Hello there. If you’re such a fan as to link directly here, I just want you to know that we’ve moved again! You can hit up the blog here: blog.benjaminchan.com . We’ve got some changes in the works, including the official main site which is long long overdue. Thanks for reading and following…
-Benjamin
Thanks to Indie Fixx, I won the Planning for your indie biz Craft Inc. Business Planner. First time I’ve ever won one of those contest things! I just got it today… I’ll review it and talk about it more soon…
( and if you’re careful, you might find some posts ( backdated but live in kicking!))
Thanks Jen Wallace. Check em out!
Wow, thanks to friends and friends with Facebook, I got 295 hits on this blog yesterday. That’s insane. To put that in perspective, I’ve been averaging 5-10 views per day. And it jumped to almost 300 yesterday. I guess that Facething is good for something. I haven’t joined yet, for many different reasons, but maybe one day I will.
Thanks to folks for spreading the word on the photo deal. I’ve gotten some responses so far, so that’s been good!
I’m really tired! I’ve been working on different things for my art show this weekend. It’ll turn out that I’ll be going to San Francisco for seven days straight. That’s totally crazy! I guess someone’s got to pay for that new bridge! Today I framed up my prints, and I just have a bit more work and I’ll be good to go! Onto tmw!
Hi there, some of you may know, but if you don’t, here’s some more news:
I’ll be showing more of my work in about one week at San Francisco Open Studios with the Soma Artist Studios. My friend Mike Kimball was kind enough to lend me some space he won’t be using, so I’ll be showing my work there. I have several new prints I’ll be showing, so please come by and visit!
This is the information:
689 Bryant and 5th Sts. San Francisco
Friday, October 23, 6-9pm
Sat & Sun, October 24-25, 11am-6pm
flier attached…
Great news! Kimmy and I have been accepted into the San Francisco Renegade Fair. Oh yeah! Now I have two shows to get ready for.
December 19 + 20, 11am-7pm, Fort Mason
Here we go!
I don’t believe that this blog has been very personal so far, as I’ve talked mostly about my art endeavers, and less about my internal wanderings. I think, that’s been telling of how I’ve been feeling lately. I’ve been a bit disconnected from how I’ve felt about life, and lost a bit of the optimism of past moments. There’s a pretty real correlation between how I feel, and my outlook, and how productive and inspired I am to be be creative. I’ve struggled a bit with coming up with new and inspiring ideas as of late. While my process ( screenprinting and drawing ) is a lot more refined, my mental focus is a bit off, as I’ve wondered more and more about ‘what I’m doing’.
So, I guess this is a short statement to say that I’m struggling a bit with the scope of my work, and well, my life.
Creative takes courage, and I’m trying to hold onto that.
Here are some random pictures from Angela and David’s wedding in Santa Cruz, California. I wasn’t hired to take pictures ( thank goodness because I have a lot of work to come ), but I took some shots while there. They’re pretty fun(ny). (more…)
Sometimes travel can be pretty erie and weary.
Just thought I’d share that thought with you.
Eddy Soon is a good friend of mine from college. He’s engaged and asked me to take pictures of him and his fiancee for their engagement time. So, we headed out all over San Diego to take pictures.
Click more for some more of my favorites…
East Bay Open Studios finished really well. I was in San Luis Obispo for my sister’s college graduation, so I wasn’t able to make it Saturday. Early on Sunday morning, I drove back up to the Oakland to attend the last day of the show. To my surprise, one my art pieces was missing, and in it’s place was a nice red dot. I was excited to hear the story of how the piece sold. It’s a good feeling to have good things happen even when you’re not there.
(more after the jump…)