Art, it is said, is born out of chaos and suffering. The management of Darkvale Studios, concerned about the recent creative silence of our art department, took one look at our resident artist and realized the problem. He is a contented man with a happy family and many distractions, while his hairline, waistline, and creative spark all seem to be heading toward the shadowy end of the map. Happiness is nearly as hated around here as puns, so the time is clearly upon us to kick the cosmic beehive and remind our little bohemian what he’s paid for.

The last painting he did took him one month. It stands to reason, in the minds of the cruel people in charge, that his next task should be to knock out 12 paintings in 4 weeks. Big art, small art, art that climbs on rocks, we don’t care - and since we’re trying to generate a little buzz with this admittedly low budget publicity stunt, we’re going to be posting live stream videos, daily updates, extra mini challenges along the way, and even getting interactive by letting you, Darkvale fans, chime in with suggestions and votes on the outcomes of some of the artwork. We would call this an immersive creative experience, if we were the kinds of people who said that kind of thing, so be glad we aren’t. He’s receiving notice as this blog posts, and he has the next couple of days to get his supplies together and call his loved ones. The whistle blows Saturday night at midnight, and by midnight, Saturday, August 26th, his last brushstroke needs to be drying on the canvas, or his next masterpiece will be performed with a sour cream gun in the kitchen of a Taco Bell. So stock up on popcorn, brush up on your online heckling skills, and prepare to help us heap on the pressure as we make our little art monkey dance in his upcoming Brush with Destiny. Ooooo, I think we have our title. We paint with words. We also paint with paint. That’s the point of this whole thing, the painting with…ok, maybe not so great with words. Stop typing now.