Answer, I painted my studio.
When I moved into my current studio, the most pressing issue was getting everything setup. There was no time to paint, and so I had to live with the wonderful deep red wine walls, vintage 1980.
Not only was this color very dated, but it created real problems with photographing my art work. The dark walls provided very little reflected light and this meant that I had to pump up the lighting, which in turn, create a glare on the surface of the canvases. Not the best results for documenting art that was leaving your studio forever.
The problem with painting your studio, however, is all those wonderful paint supplies have to be move out. It is my version of the big bang – starting with a very compact ball of supplies, thousands of items expand out from the studio and occupy the surrounding region of space. It is not a pretty sight and nearly two months later, all those supplies are still expanding outwards.
Of course, everyone is very helpful with suggestions about what I should keep and what I should throw out. Thing one and Thing two will come down stairs and look gravely at the situation and then ask for some art supplies for their latest craft project. They appreciate the white walls, but what they really want is their crafts shop to be restored to its proper order.
Hop to it dad!
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