The web is a beautiful thing. Bits and pieces of one’s creative past, for good or for ill, can resurface out of the ether and provide amusement and a sense of perspective.
As it turns out, over 80 years worth of student newspapers from Davidson College, my alma matter, have been saved in an online pdf archive, located here. So, unknowingly, a bit of my youth has been preserved here– strange little comics, from my Junior year, called Agitprop. The name is a perverse nod to the art of propaganda from the Communist era, and the pieces ran for several months in a stretch in late 1989.
Agitprop is a window into my-then mindframe. Quirky, a bit angsty, and fascinated by possibilities.
Holiday Group Show at Tres Chouette
December 4th through the end of the year, Tres Chouette will be hosting an assortment of artists’ work just in time for the holidays. Take home some original art!
Still of few pieces of mine hanging there, but (happy to report) the fall show made a big dent in inventory. Thanks to all who made the end of the year strong!
“By 25, almost no one listens to it…”
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Recently my friend and colleague Chuck Lampe was cleaning a family antique mirror and discovered a sizable piece of history within the backing — several pages of the March 25, 1963 edition of the Peoria (Illinois) Journal Star. In addition to being a great “slice of life” document (from a day when nothing too earth shattering was going on, despite the volatile nature of that era,) the newspaper featured an uncredited report on the dangers of rock n’ roll music on the already susceptible misanthropic youth. Continue Reading »
September 4th Gallery Crawl Ev…
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Clean studio freak-out.
Nothing like a clean studio to freshen the perspective. Also on the personal agenda: cleaning the palette, refreshing the paints.
Life drawing in South End.
Happy to return to the Thursday schedule of morning life drawing after a few weeks absence. Amazing what a bit of time– both good and ill– can do to the seeing process.
Also taking the opportunity to work in new mediums– straight conté in shades of sanguine, which I think will open doors of value judgements both in painting and draftsmanship.
Travelogue: Asbury Park, NJ
Surprises were many during last week’s trip to the coast of New Jersey. The central theme of this expedition, as it turns out, was “reality vs. expectation”; I went to New Jersey anticipating the clichés, (dirty cities, dirty oceans, decay, rude people) and found almost the reverse to be true. Asbury Park is a town in a visible, albeit gradual, state of recovery from its troubling post-1970 decline. Continue Reading »
Trés Chouette hours…
Had a few questions from folks interested in the show, mainly in re: hours and location of the gallery.
Trés Chouette is open Monday-Saturday, 10am-7pm. For directions to 2121 Shamrock Drive, follow click this link.
Cheers!
Started a new “Shows” page on …
Started a new “Shows” page here.
Event Images Online…
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Thanks to Holt Long Morris for the great shots of the opening event from last Friday. I think her images capture the spirit of the event. From the great group of friends (old and new), to the atmosphere Mary Florence created in the gallery, to the works themselves, Holt’s photo essay gives a nice overview.
And, as soon as I get my camera back from the gallery, I’m going to post more individual shots of the works as they hang in their pristine state. I’ve never seen my stuff look so good!