This is what happens when I watch Project Runway. Yesterday’s sort of gusting W I N D throws some of the apartment’s weaknesses into high relief; an embarrassing semblance of outdated aluminum-framed windows in the kitchen, and utter lack of insulation in the outhouse—er, bathroom. The place is downright chilly on such days. This time… Continue reading Duchy & Vole
I haven't put anything here on the blog in an age. Now it's a new year, and I plan to get back into my non-work creative pursuits. I have been blaming work and being busy in general for my lack of non-work creative endeavors, but I have recently come to realize there was more to… Continue reading Starting the year by drawing again
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A drawing for today. This was one for a work project, "Nature Block Party"– see it in action at the (temporary) web site for this new offshoot of NYC Wildflower Week, and the new initiative, National Urban Biodiversity Week. Click on the image to see it larger.
"A Tiny City springs up from a crack in the pavement" (actual date 08.18.11-ignore typo) "A boy is angry" Finally some drawings I like very much, without coercion! happy.
Last night in class I decided to work on another soft ground etching. After pulling the proofs last week, I realized this medium is exactly what I was looking for in 2010 when working on all those pencil drawings, and wanting a way to create multiples of them (not giclée). This is perfect, as it… Continue reading Another soft ground etching started- stunted.
The drawing on paper for a soft ground etching; it's Ben in New Orleans. I'm having trouble escaping my dreams. It's as if all the unremembered or missed visitations are making up for lost time these days, arriving one upon the other, ceaselessly. It's a haunting, an undertow from which I feel I can barely… Continue reading An undertow and soft ground
Landscape with three gabled cottages, Rembrandt van Rijn Over the weekend we were lucky enough to get into the Frick Collection after only a twenty minute wait. I’d not been there in years, and the first hour of my visit was spent reacquainting myself with it. It’s unique in its use of space; keeping the… Continue reading The Man from Rijn
early phase graphite on wood panel to be finished with oils. I awoke this morning with the Tarpeian Rock visiting a doomed mantra across my semi-conscious brain– nothing else attached to it; just a piece of lost luggage leftover from all my reading about Rome. And then, of all things, the cream for the coffee… Continue reading Man about a horse
work in progress: graphite and oils on wood cigar box I completed the graphite work and began painting oil glazes on this piece last night. In the background can be seen some of the other items in my collection of panels and pieces for future projects. (The one just next the cigar box is one… Continue reading Work in progress: the bathers
e daggar art: THE MUSEUM 