Hello. My name is Paul – and I’ve been making decorated rainbarrels in Asheville, NC for two years. This blog is brand-new, so I wanted to start with a quick disclaimer:
I’m an artist*, a hula-hooper, and a public transit activist.
I mention this because I also want to also point out this list does not include “web designer”. If it did, you’d be looking at a super-slick rain-barrel website rather than a template WordPress blog. I beg your resourcefulness and forbearance as I work on this site to get it up and running smoothly.
I’ve put-off making a website for two reasons:
1) Until fairly recently, I thought this rainbarrel-business was a temporary thing. The Blissful Rainbarrel Company was something that would soon be replaced with a “real” job. (Ah, remember when the US economy wasn’t in the tank? … Neither do I.) For the past 2 years I’ve been making excuses to not do the work of a sustainable company.
Surprisingly, however, I’ve actually been eking out a living doing this. Plus, last month I realized that I actualy get a lot of joy doing this – so it’s time to stop making excuses.
2) I’ve begun to master the rainbarrel-as-a-canvass concept, and I’d like to share my work with the world.
The date is June 16th, 2011. As of this post, I haven’t adjusted the side-bar settings, created a unique header – or most of the basics you’d expect to see in a blog. However, I’m impatient to start posting my work.
I’m gambling that if you like my work, you’ll be forgiving of this sites temporary shortcomings.
So, without further ado: Here are my barrels.
- pvh
(PS: The barrel above is the first one I ever made back in 2009. 
* All living beings are artists first – whether they know it or not.
