Friday, August 28, 2009

What Do You" DO"?



Photo of  Gerardo Yepiz, Acamonchi Studio  by  Art Brewer  for  Electra Bicycle Company. Produced by Dungbeetle.

It's always difficult for me to define to people "what I do." My work, my art, my music, my ethics, they all speak for themselves. But as much as I balk at the question, I do understand the importance of it to grow my business and to help people better understand who I am.

I am a creator. Artist. Musician. Producer. Illustrator. Photographer. Designer. Inventor.

Every day my job description changes and I love it...I am so grateful that I can work on a professional level wherever my whim goes! Most recently my producing skills have been of little use to an economy which has forced productions to streamline. It has been great fun for me to sharpen up my skills and revisit former "free-agent" occupations as a makeup artist, director, set designer, casting agent, photographer, editor, and photographer's assistant.

Tomorrow I will finish up a cd package I photographed and am now designing for a band called SheBlondeSwede. Next weekend I will once again be a floral designer, working with the talented  Adrianne Smith.

I used to worry about jumping around too much from job to job, project to project. But I have come to understand that it is the very thing that motivates and INSPIRES me. It challenges and, quite literally, FEEDS everything I do as a creative mind. It gives me ultimate perspective and patience in understanding process and the people involved. I look forward to every day because of it!

read more on this topic at  Nena Anderson.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Midnight Photoshoot


Midnight bicycle gang of 7. Balmy downtown San Diego summer night. 5 miles pedaling towards the pub. 1 daredevil stair trick. 2 turns through the Hyatt revolving door. 1 crash. 3 smiling girls.

Shot while riding my own bike, new photos for the newest bike line addition to the Electra Bicycle family are pure city pub crawl fun. Here's a preview shot. More about the challenges and triumphs of this kind of shoot in the next few days.