On We Go

Returning from 3 weeks in Caledonia, refreshed/ renewed and pushing toward the rushing current that leads to year's end.

An early November release date for Enduring the Going Hence, the next recording , and increasing backlog of work for a forthcoming exhibition, more than a few years inthe making.

Will scan some sketchbook pages from the Scotland visit if I can pound some life into my tempermental scanner.

If you find yourself in the Richmond, Virginia area in the next few months , I have a print included in the 2010 Harnett Biennial of American Prints .

http://museums.richmond.edu/exhibitions/index.html

Oil the Harvester

I will have two paintings in the forthcoming Grand Prairie Invitational
opening later in the month...have just returned from
Baltimore , where I recorded 2 songs for a forthcoming
project.Will be leaving for Glasgow in another week-
music, assault on the sketchbook and . . . vacation.

Cast Your Bread

A relatively productive summer.Imprisoned most

days by the soaring heat , there has been little

to distract from painting and the odd print.

Incessant labor, bringing fruit  . . .

Empirical Study

 

Working out some scenes on  canvas-parable ,interpretation , honing motif  . . . Forestalling work on smaller panels for the expanding breadth of a larger surface . The overwork of aTexas summer has kept me indoors for a while,and I am craving a day out for the vigor of sketchbook infusing exploration.

"The Incarnation shows man  the greatness of his wretchedness, through the greatness of the remedy required ." Pascal

Indelible Impress

The past week was spent awash in black ink,running print after print, making slight detail corrections in between . I had truly forgotten how much I had once enjoyed this medium,and the early dews of trial and error discovery .The threadbare confines of my budget allowed me little extravagance,so I worked on small sections of linoleum and wood , rationing every cut and line lest I slip and lay waste to the small surface.

I will purpose to post some more recently completed prints .

Lately

The return to the far less familiar world of Texas.Ten days in Baltimore,echoing the more violent summers of the recent past.The heat is rising.

      A decisive commitment this month to working on a much larger scale than I normally approach. Canvas and a length of wood beckon.

The Twitching Flame

Returning from a weekend journey to Lafayette,Louisiana for the opening of Southern Open 2010,a juried exhibition featuring three of my smaller paintings.Lovely town with an apparent sympathy for the visual arts.One notable observation on the long drive down Route 49 - just the most exotic variety of roadkill one could ever witness on a state highway .

It's back to work on lino-cuts this week , a large canvas beckons and as Ivan Morrison once said,there's "no time for shoeshine. . ."

Innate Reserve

Detail from a proof run of a larger lino-cut .

The week finishes at a hurried pace- last minute framing to ready three small paintings off to Southern Open exhibition opening on the 8th of May at the Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette,LA .
acadianacenterforthearts.org

Coarse Foddering

A lot of work approaching completion.An active month - painting,prints.Learning not to lose heart on slow moving days.A few exhibition pieces in the works, and Lord willing, the final recording next month for the long delayed :Enduring the Going Hence . . and at

long last the website update/overhaul.  

Head Full of Green

Spring comes . Ideas arriving . A quick detail sketch from a forthcoming paintng . . .

The Confounded

The long drive down from Baltimore left plenty of hours to drift through the remote past.There is much about the people and terrain of the south that remains a mystery to my northern soul .I suppose until now,I have formed my subjective view through the words of Flannery O'Connor , Cormac McCarthy and the lens of film makers. For the months ahead,I abide and observe...
Current work - pressing ahead on new panels for a regional exhibition, and several new prints...

Beyond What Kindness Can Do

It is nearly time for returning to Ethiopia. I will attempt to chronicle more this year in the sketchbooks,and post a selection upon returning....