my studio in the woods
day 5 of my residency
here's a snippet of whats running through my mind.
bags are packed
condensed my studio into three tubs, and its off to the I-Park foundation ...
in the land of Legos
Model making project ... building a set in fantasy land
A classic
Prop styling LL Bean boots for Forbes Magazine
color collapse
trying out the my first batch of handmade watercolor bricks.
today's collage
blueberry on blueberry. A natural fade.
natural grid
ink made from furnace soot
fresh batch
blueberry ink. No filter.
ink and quill
a scribe in blueberry
BRIC opening, great turnout
BRIC: Artist in the studio exhibition
you can almost see my piece from here ...
Set design for Forbes
Here's the cover of the Forbes Special Philanthropy issue (at your newsstand now). The photo shoot took place during the Philanthropy Summit on Education at the New York Public Library. I created the set design, which included preliminary sketches and the acquisition of 250-some-odd books. Pre-production fabrication and configuration of the flats and books was done in my studio. The panels were designed to travel flat with space in between as the open book pages were quite fragile. Installation was done the day before the shoot as it took all day to set up and the final touches of taping down the top pages was a bit involved.
440 gallery
One of my "au naturel" drawings is in a group show curated by Bill Carroll. Stop by and check out the show if your in the Park Slope neighborhood.
I've been experimenting with making my own materials. The above piece titled, "time wave (colonial)" is made from blueberry ink with a pheasant quill pen on 100% cotton rag paper.
12.13.14
a little diddy about the wind. ink on paper, 7" x 7.5", 2014.
FIND YOUR
I'm waiting for the subway and my obstructed view of the station sign reveals a message. Keep searching, keep helping, keep making. Find your muse and keep on, keepin on.
Rodney King
Sunday, 4:30pm show at BRIC. Went and saw Rodney King, a performance piece created and performed by Roger Guenveur Smith. So incredibly powerful. His vibrant and painful monologue ran non-stop as he masterfully expressed his interpretation of Rodney King's life.
Afterwards, a Townhall meeting was held (panelists above) and concerned citizens weighed in on the events of the last couple weeks. Black lives matter.
drawing in progress ...
Kidsfest
Volunteering today at the FreeArtsNYC fundraising Kidsfest Event. Fun!
and another, "Untitled, for now" blueberry ink on paper, 8"x10"