Dirty little secrets!

(My newest piece I just finished, "Light harnassed" acrylic on canvas)

Well, I am officially all moved out of L-town. I got all my art down and it's resting safely in my room until I find another "art home".

Most importantly though, I want to talk about my "secret box" I had up for this First Friday's display.

So everyone knows that I put up a wooden comment box with a lock last week. I asked for secrets to be dropped in anonymously to be painted by me one by one. I really thought this was going to be something that would be up for at least an entire month in order to collect a decent amount of good secrets....

I was happily wrong!

I received quite a few secrets and also a few notes just offering support due to my recent "eviction". That was a pleasant surprise and very touching. Words of encouragement and praise amidst the dirty little secrets of strangers....I don't know which of those I enjoyed reading the most.

There were two favorite secrets in my box. One was a very detailed story, written in tiny letters front and back. I have to say that this story made me fall in love with the writer of said secret. I won't go into detail because it might just call out whoever this secret belongs to...BUT, this is my kind of dude. Unfortunately, in this story he mentioned he had a girlfriend so I guess painting his intimate secret will have to do. And this one has already inspired and brought forth an image to be painted this week. (As you can see, I will guard these secrets forever...Nobody has ever been able to accuse ME of telling secrets!)

Second to that in terms of what I believe will be a rather interesting painting was simply, "Stole porno magz". I really can't wait to do this one either. There were equally juicy and image-inspiring secrets but telling them with words instead of paint might just be too obvious; you'll have to stay tuned to see what they are.

This box was not even up an entire week so I can only imagine what treasures I would have found if it would have been up an entire month. Definitely will be moving this secret box with me to the next studio! If you still would like to participate and didn't get a chance to; I will accept secrets through email: artistjams@yahoo.com. Or if that idea makes you nervous, please feel free to somehow figure out a way to send me one anonymously.