Fellowship Pains Relieved by Skateboarding

So today I’ve been working on the Javits for most of the morning, and I got some good things worked out, but it’s starting to get a bit crazy because I have to have everything submitted by wed. AHHHHHH!

Letters of Req. are still not in because I have not finished the website yet that will have all the images, and I am still working on the darn artist statement. I have been thinking a lot recently, and I am realizing that I am finally starting to feel comfortable here, I have friends that both live with me in the building (MSAS) and also have some folks up at SFAI. Plus having an area to relax in my apt has been most appreciated.

I am so excited about going to Ithaca to see my peeps there, specially Tizz, my PDT boys, and the CUTF crew. I don’t know what I’m going to do about skating though, I felt so awesome today, ’cause I landed my 3steps, and ollied up the big ledge at pier 7. Some how I don’t ever see snow in my future, unless I live on a mountain where I can learn to snowboard. Urban skating is amazing.

Feelin’ good about myself, but still need to get back into shape…gettin’ a bit soft in the ol’ midsection.

Published by Pete Ippel

Pete Ippel, the son of a dancer and a musician, was born in Oak Park, Illinois and has been surrounded by the arts since birth. He moved to Morris, Illinois in 1989 and started to participate in athletics rather than dance. After high school, Pete attended Cornell University where he received a BA in psychology and a BFA in photo / digital art making. He continued to follow his sporting dreams in the high jump, which culminated in a school record leap of 7 feet 1/2 inch in 2001. In May 2004 he attained an MFA degree in the New Genres department of the San Francisco Art Institute. Presently Pete is a practicing artist whose work is in numerous private collections and has been exhibited in New York, California, and internationally. Mr. Ippel resides in Working Artists Ventura, a sustainable artist community in southern California. In addition, he teaches art, is a web developer, an active blogger, and still high jumps from time to time. As a passionate problem solver and a pragmatic optimist, Pete’s art and his life are full of exciting challenges.

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