Dear friends and readers:
As most of you have probably noticed, I have been posting with decreasing frequency in recent months; this is not because I have lost interest in blogging, but because I have not the time to make the maintenance of the blog a priority. I am likely to be occupied with other more important matters for several months, and I plan to withdraw entirely from blogs (both writing them and reading them) during that time.
Aside from a few (at most five) posts that I have already planned and that will appear soon, and the occasional uploading of a finished illustration project, expect this blog to be inactive through the summer. Be assured that I do plan to return around 14 September.
In July, I will be married, and the spiritual and practical preparations for this blessed event will consume most of my efforts until that date. I eagerly anticiapte the joys of marriage, and I hope to devote all of my spare time in the weeks and months after the wedding to my new wife. Please pray for me and for my beloved.
I am also determined to work to improve my artwork. I have learned much about sacred art in the past years, but my art is not nearly as good as I hope it to be. I have always considered my drawing more important than my writing (Indeed, I began the blog partly to draw customers to my illustration work), and I would rather study with greater intensity iconography, figure drawing (God knows this is my weakness), Holy Scripture and Patristics, calligraphy, and perhaps (at long last) color than maintain the blog. I have become too satisfied in my drawing, and I am starting to repeat myself. I know that I can do better, but I need time to learn.
Please, while awaiting my return, explore the archives of this blog, and the writings and illustrations on my regular www.danielmitsui.com website.
If you wish to help me at all, please consider donating to my website or buying artwork; I have many finished pieces for sale. I also accept commissions, although I have several outstanding, and I will need to finish these before beginning new work. I am especially interested in larger-scale, more ambitious projects. Also, I have begun collaboration with a printer in Chicago, and now am able to offer printed bookplates and gilcee prints of my drawings. Please e-mail me to discuss any of this.
If you wish to help me at all, please consider donating to my website or buying artwork; I have many finished pieces for sale. I also accept commissions, although I have several outstanding, and I will need to finish these before beginning new work. I am especially interested in larger-scale, more ambitious projects. Also, I have begun collaboration with a printer in Chicago, and now am able to offer printed bookplates and gilcee prints of my drawings. Please e-mail me to discuss any of this.
Thank you for your interest, your patience and your prayers.
God bless you all,
Daniel