𓆩༺Small Fish & A Derp༻𓆪

Hello, friends! How are we doing? (Besides being actually petrified to check the news, I mean…) We are doing well over here. This week is our spring break and since we have just taken a week off at the end of February to go to Florida, we aren’t doing anything besides sticking around the area this time. I always like to try & plan fun activities for us to do while we stay local but I have NOT been sleeping well and I have ZERO energy. It doesn’t help that I ran out of coffee this morning and was too in my zombie-funk to want to leave the house and get more. Tomorrow’s problem. ˙𐃷˙ We DID, however, go to my girls’ friend’s house yesterday. I brought a plethora of crafting/art supplies and we had a fun couple of hours creating things together! Mostly me and their mom did while the girls ran around but that was really nice too. I have had a really hard time, in my adult life, trying to make friends, especially being a stay-at-home mom and freelance artist, so when I hang out with an adult with similar interests (even with my kid’s friend’s parents)… I call it a win!

I knew this week was going to be rough to get any painting done since the kids were home from school but I have finally finished the reef and am now adding in wittle fishies to it so it looks teeming and alive! I’ll also be adding in bubbles before I move on to the Sharky subject. I’ve said before that I’ve done a drawing of this butterfly-finned sharky concept but never have I done a paint study of it and I’ve been trying to take my time, adding all the love that this piece deserves.

As I continue to finish these paintings, I have been applying them to specific artist open calls in hopes of getting my artwork into more galleries and expanding my reach/visibility as an artist. This year’s goal was, not only to get into more exhibitions, but to also create a body of work that I am confident in and that has the ability to stand on its own as a solo show. (Le sigh, big dreams! ⋆°•☁︎) I keep hoping a “big break” will come my way or a huge opportunity will present itself BUT life is rarely like that, right? Most of the time it is just us making small steps in the direction we deem is the right one. And though hoping for something bigger doesn’t erase your progress…. sometimes we need to accept that these small steps may be all we get. Stop comparing our journey with another’s. You are doing amazing going at your own pace.

xxx - Kanda ❁✿❀