Spring Art Auction and FundRumble: El Arpaio Alacrán!

HARD TIMES HAVE FALLEN UPON US ALL! I know this for sure simply watching the donations I once received from readers—unsolicited aside from the buttons on the page—dry up over the past year or two. It’s tough out there, and it’s not just blog donations but even work online with graphics that has tapered off a lot. In fact, I was bumped offline for two weeks for not being able to pay all the bills this month. And to be honest, this is the first time since I’ve lived in this apartment that I don’t have all the rent this close to the first of next month. Ouch. That’s four days away.

I’m not trying to paint a doom n gloom scenario. I’m involved in a couple ventures that I think will begin to pay off more. They have a lot of potential and I’m putting all I can into them. But right now, they are not paying. And I’m in that spot. So I’m going to do something here I’ve not done in a while and humble myself to make the direct request to my philanthropist friends, or the ones who have a few to throw down to support their friendly neighborhood nezua: if you have a few, throw ‘em in the bucket!

Alternately, I have put one of my paintings up at eBay, and I invite you to bid, or spread the link around if you want. It’s an 18 x 24″ Lotería card of the infamous Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Granted, the Buy It Now price is at $200, but that’s sort of my little pipe dream. If I get that, far out. But I kicked it off at only $5, and there is no reserve and it’s over in three days. So lessgo!

Anyway. I spent a few days on this badboy. Check out the Making Of at La Frontera Times, and when you are done, bid on having your very own historic rendering of the archaic old lawman who, with his relentless bigotry in Arizona, has helped pave the way for laws like SB 1070 to come into play.

Or if you hate my art but love my writing, chip on in, amigo.

And that brings a close to this day’s fundrumble. Peace.