This is a picture of my studio - which is a desktop, in a sense. It's essentially a corner of my basement where I have my computer set up on a big desk and various art supplies and objects of interest scattered about. Let's take a little guided tour of Paul's studio...

- The walls - adorned with a few of the 2D works that I do on rare occaision, as well as some other random stuff including a velvet painting that I got at the thrift store for $2, a newspaper clipping where my artwork was featured and other oddities.

- Excercise bike - I don't use this nearly as often as I should, but I've been trying to make a habit of it recently. There's a dumbell in this mess somewhere too.

- Lights - The lighting down here sucks, so I have set up 4 lamps around my desk, in addition to the regular lights in the basement. That funky hanging lamp was another thrift store item. They just don't make lamps that funky anymore. It's a shame.

- tool boxes - This is where I store the bulk of my art supplies, so they'd be easy to cart around if I ever cared to cart them anywhere. It might happen.

-the computer - I used to waste many an hour playing various MMORPG's, but sadly video games just can't hold my interest like they used to. I try to get my fantasy fix through making my own art now, instead of playing video games. It seems much more productive to have a tangible product at the end of spending 12 hours a day infront of the idiot box. Right now I mostly use the computer for surfing, art-related research, and as a jukebox.

-The desk - This desk is epic. It's huge, and a royal pain in the ass to move, let me tell you. But it's pretty nice to have all the room I do. The monitor sits way back, and the keyboard is on a little pull-out shelf deal so it can be stored out of the way, leaving me with a vast workspace. You'll notice I've got various art materials scattered about the desk, a couple of lighters and my trusty glass pipe (a major source of my inspiration). At any given time, there's also likley to be some dirty dishes and empty bottles cluttering up my desk. There might be some homework burried under there somewhere as well.

-The top shelf - this is where I store my most recently completed works of art. I have another shelf on the other side of the basement where I started to move finished works after I started to run out of room up on the top shelf. The shelf on the left hand side is where I set up my pieces to be photographed and posted on the web. I have just about every light in my studio on when I take the pictures and they still look pretty dark sometimes, which gives you an idea of how dim it is down here.

-The floor - I was so happy when my parents bought me a 10' x 10' slab of carpet to put under my work area. The basement floor is otherwise very cold and I like to go barefoot most of the time. It's not such a nice carpet that you would feel bad getting it dirty. The floor, like everything else in the studio is cluttered with various art tools and junk. I'm of the opinion that this is how a studio should be. The greatest artwork is born from the messiest studios.