Art Summary 2020!
Good Lord What a Year that was!
But we survived, and welcome to 2021!
Finally we can turn the page on this crazy year and move on to the next one. It was a hard one for all of us, from the pandemic, lockdowns and all the other insane things. My personal life has been up and down too, my family survived a freak flood, house-buying turmoil - including my exceptionally difficult realtor, and multiple move-ins and outs. It hasn’t been easy, and next year may not be the all clear we hope it to be, but I’m at least ready for something else.
I have regrets too, I all but abandoned my plans to produce original pieces, and my monotypes were not up to snuff this year. I had themes and plans I had to can because of volume and things in my personal life made comitting the time to work on them unviable. I never finished those "villain" pieces I began, I still have unfinished oils from 2015 which most likely will go back into storage for the move. This year was supposed to be the character Dugun's year, as he turned 12 in November, but that got taken from him too.
The promised CYOA died in it's sleep this year, as did a replacement for the potion theme, ref sheets for all my characters and a scheduling system.
And yet, good things still happened.
My Artwork was released as coverart for a digital music single, (and commissioned to do more for an album coming out in 2021). I bought a house, and I’ll be moving to live with my girlfriend Merrow in a few days. I never expected a year like this would be how I’d say goodbye to my family, hometown and state, but here we are.
I also really want to thank everyone for all their support - especially in this year of all years. Without all of you, there would be a whole lot less of my art!
JAN: BUST" “AGE”
FEB: Tenebrae - Belugania
MAR: Minomarch - Lostcat
APR: One More Place We Cannot Go - Inkwash (This piece totally typifies 2020: Destroyed in flood, sold digital rights to be an album, then remake painted for my older sister!)
MAY: Mermay - GrumpyGoat
JUNE: Stained Glass - Skips92
JULY: Unheeded Warning - Monotype
AUG: Mermay - Bjornar’s Claim/ Adryx1
SEPT: Mask - JayeKayes3
OCT: Ook Shopkeep/Apeaus
NOV: Demonic Contract: Rhodes
DEC: Ooka-Kola - Kon2757
The full sizes are below!
Happy New Year!
2021, don’t let us down!
Thank you again from the bottom of my heart// grazie mille,
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours!
~Age