The annual East Austin Studio Tour is this upcoming weekend and the following. Studios all over the east side will be open from 11am to 6pm on Sat Nov 13th, Sun Nov 14th, Sat Nov 20th, and Sun Nov 21st. Glade and I are participating just like we did last year. We’re Stop #107 on the tour (1807 E 22ND ST). We’re gonna have another Aaron Flynn installation in the garage but unfortunately Alison Kuo moved to NYC so she won’t be here to install by our couch again, but we do have one of her drawings from her solo show at SOFA. Everything in our living room will be completely different from last year – we’ll be showing all of my work that didn’t sell at my Domy show, our artwork from our show at End of an Ear, and our engagement art.

As some of you may recall, several weeks ago I went to my parents’ house in Houston and cleaned out my old room. I brought some boxes of my old stuff back, which made my normally cluttered studio an impossible-to-navigate mess. I’ve spent the last week cleaning and getting rid of stuff and I thought it would be fun to post before and after shots.

So, here they are:

BEFORE:

The View from the Entrance of my Studio before Cleaning

AFTER:

The View from the Entrance of my Studio after Cleaning

Please keep in mind as you view these that the before pics were shot during the day, and the after pics were taken at night.

BEFORE:

The North Wall (Bookcases) of my Studio before Cleaning

AFTER:

The North Wall (Bookcases) of my Studio after Cleaning

Once E.A.S.T. is over I’m going to categorize all my books by genre, then alphabetize them by author, then organize them in order of publication.

BEFORE:

The East Wall of my Studio before Cleaning

AFTER:

The East Wall of my Studio after Cleaning

You can see my artwork, GCPM publications, my music, and some cutting implements.

BEFORE:

The South Wall of my Studio before Cleaning

AFTER:

The South Wall of my Studio after Cleaning

On the left is a Lord of the Rings poster from my old room, in the middle is a dreamcatcher from Anthony Romero, and on the right is a drawing that Dylan Reece did for me, in reference to a performance I did in our undergraduate performance class.

BEFORE:

The West Wall (Closet) of my Studio before Cleaning

AFTER:

The West Wall (Closet) of my Studio after Cleaning

This is the least amount of things than I have owned at an any other time in my life, which feels liberating. Anyway, please come visit during E.A.S.T. – I’m going to be working on painting that blank canvas (and another, larger one) over the two weekends.