Why A Blog??
Why an artist blog, on a website, at a time when the art community is centralized on digital platforms like instagram or facebook?
Well, because those platforms do not necessarily serve the interests of artists- or, at the very least, they don’t really serve mine. Instagram especially, seems to have moved away from what made it the consensus choice for interacting with art, and artist made content. Having the only way to interact with me, or read the occasional post or announcement, be dependent entirely on the whims of whatever tech algorithm is running a site this week seems like…. well, like a bad idea. It also seems not so great to have all of my communication, content and interaction existing entirely on a centralized platform that I don’t own. Platforms can disappear pretty quickly, and they can make sweeping decisions that radically change how they function even faster.
So while this isn’t going to be a place that gets updated as much as my other social media- I am going to be experimenting with ways to bring all my wonderful collectors and art friends a more stable and reliable place to be.