This year, my house has been just a jumble of art supplies, fair equipment, and general clutter, so I have been very slow in putting up my teeny (well, thin...it's 6' tall) Christmas tree. But it's up now, and I am very happy to see it.

I got a couple of advanced screening tickets to a movie that was being tested, which turned out to be Attack the Block, which was the most enthusiastic, loud, happy crowd I’ve ever been in at a movie. Nobody expected just how great that new little film would be.

I am all set up at my little table at Newburyport Art Association for our artists’ pop up sale! We are open from 6pm-8pm tonight, so stop by and pick up a little something by a local artisan.

I am at the Providence Flea today from 11-3, selling my paintings, ornaments, cards and little bits and bobs. So many great vendors here, so stop by and say hello!!

I have three more shows (two markets and a gallery pop-up) before Christmas, so I'm restocking things, including these "Night Sky" paintings that are super simple to paint, but always sell once I put them in little frames with mattes. Hoping to get more of my art into people's hands.

Over the past 2 days, I got orders for eight more Ocean Waves ornaments, so I've been building more. I'm THRILLED that this design works for so many people! If you'd like your own Ocean Waves ornament, you can get one on my site xingcat.bigcartel.com/product/ocea...

Because they sold so well at the gift shop and at my last fair, I'm making a lot more of these ocean waves ornaments, and I'm offering them on my site for a quick holiday gift, or to add to your own collection! xingcat.bigcartel.com/product/ocea...

Today from 10-2 and tomorrow from 12-4, I’ll be on the first floor of the North Andover Holiday Makers Market with so many great artisans and local vendors. Stop by and say hello!!

My abstract work, "Purple Wasp," at Newburyport Art Association's "Abstracts!" show, up now!

I haven't played "heating oil chicken" for a while, but I thought I had enough oil to get to December, and I....didn't. Was lucky enough to get an emergency delivery and to know how to prime the oil burner, which saves a restarting fee.

I made cilantro lime chicken for dinner tonight, and it's one of the easiest, most delicious dishes in my rotation, but I never think to make it.

Going to be parasocial as heck here, but I just learned that the cohost of one of my favorite YouTube channels (and a producer on "How Did This Get Made," Avaryl Halley, passed away last week. One of the funniest, most brilliant people on that site, she'll be missed. youtu.be/QcVbVT2bFoM?...

I’m bringing some new items over to Newburyport Art Association for their Winter gift shop today. I turned my ocean waves idea into ornaments and have some new vintage-inspired abstract Christmas cards that will be available for sale there. I also have an abstract piece in the gallery show!!

This is the MOST DELIGHTFUL overview of how to make cats "act" in movies. It's so great. youtu.be/AycqebrmBkM?...

The appearance every year of giant Halloween and Christmas decorations on so many lawns shows that Americans have the desire to display large works of public art, but they're just shy about doing it on an individual level.

Starting on the holiday market items. First up, making my "ocean waves" painting style into ornaments. These are little 2" ones, but I have larger sized ornaments to come after these worked out pretty well.

I made a little variation to my moon series, and added some cat silhouettes to two of them. These are 12" round, and I really like them. Available now on my website: xingcat.bigcartel.com/product/cat-...

Moving my Moth stories to my main YouTube channel over time, and this is the most recent Moth GrandSlam I was invited to, telling a story about taking a chance as a young guy in the 80s. youtu.be/9Bt3UnCFaiY

The traffic from Massachusetts was incredibly bad, and it took almost three hours to get to Providence, but I’m here and set up at the Providence Flea and people already love the little ghosts!!

Look at all these cute lil guys!

For the Halloween fair on Friday night and going into holiday fairs this winter, I'm experimenting with other styles of abstract landscapes. These are supposed to be sort of a winter/spooky/film negative sort of feel.

There has to be a giant microplastics truck that's available to do the funniest thing ever somewhere.

Took a trip to the Newburyport Art Association to visit some items I have in the gift shop.

This Friday night, I'll be at the Providence Flea Market at Farm Fresh in Providence, RI, selling my little ghost guys and some other spooky art pieces, along with about 90 other artists, craftspeople, food artists, and flea vendors. Stop by, if you're in the area, and say hello!

Artists support artists! I have one of Rose's pots on my shelf in a place of honor. The tentacle pots are AMAZING and you should get one.

I worked in 3 video stores through the 80s and the fact that things would be out of stock was such a great opportunity for all us video nerds to recommend all the independent, older, foreign, and just plain wild stuff to customers looking for something pretty basic. It was a whole culture.

You can like or not like any food that you want, and mocking anybody for liking or not liking any particular food is rooted in (at best) your own insecurities about your preferences and (at worst) classism and xenophobia.

My army of cute lil pumpkin ghosts is growing!!

Artists support artists! I have a fabulous puffin by @chloecumming.bsky.social and I can say the work is even more vibrant in person.

40 years ago, my friend Christine and I created a fan-written video for a cable access tv project in high school. I found the Betamax(!!) tape a few years ago in Mom's attic, and had it transferred to digital video. Behold, my 16-year-old self's masterpiece! youtu.be/vOE42I0C_cw?...

I spent the morning hanging my weird little art pieces up at North Shore Arts Association in Gloucester. The “Synergy” show features works by over 50 artists from the area and runs from October 17-November 9. Stop by, see some great art and maybe buy something from me or another artist you like!

I finished up props for my most recent show, and also this quick request from another theater, who needed a double crust sweet pie and a tomato cheddar quiche prop for an upcoming show. I like how these turned out.

A painting drop from a few weeks ago reported found! I got this email from my art website today, and it always makes me happy when my paintings find a new home.

GAAAAAH! I'm so behind on so many things because I overcommitted to theater projects, but I'm making some progress on this textured, abstract art piece. youtu.be/UB7PBK0eVrw?...

Today, I built en entire bumper car from scratch for the show that's going up this week. It'll be painted out a bit more brightly, but as someone who doesn't do a ton of construction, I'm very proud of this.

I’m keeping up with my “one video or short every day in October” goal on YouTube. Today, it’s rusted found objects. youtube.com/shorts/j8Gbh...

The amount of work and dedication and pure art that went into a completely untested movie concept still makes my heart sing, over 40 years later.

CAT IN A BOX!

I tend to find a new artist and then post them everywhere, so if you follow me anywhere, you'll see I just found @graceduval.bsky.social who is a fellow Boston-area creator (at a much, MUCH higher level than me) who makes wearable art. youtu.be/BG5QlWo0M0w?...

Using "Monster Mash" for this short, I have to mention (because it's one of very few "famous people" stories I have) that my Dad was friends with Bobby Pickett when they were kids. youtube.com/shorts/QJYPT...

Making a great big abstract painting with texture paste over a thrifted canvas. youtube.com/shorts/hCuCC...

Sometimes, what you do to make a puppet work looks really crazy.

More painting along with me. I've just been experimenting with setting up a camera when I paint...I have to work on a better camera angle, lighting, and placement. But still, if you have a few minutes, check it out and leave a comment, if you can! youtu.be/EkackeKe2Zk?...

I’ve never watched a minute of any of the Godfather movies. I know they’re masterpieces, but that type of film has never been my thing.

Hiding another painting, this time along my way to the farmers' market. youtube.com/shorts/hBbrH...

I made little pumpkins for my little ghosts to wear on their heads, and now they're perfect.

Painting some abstract landscapes and sharing the process. This is a painting of purple clouds over crashing blue waves. I'm trying to get my channel going again, so if you're feeling generous, hop over to YouTube and leave a comment there. youtu.be/fUM3wSm7AaA?...

I've been painting a lot, so I've restocked a bunch of these, one of my bestsellers. xingcat.bigcartel.com/product/fram...

Morning walk. Art inspiration: graffiti. youtube.com/shorts/PPVs6...

I posted on Facebook a photo of some cards I made, and I said I'm prepping for art fairs, but they're also available on my website, and a friend asked when the art fairs were, because she'd like to buy my cards, which are also ON MY WEBSITE, and...well, I guess I'll sell them in November.