In order to get back a little of that breath of life, I have committed to a project: creating 101 prints. Each one will be a unique and individual work of art, using relief printing as the primary medium, with some other mixed media as well.

When I’m done, these prints will go on sale for just a few dollars each, as a shameless self-promotional stunt. The money I will be charging will be no more than I need to pay for shipping costs, my material costs, plus a buck to go towards a nice, expensive brayer for the next round of 100.

I have always been drawn to imagery that combines organic and natural imagery along with images of mechanics and technology. The juxtaposition between these two is the theme of this series.

The other theme of this series is “Sean makes art again”, which is the more important result of this project.

As a special, get my butt in gear bonus, I entered a little competition with my friend, Dr. WordPress. His site, Website In A Weekend, is all about how you can, over a weekend, not only start your blog, but get it firing on all cylinders.

Doc decided that he would write 101 articles on his website, and now we are having a competition to see who can finish first. He’s got a head start on me, but I’ve got a lot of time to spend on this in the next few weeks, and I think I might catch up.

I have 45 of my 101 started, and will finish about 20 of them this week. Next week I hope to get another 25 done, and another 30 the week after. It’s time to crank things up!

When it is all said and done, I will be releasing these on my website, BadDeacon Design. I’ve got a series of articles running on the blog over there about the web as a medium for art. I’m proud of this set of articles, check it out!

I made a bet with my buddy Dr. WordPress that I could finish my 101 pieces of art before he could finish his 101 articles.

(Actually, I was publically called out and challenged, and honor dictates that I must see the challenge)

I was hanging at his house one evening, talking about what we’re up to, as usual, and I told him about my plan to make 101 works of art. I woke up the next morning to find a post on WIAW that he will finish his 101 articles before I finish my 101 art thingies.

My 101 were already started, I had done the first run on 20 of them.

Then I hit a wall, and I had no idea what I was gonna do next. It finally hit me last night, and I figured out my vision for the series.

(I can’t explain it yet, it is better left seen than described)

Anyway, all I would like to be doing now is carving blocks and inking up plates, and I can’t. I’m stuck at work. This is stifling my creativity, and just annoying.

This is why I need to be self-employed, and create my own business, because this is not working for me.

Something to work towards.