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WORK IN PROGRESS PART ONE
Hart Island still haunts me. Today I am planning my next project about it. I found these HO scale figures in Denver. They have a bit of a problem standing, so I am experimenting with creating glue bases (that are supposed to dry clear). I am hoping I will be able to...
PLANCHETTE’S VAIN WARNING
close up of planchette's vain warning, fake cyanotype (inkjet on paper)green restaurant is having a ouija board contest. Good luck finding the requirements for applying on their website, but through some connections of Robrt's we secured the instructions.This is...
CANVAS PROJECT VOLUME 3: SQUISHY
It was hard to imagine a sweeter illustration than a jelly doughnut for squishy, my last word in the Art House Co-op Canvas Project. In my ever curious, research-oriented mind I discovered help in the great doughnut vs. cruller debates of the early 1940s.The New York...
CANVAS PROJECT VOLUME 3: BACKSLIDER
For the Art House Co-op Canvas Project, my second word was backslider, another rather interesting one. And one which I have not had occasion to use in a sentence, although, I do understand this one. "How do you illustrate backslider?" I pondered. Until I did some...
CANVAS PROJECT VOLUME 3: INCULCATE
The assignment from Art House Co-op:We're creating a visual encyclopedia where each artist is asked to visually interpret three words that are assigned to them randomly and were submitted by the Art House community onto 4x4 inch canvases. A visual encyclopedia book...
ART IN DENVER
Megan and Kyria at the art museumMy trip to Denver was filled with beautiful things to see. My family being the first. I took my granddaughter, Kyria, with me and we stayed at my daughter's (Megan) and son-in-law's (Chris) house for a few days.Our beginning adventure...
THE NAKED CITY
When I was a kid there was a TV show that I loved to watch with my dad. It was called the Naked City. Each week it brought you a glimpse of New York, in the format of a crime drama. But what I remember most about the show was the way in which you felt that at any...
THE HANKIE PROJECT
Julie Barratt wrote to say "The Hankie Project (has come down). Have had lots of people through to see the show and lots of fab comments in the visitor's book.""The show will go on to Grafton Regional Gallery in Jan. 2011 and am also following up other touring...
SHOWS
me at the Denver Art MuseumIn Denver, the Interior Markings show is up at the Abecedarian Gallery, with a big artists reception on Friday from 5-8 p.m., I am looking forward to meeting Alicia Bailey, the gallery director and some of the other book artists in the show....
A BOOK ABOUT DEATH, OMAHA
He left us, 6x4 inch post card, collage, wax and mixed mediaMy latest post card is for another A BOOK ABOUT DEATH show, originally conceived by Matthew Rose and first exhibited in NYC. This show is taking place in Omaha, NE curated by Viv Maudlin, Louise Millmann and...
MEMORIES
three bottles from the skin seriesSometimes the making of art is about changing your mind and trusting your instincts. At least that's how I am feeling today. As I started to work further on the "skin" series the original idea of making a statement about looks morphed...
UAC, ALZHEIMER’S AND MARY PELA
Our next uac event on First Friday July 2nd at Willo North Gallery is special to me, not only because my friend Robrt Pela will be the guest speaker, reading a series of personal stories about caring for his mother, who is living with Alzheimer’s disease, but because...