Haven’t blogged in YEARS but today was a BIG day! BIG announcement! I have signed a lease on my very own storefront in Westwood, NJ at the Five Corners building! 326 Kinderkamack Rd. The business name is ABSTRACT Kim Schmitt Thomas Art. I will be painting there, and selling my work there, meeting with clients, AND reviving my old pottery biz! Combining the two art forms under one roof has been a dream of mine for YEARS, if not a lifetime. I’ve loved clay since I was 5 yrs old and dug it out of the brook behind my house. I made little pinch pots and lined them up on the sewer ledge and pretended to sell them (I played both the shop keeper and the customer😄) I’ve never outgrown that side of me and I had a nice little business a couple decades ago selling to boutique shops in Ridgewood, Nyack, Ramsey and New Port, RI. My equipment has been sitting for a very long time, but it’s soon going to be up and running again! New stuff though, nothing like the old stuff. Hopefully I remember what I’m doing!🤪. Painting will always be my main love and business, I plan to go even bigger now that I’ll have more space! But combining the two mediums, in my own shop, has been my goal and focus for the past few years- which, once I finally found the right space, seemed to all come down to a week and a half! 🤣🤯. I still have LOTS to do so i wont be up and running for a while. Doing some renovations (ceiling,floor, kiln installation ) I’m still setting up all the business stuff, need a sign, permits, lots and lots. I’m learning as I go! This business will probably always be a work in progress! To everyone who has ever bought a painting from me, or shared my posts, or referred me to a friend- THANK YOU!! Because of you, I’ve been able to save a little money to get this business started. At my age, the logical thing probably would’ve been to save it for retirement, but honestly why the heck would I ever want to retire from all this fun?? So I’m investing it into my myself and my career. Please keep buying my work, and referring me to friends- I need you all now more than ever! 🙏❤️
*PS. I just created another new IG account just for this business- @abstractkimart on Instagram. I still need to rework my website www.kimschmittthomas.com and probably create a new fb page. And I still have my regular IG account, Kim Schmitt Thomas Art. Please follow and watch the updates! I’ll still be working at my home store studio where I’ve been the in-house art over 4 yrs, and Hackensack Performing Arts Center where I’m the curator/gallery director. Gonna be busy!! 🫨
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