04/24/2025
Hey there, long time no see. I can’t believe this is the first painting I’ve completed in almost two years. I can’t believe I was still able to do it after all this time. My life since I left Texas has been a wild fu**in ride. For the past few years I’ve basically been homeless and never could have survived if it wasn’t for the kindness of strangers that have since become my closest friends. I’ve in fact talked to a lot of homeless people in my travels that are never from where they ended up and I realize how easy it is to get stranded across the country and on the streets. When I finally came back, all I had left was a suitcase of clothes. I lost furniture, sentimental items, a killer record and comic book collection. While I regret those losses, I don’t regret anything I saw and experienced. I don’t regret the briney air, Spanish moss and killer shrimp and grits of the low country, I don’t regret the bourbon and shine I had in Kentucky, I don’t regret the absolute weirdos I met in Indiana. What I regret was not making art. Every time I got close to feeling like I could create again, life would do what it has a tendency to do. Job loss, heartbreak, homelessness, general fear I didn’t have it in me anymore. And when I finally had my own beautiful space full of light and plants and art and everything that made me feel like I finally had a space to create, it fu**ing caught on fire and life sent me back to Texas. And even when I finally came home and came back to the bar I helped open, it closed within months of my return. Like I said, life has a tendency. So here I am, trying to revive the blossoming art career I had before I left. Feel free to share and get me back on everyone’s algorithm. And as always, yall know the drill ✨FOR SALE✨ 16x20 Acrylic on canvas $150. DM to purchase. Love you so much if you read all of that 🩵