I was the general contactor for this building. The lot was purchased from a trucking company in early 1991. Then I drew the plans and hired contractors in the early Spring. Construction began in May, and the building was completed in September, 1991. Most of the contractors allowed me to work with them reducing the cost substantially. The interior height is 14', and the area is 1680 square feet. The building is heated and air-conditioned by high energy units. The floor is concrete, and there is 6" of insulation in the walls of the structure. Now we begin the cybertour. (These images were made with an Olympus D300L camera, and the resulting .tif images have been converted to interlaced .gif images at much lower resolution.) |
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This is an exterior view, looking to the southeast. You may notice behind the building is a grey semi-trailer. This was purchased for storage of older paintings. It has been put on blocks and vented. It is a very inexpensive storage space. |
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You are passing through an anteroom, where paintings are stored, into the studio area. Through the door and to the right is the darkroom. We will look at that on the way out. You are looking to the south. |
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This is a view looking to the southwest. You will see the workshop area to the right. In the center of the room are some old couches that make for a comfortable reading and studying area. Note that over the workbench there is a structure than can be lowered to make a dust collector when I am sanding. |
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This is the view looking to the northwest. You can still see the workshop area to the left. There is an old refrigerator where I keep paint and darkroom chemicals. Beyond that is the door to the john. Center right is the painting area. Directly behind the painting wall is the darkroom. |
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Looking northeast you see the painting area and the door into the room. In the far corner is most of my paint and media storage. To the right of that is paper and drawing media storage. Further to the right is the drawing area. Outside that door is the anteroom used for storage of paintings and lumber. This also serves as a buffer for noise from the street. |
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This is a view, looking west, of my workbench. I usually keep my tools in place. Some of these tools were purchased when I was in undergraduate school and are over 40 years old. I usually put my tools back immediatly after using since I find it unbearable to have to search for something when I need it. |
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This is a view of the area where I mix my paints. The sink is a real convenience. I use acrylic paint,and I transfer the paint from the bottles and jars to squeeze bottles. This saves some time. You can see these squeeze bottles in the upper right of the image. I store them inverted. You might see the top of an air compressor under the table. This has been moved to the anteroom, and the air is piped in to the painting area. This keep the compressor clean or paint spray and eliminates the noise of the machine. |
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This is a view looking southeast. Here on the left is drawing tables and storage. In the corner is my "office" with its computer. In the rear of the room are bookshelves. |
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This is the "office" area where all the bookwork and computing is done. This is equiped with two computers (networked together), a laser printer, a bubble-jet printer, and color scanner. Needless to say, there is a very good alarm system in the building. Once, tripped accidentally, it had two policemen at the studio before I could phone the police department. |
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This is the darkroom. It is directly behind my painting area. There is a Durst enlarger that is out of the photo to the right. I do not do any color work here, but I do all of my own black and white film and paper processing. I have recently built a rocking tray (from surplus parts) for the darkroom bench. |
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This is the anteroom storage area where recently completed paintings are held. At the end of the room is the door to the utility room that holds the water heater, furnace, and general storage. |