Sunday was the first day in the 40s NYC has seen in months, and it was well appreciated. Went to the Neue Galerie with a couple of friends to have a look at the Egon Schiele portraits exhibit, and seeing his work in person is never disappointing. His linework is so sure and fine, and his… Continue reading Schiele Portraits and a wander day in the city
Today broke delightfully sunny but heartrendingly windy, and that’s a confounding combination. How I miss civilized weather. Awoke suddenly this morning to a distinct memory of listening to The Queen is Dead in my room at the farm on the record player my folks gave me when I turned 16. It was an all-in-one type,… Continue reading A sun-bright frozen Sunday
Pencil and casein paint in a Molskine sketchbook.
More pen, marker, and casein (Cadmium Red Deep) sketches from the book.
Exsanguination No.1 : A ritual bloodletting. A symbolic sacrifice to speed Winter on its intemperate way and make room for the upset of a new season; of change. Nature’s not kind nor gentle— why should art be?
Writing is one of the best ways to sort real emotions from troublesome nonsense. I first experienced this via The Artist’s Way, and what the author calls Morning Pages. After a few weeks, your notebook is transformed— it's a spiral-bound bullshit detector; a college-ruled catharsis.
A couple of rather messy sketches from a few of nights ago. Just nonsense, but I like them.
When I was traveling in September, I did a very careless thing and dropped my camera (a Canon Powershot ELPH 130) on the ground in Paris— it was on and the thing landed smack on the edge of the lens. It still worked, but just wasn't able to quite focus correctly; the right side of every… Continue reading Some test photos taken with a new camera
Three weeks into the new year's January. Best of intentions, and all that, but work has been steady and hard-hitting for the dead of Winter, and so I've not yet established a schedule with which to be more timely or consistent on this blog (something I'm interested in doing). I think the best way to… Continue reading An aim to establish some schedule
e daggar art: THE MUSEUM 