My goal as an artist...

Today I realized as I am built a table, sand exotic wood from Africa for a painting, and carved my wooden table top that it is time to suck it up and do what I was meant to do....

That is to start blowing away the competition. As an artist it is my mission to set the bar unreasonably high for other artists. I want to come out of left field with ideas, materials, and techniques that they have never thought about. I want to destroy any and all competition.

Many say art is not a competitive contest and to those my only answer is, "good luck with that." because there are going to be artist out there like me who's sole mission is to be better than everyone else. Art is subjective, but quality and uniqueness is still quality and uniqueness. I am no longer going to bother myself with looking for shows. From now on my focus is creating. That is what I do best and that is what I am going to strive towards with never ending pursuit.

My work is growing in leaps and bounds, but it has not begun to start. I am going large... I am going real larger. Both in the physical, concrete realm, and the conceptual one as well. I am going to revisit some old ideas that have been sitting on the back burner for years. This collection of work that I will start undertaking is going to require a warehouse... So, with that being said, by late September UMC Studios will be relocating to a warehouse somewhere in the greater Central Ohio area. Mark my words... That's a promise.

I cannot go into detail as to what my works are going to be, but I will say this, "Nobody is ready." I have been waiting a long time and have quit thinking of alot of ideas I thought were out of my ability with space restraints. So, I am going to get the space and start back up with the art I want to do. Not worrying about where I will display it. I will just start building. All work will stay in the warehouse unless somebody shows interest. This means I will not have to worry or stress about making room. I will just build...

Build,

and build

and build

and build some more...

Basically, UMC Studios is going off the grid for awhile because this work is going to have to be debuted at the same time. I might release some teasers like at the May 6th show in Columbus T.B.A.

This new work is going to be unlike any I have shown in the last decade. If people witnessed some of my earlier works back at 321 then you will know where I am headed. This new work is going to be ambitious beyond any scope that I have tried before. It has been a long time in the coming and I think I am finally ready to take it on.

I swore to myself a long, long time ago that I would never let any of my good art ideas go to waste even if they were experimental and unthought out at the time. I have had years to let concepts digest in my cerebellum and cerebral cortex.

I think, therefore I can.

I feel kind of bad for artist out there that don't know what's about to hit them. They really don't know. Oblivious. It is not my job to push them that should lay on their own creative shoulders. Artist need to step up their game and are going to be scurrying like roaches when the lights come on when they see my new stuff.

I am not tooting my horn or being over zealous. I have been to New York. I have been to Chicago. I have been to San Francisco. I have been to Austin. I have been to Savannah and you know what? I am unimpressed.

Yes, there is some good stuff out there, but great? Nope.... Overrated? Yes! Have I seen anything recently in the field of art that has completely blown me away... Besides Dutch artist Theo Jansen I have not been too impressed. Even he though was not an artist originally but a physicist who became a painter then sculptor.

I think artist have gotten lazy, unoriginal, and a feeling of complacency has crept over the minds of the creative. If it takes me to give the system a jolt and resuscitate art then that's just what I will do, but it will take me some time. Not much time, just a year or so. Even if artist emulate, copy, steal, borrow, or are inspired by my style, oh well. That is kind of the point I am going after.

I am tired of the same ol', same ol'. Artist need to start taking bolder chances. Putting their egos on the line and getting close to that edge of failure/success. I prefer to fail miserably then have mediocre success. At least if I fail outright then there is no question as to what needs to be done differently. EVERYTHING. Plus, with great failure comes even greater success. It is these ideas that propel the truly genius ahead in the world and that is what I want.

Goals are for people that have this idealized few of the world and a step-by-step mentality. I have a MANtality and I am on a mission.

A mission of art...