Debtfair

With a good education, good jobs, we were not financially stable in NYC. We stressed and barely had time for our children and art. Wanting a new way of life, we left NYC for Puerto Rico. It is a simpler, peaceful life but with harsher economic realities. I have not visited NYC since leaving in 2014. I was just accepted for an exhibit there in February. I may not be making it. It won't be the first show I have pulled out of. Our one car is committed to this area where the boys go to school. Most art opportunities are in San Juan, over 2 hours away. I miss many of them. I have had paintings turned down for shows here because they weren't framed. Framing art is not my reality due to finances. I started teaching to offset this, but my time is now committed to curricula development/ lesson planning/ grading. The income still doesn't cover my needs and yet the income I can generate from my art has declined because I have not been able to dedicate the time it requires. This however fuels an arsenal of concepts and ideas, but many pile up without being executed.