something for kate

monotype and mixed media, 22x30

the gathering

2 color linocut with handcut type. 12x18 on 15x22 somerset satin.

coffee mugs

when was the last time you actually WASHED the coffee mug on your desk at work? i don't mean a casual rinse to remove the weekend's dust. i mean a full on soap and sponge wash. why would you? if the mug gets filled, then emptied into your gullet, what's the point? consider the stains 'patina.' they add character. and there is hardly any risk of contracting any sort of yuckiness. i think...

really, this comes up because i am so bored with my current mug that i have no use for maintaining it. i have been very interested in vintage diner mugs, and those cool old mugs that fade from tan to brown (my mom could tell you what that style is actually called) and mugs with logos from defunct businesses, and such. i like things with a little character i guess. things that can tell a story.

i guess i like things that remind me that what i do is a good thing. story telling reminds us of where we came from, and can hopefully give us a glimpse of where we are going. just a little hint of it.

secret keeping

i carry a burden
that is not my own,
i carry it for another; its weight is shown
in the way my back bends
as i bear it to my eternal home.

a new look and turning gears.

so many experiences in uncharted territory, so much travel, so much sorrow, so much joy.

all good for new stories to tell...keep an eye open.

works on paper

something for kate, 22x30

i'm so sorry. 22x30

g-love floats. 30x30 monotype and mixed media on panel. commission for LIVE NATION concert series. sold at auction, 11/11/2008

secret keeping- monotype and mixed media, 22x30

these things take time, 20x28

softly soaring through, 20x28

ignarus aspurnatum seminare, 22x30

a trope for entropy, 22x30

husker du? 20x28

sometimes i forget how to breathe, 20x28

upon this rock, 20x28

you had to be there, 20x28

this house, 28x22

a tear in the fabric, 22x26

echo, 22x26

static

monotype and mixed media, 22x28

softly soaring through

this one is a little victory for hope. and happy accidents.

monotype and mixed media, 20x28

these things take time

these things take time, 20x28, monotype with mixed media.

watch out, here comes that phelan guy

show at herrell's opens may 3rd

come out and see some of my new work at herrell's allston cafe at 155 brighton ave, allston, ma 02134. the show opens may 3rd and runs through the 16th, with an opening party on the 3rd from 7-9 pm. herrell's will be providing some tasty goodness, so you know it's worth the trip.

http://herrellsallstoncafe.com/default.aspx

hope to see you there.

parentheses or bookends?

...or maybe just a monster of our own making.

22x30, monotype with mixed media

i'm so sorry

what more could possibly be said?

22x30, monotype with mixed media.

a trope for entropy

it still hits a little too close to home.


22x30, monotype with mixed media.

what dreams may come

i can't help but wonder.

18x24 on 22x30 paper. hard ground and spit bite etching, colored pencil and photo collage, monoprint.

ignarus aspurnatum seminare

you think you know, but you don't. you can't possibly.

monotype, mixed media. 20 x 28

it is finished

the title isn't as simple as it seems. it took me a year and a half to be satisfied with the idea that i am done with this one.

pronto plate, chine colle, mica dust, akua on paper. 20 x 28 1/2.

loss of innocense

sometimes, i mourn for my childhood; it was so good.

hardground etching, inking ala poupee, chine colle with burned paper, imbedded grass. ~8x10

direction

sometimes people move in different directions. when they are tied together so tightly,

this can be very painful indeed.

4 1/2 x 12, hardground, softground, spit bite, drypoint. edition 6

make art and stay away from the computer

so i 'met' this guy named abraham a while ago. i say 'met' because i have never actually seen him in person, or heard his voice. but i did answer a classified ad he placed looking for artists to apply for spots in a show. he answered me, and we have been exchanging emails for about 6 weeks. he digs my new stuff, the monotypes of despair...and we are working on putting together a show to include me and a few others in nyc. possibly one in beijing too. so we shall see. it might be the beginning of something.

i bring it up now to let all 3 people who read this know that i will probably be spending a little more time here as i make art, then upload it here for abraham to view. he hasn't asked me to be accountable to him, but it seems like a good motivator in some ways. so i am doing it this way to be accountable but leave him off the hook. and to say that while i may be posting here more often, i will hopefully be doing less of the hanging-out-on-the-computer-wasting-time junk.

i just finished another piece that i'll have up here in a day or so. and i have several more on the easels as we speak.

fingers crossed...