Press On Regardless

I am working on a commissioned etching.  It has had very interesting beginnings for me.  It was a series of negotiations on how the imagery was to be designed.... let me tell you a little story..... "I want a palm tree, a beach scene, a surfer and a surfboard stuck in the sand..."  Ok.  I dont make work quite like that.... and so we came to a compromise... "Ok... a beach theme.... a surfer, a wave, a shark and your 'random shit'  Ok, I think I can work with that! 

Now its a matter for negotiating through the process of etching- with its alchemy of solutions, marks, textures and tones.... this is the first proof! I've drawn in with hard ground and begun to spit bite.