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Hours Description and process 6/23/8 Prepared supplies at home then drove to OHM Lounge, unloaded supplies and set up to work on the back stage. Painted the initial background on a 4’ x 5’ homemade canvas stretcher. 7/2/8 Began set-up at 9:00 and finished moving all furniture and getting all supplies and canvas ready to [...]

Wednesday July, 2, 2008.  Live Painting at OHM Lounge. I arrived at the bar at 9pm to about 15 people enjoying cocktails.  I immediately set to laying out supplies, moving furniture, paintings and preparing to start.  By 9:30 I was under way on the second night of setting the right background.  By 11:30 i had [...]

I am getting paid hourly as an artist.  I never would have thought  this the case anytime before this week.  I also work one day a week at OHM in Armory Square painting and receive a weekly stipend to do so.  I think many of my closest friends would still be here if what we [...]