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If you want to see more than the finished stuff and get to know who and what I am about, my facebook artist page may be a good place to look and follow. I show more in progress work, pottery, and anything else art related that doesn't always get thrown onto DA- thanks in advance for the follow- Mike

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Feed kids, teach, coach wrestling, feeds kids, laundry/dishes/house work, work on commission art, sleep- REPEAT. Feels like I'm grinding on this hamster wheel a lot to much lately. Little time for anything else. Bill bills bills stacked and paid but at what price in the long run.... Even the holiday vacation I have in 2 days won't be a break, it will only allow me to catch up on the things I've missed or had to put off for to long. My vacations/ breaks the past several years have only made me relieved to get back to normally scheduled hamster wheel activities..... At some point the wheel will need to turn without me on it.

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Just wanted to say thanks!!!!!!!! I really appreciate that there are people that feel like my Art makes an impact and a statement!

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Irritated that i let myself be competitive about art. Being a former athlete and coach currently keeps me in a state of mind that frustrates me when it comes to art competitions. Especially when it comes to art competitions like the state fair. I don't like feeling like I bust my ass all the time and then see less creative, less technically sound artists succeed in ways I want to. I'm not sure if its the medium I work in (airbrush) or my subject matter or my style that makes it less "rewardable". I'm quite aware that there are things I don't do, that i should do when it comes to promoting and marketing myself, but thats because I don't want to get caught up in doing art just to sell it or get an award I shouldn't give 2 shits about. Not sure if I wanna do much for commissions anymore either, It often causes me to do art I wouldn't do otherwise. I would still do occassional school murals, but most of the other stuff seems to hinder my artistic growth more than it pads my wallet.

I'm just venting as a way to get myself motivated to do better art in the future hopefully.

Sorry for any of you that wasted your time with my waa waa session. - Mike

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If you'd like to follow on facebook too- There are some pics that don't make it here on DA-- www.facebook.com/MichaelJDenni…