Daddy Mike

Hello Crateart fans,

When I started this blog, I promised myself that I would not add personal information to its contents, except for brief descriptions where personal life was expressed in artwork. Well, I just can't hold it back.

My first child, Paul Marcel Elias, was born April 26th at 2:30 am. I am very happy to be a daddy, and little Paul will have plenty of Crayola Crayons and Play Doh to play with when he gets a little older.

I just began returning to the studio the past couple of days. Froot Loop Chuck is almost done now. I will be finished with that project, and have a crate built for it, in the next two weeks. Very soon (June/July), this blog will take a new dynamic, as I will not be working in galleries, handling artwork, much longer. As my life and my art mature so will this blog. Soon the aspect of earning money and juggling artwork will be replaced with raising a family, being a stay at home dad, and STILL juggling artwork. I can't wait. I can't sleep either because Paul loves being awake all night, but that's another topic.

Here's a couple of pictures of my boy.

That's it, no more personal stuff, just Crateart.