Friday, March 21, 2014

Hill Towns

Oftentimes I open up my sketchbook and just start drawing and scribbling. These marks beget mountains and landscapes. Soon, cities are cropping up like moss or barnacles. A tidal wave of humanity rolls from the tip of my pencil. I paint an aerial perspective: dust storms in the distance or thunderheads overhead. Pointed pine trees give a sense of scale and scraggly manzanita suggest a non-specific locale.

If you put your ear to them you might hear dogs barking, children playing, car horns honking and birds singing. Or you might only hear the wind whistling through the branches of your crowded day. Listen some more ok?

Bonne journée!























Friday, March 14, 2014

Crime Scene


Alert! Home invasion! Hmmm… a clue?

The line of string turns a corner and goes into the kitchen…

The intruder is unpredictable and creative. What is he after?


The entire grisly scene!  Sirens blare in the distance, The coroner is on his way

Poltergeist!
Anarchist! Anti-christ!!



Attacker!
Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Still Kicking!

Recent Crystal Cities paintings:
I started making Crystal Cities pictures in 2009 and they still provide an artistic sandbox in 2014. The practice creates a flow of mark-making and a creative call-and-response that helps me know if I'm alive.
Well now…!

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