It's taken me 2 days to move my equipment and work into my new space. The temptation was to bring everything into the space but I resisted the urge, I'm glad as it feels a really great place to make some work.
So much so I started painting today. I've divided the studio into two allowing me a wet area where I can lay the paintings flat on the floor and an office area where I can have a desk and lots of wall space for painting onto. Hopefully it will work well, I can be working on many paintings at a time, in various different stages.
Sometimes It's amazing how some things happen by coincidence but just fit perfevtly into what you are thinking about or doing. Take yesterday for example, I moved my stuff into the space and put all the furniture together and then realized that I didn't have a chair. It wasn't the end of the world, I've got a stool at home that would be adequate enough, but i kept daydreaming about having a chair that was confortable, something I could sit back in and relax whilst I contemplated life. But cost was more important than comfort and sense won out over fancy as I settled for the stool. However, I couldn't believe my luck when I ventured out from the studio to pick up a few supplies and happened across the very style of chair that I had dreamt about, lying discarded in a skip!
Today I've been daydreaming about discarded winning lottery tickets without much luck but at least I've been comfortable in my daydreaming.
Laura from the erewash Borough Council came to visit me today, she is wonderful, so enthusiastic and encouraging. We went through the contract that laid out all the requirements and responsibilities for the residency. I'm looking forward to a varied and enjoyable year ahead.
