New exposures and a new painting

The exhibit in New York I was so pumped to enter was a total bust. I went up there excited for the chance of more exposure. I even forgot my piece back in Virginia and experienced a mini breakdown. I lucked out that my friend G-man was coming up to New York a couple of hours after me and was kind enough to bring it up for me. I rode the subway and walked those Manhattan blocks towards a new chance. Shot down I was! I arrived to greet disappointment. There was just a piece of torn paper attached with duck tape to the front of the closed gallery...." We are no longer accepting submissions...sorry :(" 
REALLY?!!! I hauled my cookies up to New York just to get a sad face emoticon. Bullshit! I WAS RED. 
Thankfully, my friend Dubbs calmed me down with some beers and a marathon of Star Wars. Everything was well in the world again. haha Han Solo was so hot back in the day yo! Boo Boo could have had my number any day of that galactic week.  
I digress....at 30 I finally decided to make a genuine effort to put myself out there. I can no longer contain the images in my head and I'm not a hoarder so hello world! here they are - my thoughts and my mind on display for all to see. I make them because it's in me to make them. Does that make sense? Why would you bottle awesome sauce and put it on a shelf for no one to taste? Share awesome with everyone. 
I finished my Brooklyn painting of a man with a beard of PBR beers. It's what I saw when I lived in New York. Beards, Beer, Bicycles and the Subway. I'm hoping it will be well received at the Art All Night festival.  One bad experience won't deter me from trying again. So this time I travel in the opposite direction to Pittsburgh. Life just keeps taking me to some new spots and I'm never one to say "Nah Man! Am I stay at home with my cat." hahaha
And I won't have to travel all the time to get my artwork noticed. Artomatic is having their Artomatic 2012 art exhibit in Crystal city,VA. holla! It's going to be on display from May through June. I am going to participate and see how the general public reacts to my work. SEE. Life can be every exciting. I never want to lead a linear existence. I am the odd duck who wants to zig zag all over this Earth. 
I CHARGE FORTH riding a unicorn and holding a big stick to my next painting. It was inspired by drawings my friend Jenn made just because she felt like making something.  I loved it and she let me keep them. I saw something great in those drawings. She was like...uh...ok? 
I don't understand why people don't always see what I see when looking at an object. My mind whirls with ideas and colors. Why aren't you seeing what I'm seeing? 
BECAUSE YOU'RE WEIRD Z!  
well then. duly noted. 
It doesn't look like much right now, but every creation needs a starting point. 

I hope to finish this in the next week and bust out some more. I would like to have a large selection of paintings to chose from for Artomatic. No one else is going to make them for me. So Carpal Tunnel here I come. We meet again on this here battlefield. EN GARDE!