A Peek Inside my 'Studio' and 'Office'
Location: Classified - somewhere near the Rocky Mountains, north of Denver, CO
Welcome to Micah's art studio and DailyPainters.com headquarters :-)
The Office:
Notice the cutting-edge computer room on the right, cleverly disguised as a closet. This niche houses the bleeding edge technology required to keep DailyPainters.com running so smoothly. A couple of computers, scanner, printer, etc., all super-advanced (aka: the best technology I could buy from ebay, craigslist, or the local used computer reseller, for under $200 or so - no need to pay retail for the latest uber-computer). I sometimes also work from the portable office - an old linux laptop that allows me to work remotely from anywhere in the complex, perhaps while watching educational programming on the television.
Also hidden somewhere in this little corner is the network hub that allows me to upload computer code, images, and email to the dailypainters.com server located somewhere in cyberspace. There's also a telephone in there, with a super secret number (except that it's published in a list of new businesses somewhere, and everybody thinks Daily Painters, Inc. is a house painting contractor so they keep calling to sell me embroidered hats and house painting supplies).
To keep things running smoothly, the office is also equipped with a small set of pc speakers, pumping out hits from various rock, punk, metal, and blues musicians.
The Studio Storage AreaLocated just a couple feet above the office, and beside the office, are my storage areas - a couple of bins and boxes on the closet shelf, plus some floor space in the closet. Tucked inside these bins are tons of oil paints, pastels, printmaking supplies, boards, shipping supplies, etc.
In the other corner of the studio is where I hang various paintings and prints while they're drying or waiting for a new home. Not much room here, but luckily most of my work is pretty small :-)
My Working Space
As you can see, my office and storage area is pretty small (half of a tiny 8' x 9' bedroom). So, not much painting happens in here. Plein air painting is easy - I just grab the french easel or the pochade box and walk or bike from my door to one of the many walking/biking trails in Erie. For studio paintings, I usually take over the living room with my french easel, or for some projects I take over the kitchen table for a few hours.
The other half of the office
The other half of my office/studio is my daughter's bedroom - notice the pink 'Disney Princesses' curtain that hides the computer closet when I'm not working. Sit on the stool in front of the computer - face west and you'll see computers and art supplies, but spin around and you'll see nothing but princesses and teddy bears :-)
My Studio Assistants
Here are my three kids, working on some prints and stamps they did over Thanksgiving weekend, on the kitchen table. If you look on the right side of the second photo, you can see one of the famous 'Rooster Stools'. After some serious saving and scrounging my wife bought these little stools from an unfinished furniture store, and I stained them red and painted the roosters on top (artists oil paints plus a bit of linseed oil and mineral spirits makes a great wood stain). Don't put your feet on these stools if you want to stay out of trouble with my wife. She's here somewhere, but she's hiding from the camera.
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