I have to admit I don't pace value on things the way a lot of people do. Don't get me wrong, I have a couple shirts that were my grandfathers that I value greatly, but money wise....I've never quite gotten it! Earlier this year I made up my mind that I was going to seek help to make prints and show my work. This proved to be more difficult than I hoped and expensive. I didn't so much mind the cost, but I never seemed content with the results. Something about making yourself I guess. Anyway the most expensive piece I have ever made was this one, but I was never happy with it. I had made a last second change to it that I thought was a good move but later regretted and the color was never quite right. I showed it this summer but was actually a little embarrassed by it. I'm planning to show it again in the faculty show, but I've gone into the print and wrote and drew all over it. In places I've etched out the ink in the original. I wanted to take this piece to a new place beyond where it was. In some ways I wanted to save the piece. I'm not sure if I did this or not, but we'll see. I will show it and find out what people think. The key here for me is layering of information and layering of my technique. I don't really paint as much as I'd like, so my scribbles and writing on this piece are an attempt to think like a painter still. I great influence of mine recently said he wished he was seeing more of my painting---and I want to make paintings to show him and I think in a lot of ways that this is painting, but I know he'd sort of snicker at me and say--"thats just clever!' In any event, it is me still trying to find a way to voice my opinion and viewpoints through art. I hope its worth the effort, if not, I'm still having the time of my life trying to figure it all out. tear#78(rewored from tear #31 and tear #35) by Richard Sayer.