To be continued...

As I stated in my email I will not be able to finish the physical work until I return at the end of the month. I also plan on continuing into next semester because then I will have all of the materials to make the Sweet Tooth books and other items. As of right now I can give you a general break down of time spent on independent art projects (meaning they were worked on outside of any other class and what I consider to be independent study/work).

I can say in all honesty I spent more than 120 hours this semester on the following projects; Stephanie and Sophia, Sweet Tooth, Man-Made, general photography and the web site. That includes traveling, researching, documenting as well as the time I spent uploading, sorting, adjusting, printing and re-printing images.
I also spent some time in the darkroom learning how to use Fiber Paper instead of RC, but was limited because one of the lights was out and it was hard to time the chemicals (Jeanette has now fixed it).
I spent an insane amount of time researching and producing work this semester. I made it a point to come in every weekend from 12 - 7pm so I could work without interruption. You can ask any student who knows me and they will say I live at WSUV and am insanely over-dedicated. I really just don't want to waste a moment or opportunity to produce work. If I really added up the hours spent working on my artwork at WSUV this semester it would equal having no outside life. Depressing, but that's the way I prefer it.

In closing, I really want to continue doing a 499 next semester. I will be ready to finish the Sweet Tooth series when I return with my dad's paperwork. I also want to continue to build my resume and add to the website and my portfolio. I am sure I will be juggling 3 more projects to complete as well and will be living in the WSUV studio again. I hope by now you know I do not take any of this lightly and really want to get better and am willing to do the work to get there. Maybe I will even slow down and work on grant writing (my next goal) and submitting proposals to galleries.

Thanks again for everything Harrison...