for months now), which is a "stream of consciousness" blog service. It's pretty funky so far & I think it's going to be a lot of fun. Where most blogs are expected to be lengthy & informative, Twitter blog entries cannot exceed 140 characters. They pose the question "What Are You Doing Now?" and give you a tiny little box to enter in a short answer. I think it'll be neat & invite you to have a look for yourself. You'll find my Twitter entries at http://twitter.com/krougeau.

I'm not sure if it's gutsy or just damned suicidal, but I'm going to be pursuing my art carreer full time now. Wish me luck! I'm terrified, but at the same time absolutely exhilirated, lol!

Currently I'm toying with a few new image concepts...
I still need to finish Faster! Faster!, the new Through The Looking Glass picture (and there's tons more to be done for that story)... There are really only a few things left to do to it, it's just a matter of actually DOING them, lol.
I've got a ton of source material gathered for a set of Steampunk images & am looking forward to seeing what I can do with those...
I'm kicking around an idea for a picture that expresses how I feel lately, having freed myself from the shackles of cubicle/call center hell... The basic concept: An entire crowd of grumpy, dourfaced, black & white me's in business suits - eyes downcast & standing shoulder to shoulder on the sidewalk. In the center someplace, one of the me's is colorized, has grown wings, is loosening his necktie and rising above the rest, eyes lifted skyward. *shrug* I thought it might be cute, we'll see ;)
Alright, I suppose I've talked enough about what I want to do. It's time to get to doing it, eh?
Have a wonderful day everyone!
- Kenneth Rougeau
