art focus day

I'm thinking today should be an art focus day after fighting the snow, wind, drifts and idiots on the road it creates. If you know someone looking for art, a hand painted sign, a charcoal drawing or needs a remote CAD draftsman (of 15 years) to get me off the roads - send em over to http://katehagerartist.com

the problem with contract places for work

So we got like 9" of snow over the last 24 hours. Roads are crappy, all schools are closed, daycares, churches, etc. I've been on my job over 6 months, but through a contract place. We get no benefits, no paid vacation, no accrued time off, sick or personal, health, etc. Here us 5 contract employees sit at work. There are a couple other straglers....but most of the "real" employees...with benefits like we don't get...called in snow day yeah, can't make it out the driveway!!

And yet we....had to get up early, scrap, dig, fight our way out and in and risk lives...not because we are brand new and working towards benefits. Because we are "contract" - which is what almost every employer uses nowadays. There is a problem with that.

 I could do my job just as well on a laptop...at my house, safe off the roads. I'm a draftsman, designer, 15 years experience. Why can't I find a firm that will let me work there, remote, flex schedule with benefits like a real employee??

http://katehagerartist.com

winter hath arrived

Avoided the highway....cause I've been doing this enough years to know to. Everyone that first week of snow "forgets" - and the road isn't bad, but they do it every year, so back roads become out friend...well sometimes lol. Today I got behind that person doing 30...because there was snow on the ground. It wasn't slippery really, a teeny bit but no more than when it rains. But that white fluffy stuff just seems to bring it out. So here we go for another winter...unless I match numbers, find remote CAD work, or for some reason collectors decide my art work is the new in thing.....

store page updates for Art Signs Gifts Soap Lotion

I did some updates to the store page on the website - http://katehagerartist.com/store.html to try and get together the funds we need to make it through the winter months. With no produce to take to farm markets we are in the season we fight to keep grain in the barn as we slowly grow ourselves. We also have 3/4 of a beef up for sale if you are in Mid-Michigan and looking for beef grown the way grandpa used to...drop me a line. I have lots of art work that just sits and it's a shame as they are such pretty pieces that would go with any decor and can be shipped.

feel free to drop me a line to see more.

I do sign work, visual art, would like to do more murals but that would require not having to have a 40 hour a week j.o.b. to have the time to do it. I can do some cool stuff if I could find my market out there and how I would love to. I do CAD work, art work, signs, hand made lotions and soap, we have the beef, produce in summer (we acquired the materials to build a greenhouse but need the time to construct), rabbits, goats (dairy and meat) and of course our chickens and ducks