Best Art Studio, EVER!

This picture doesn't even show the flat file, the back room (with painting storage, drafting table, work table #2, supply shelves, and paper rack), the sewing / book inventory room, the bathroom, the kitchen with mini-fridge and microwave, bike storage, bookcase alcove, the houseplant that will not die, iPod dock, and wall-mounted pencil sharpener. It is the last affordable storefront in Oakland, has bike racks outside, south-facing windows, and a yard behind it (with skatepond). Yeah, I think it can be stated that we have the best studio set-up for the money in the East Bay, maybe all of California.

Sometimes the crack-n-booze lurkers and liquor store litter and yelling pedestrians and Crab Shak parking lot riff-raff and constant noise from the car wash and passing busses and all that gets me down. But, really, how jaded am I to not constantly be thanking the fates for this place. Actually, it is amazing how little art I get done considering this setting.

Here are some more studio photos.