Midnite Call from a Los Angeles Gallery wanting to buy - not consign - 3 of my paintings…I’ve done the due diligence…it may be they have a collector and they are intimating they already own these…I'm cool with that…we’re all players in the Art Market…Putting the deal together on the Weekend…😎🎨🙏 Photo ©️ NAPA
I find I’m buying - and playing - more and more Vinyl in the Studio these days…the Uncompressed sound is wonderful…this was a bargain…my favorite Joni Mitchell album in perfect condition…cover’s a little worn but what the heck…! 😎🎸🎨🙏. Photo ©️Hawkins, 2024
Well, you know me and Warhol…this is a beautiful, as new, Taschen Hardback featuring Andy’s Polaroid Years…an unmarked copy…destined for the (overcrowded) Studio Library!…Photo ©️Hawkins, 2024
For some time now I’ve employed a - technically updated - version of Matisse’s working week…it goes like this; Sunday - Relaxation…Monday - Admin, Invoicing, Website, NFTs…Tuesday to Thursday - In the Studio…Friday/Saturday - Socialising. It all works fairly well as long as I’m just painting Stock…but when I’m working on Commissions it totally goes to hell…! 😎🎨🙏 Photo ©️Hawkins, 2024
Paint Audit…listening to White Vinyl…LOVE…from 1968…Wonderful sound from Southern California…Photo ©️Hawkins, 2024. 😎🎨🙏
…One is for Italy and One for Spain…so meanwhile here’s a moody studio photo of a Pantone Swatch and Art Deco thing…😎🎨🙏. Photo ©️Hawkins, 2024
Much Cheese has been bought…and along with fresh baguettes and Wine, will undoubtedly stimulate my creative juices this afternoon…after a very pleasant late lunch…😎🇫🇷🎨🙏
…but with Wonderful Company, Great Food and Champagne…what’s not to Love. Oh, and there was a Soccer Game too…😎🎨⚽️🙏 Photos ©️Hawkins, 2024
Back in the Day “Corporate Identity” was the Criterion and I was privileged to work with Wolff Olins - the undisputed masters…but branding is different…for me it infuses my work as an Artist, a Photographer and a Musician…into a singular concept…now we have new media to embrace these concepts…but the Pioneers will always have my total admiration…😎📸🎸🎨🙏
At the end of a day of creativity…all you really need is food, wine and the best Company…in peace and quiet…al fresco…😎🎨🙏❤️ Photo (c) Hawkins, 2024
No words…just a peaceful feeling…😎🎨🙏
Yoko Ono: Torn Canvas, 1957. Photo ©️Hawkins, 2024. There’s some superb work and shows at the Tate Modern right now; a comprehensive retro of Yoko’s work and a wonderful look back at the Expressionists - Kandinsky, Munter & The Blue Rider…more to follow…but go see…! 😎🎨🙏