The Bonzo Chronicles

Last comments on Art Prize 2011

2011-10-12T12:07:00.009-04:00

I have some thank yous to post -
- Cathy and Alan Moore for a warm home and comfortable bed during the three weeks of Art Prize
- Ellen Wilt - thanks Ellen, for the beautiful working space
- Connie Cronenwett - thanks Connie, for the timely use of your paper cutter
- Klaus Wolter - thanks Klaus, for taking pity on me and making the jig
- Paul Malboeuf - thanks Paul, for food, ideas, videos, construction help, support and a million other things
- Rick DeVos for the platform that allowed Art Prize to happen
- the people of Grand Rapids for their warmth and understanding of Rain

MLive Art Prize do over? Here's the link

My two favorite videos of Rain:

This one by Paul Malboeuf on YouTube

And this one by Dustin Dwyer on YouTube

"Rain - Art Prize" update Sept. 10, 2011

2011-09-10T08:09:00.004-04:00

Finally! Two days to go until we install "Rain" in Grand Rapids. Almost all the work is done. The 2' square modules are packed up in 5 boxes and the super structure is sitting ready to be transported.

There is a little video of another step in the process but I'm waaaaay beyond that now.

I'll post images of the installation next week, when it's DONE!

Art Prize doesn't open to the public until September 21

Art Prize - on to Silver Leaf

2011-07-10T12:36:00.007-04:00

I finished bending the 7600 aluminum wire suspenders on July 4. Now it's on to the silver leaf. This is for Art Prize in Grand Rapids, MI, Sept 21 - Oct 9, 2011.

I have adhered most of the silver leaf to polyester film but have a few sheets of pf to be beautified yet. Here are a few photos of the silver leaf on polyester film before I seal it and cut it into 2.5" squares. It's beautiful this way - makes me want to leave it uncut.

for Art Prize - a little movie

2011-06-23T20:16:00.001-04:00

Here's the link to a little video of bending wire activity.

Installation for Art Prize 2011

2011-06-09T17:39:00.004-04:00

8 June 2011
Recently I went on a car trip from Ann Arbor, MI to Seattle, WA. While I occupied the passenger seat I bent wire to form suspenders.

I've cut and bent 4800 aluminum suspenders. I have approximately 2600 more to do. This is all in preparation for my installation at the Grand Rapids Public Museum in Grand Rapids for Art Prize 2011 (September 21 - October 9, 2011).

I bent wire in the Columbia River Valley:

I bent wire in Missoula, Montana -

I bent wire at the Grand Coulee Dam -

I bent wire in the car -

I've bent wire in hotel rooms -

This is my elevator talk about the piece (called Rain)I'm making:

"I'm taking 7000 reflective squares and arranging them within the space of an airy 10' cube. The squares will move with ambient air currents."

In case you're wondering how the reflective squares relate to the suspenders, one suspender sits under each reflective square on lines of monofilament. A visual of a small version of this in on youtube.

HARMONY's Story

2011-03-17T09:12:00.003-04:00

HARMONY has been sold to the EAI - Encaustic Art Institute. Here is the link for the full story.

HARMONY FINISHED!

2010-12-01T21:04:00.004-05:00

Here is the link for the finished collaboration between 32 artists working in encaustic. The work is entitled HARMONY (in case you didn't know). It will travel and be for sale for $5000. The money from the sale will be donated to Habitat for Humanity.

If you follow the link above you can see the finished artwork, the names of participants below the artwork. If you click on the individual squares in HARMONY you will be led to an image of one person's work and the story of that work.

Silver Liquid: a tribute to water - part 3

2010-10-30T22:28:00.005-04:00

Exhibition dates: October 19 - November 28, 2010

"Sumi Pond"
encaustic on Sumi drawing on wood panel
22" x 22" x 2"

"black ink"
encaustic on Sumi drawing on wood panel
22" x 22" x 2"

WSG Gallery
306 S. Main Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103
734.761.2287
WSG website
WSG blog

more to come -

Silver Liquid: a tribute to water - part 2

2010-10-30T21:44:00.009-04:00

Exhibition dates: October 19 - November 28, 2010

"Rain"
collaboration between Lynda Cole and
Candace Compton Pappas
silver leaf on polyester film, cement
10'h x 5'w x 5'd
The hanging sculpture rotates and the individual squares move with air currents.

Perceptual title: "Peace Ball"
Conceptual title: "Wrapped Pond"
encaustic with EPS center
2' diameter
the dish is wax on concrete

WSG Gallery
306 S. Main Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103
734-761-2287
wsg website
wsg blog

more to come -

Joe and Tif's new house, in progress, August, 2010

2010-10-27T22:58:00.004-04:00

These photos are of Joe and Tif's house after the green roof was planted but before the front yard was finished. A day later the front looked quite different but I don't have a photo of that.

a detail of the round window in the kitchen -

Silver Liquid: a tribute to water - the photos

2010-10-27T21:20:00.014-04:00

This is the first in a series of posts about my new exhibit at WSG Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan. These photos hang in a grid. The grid makes up one of 11 pieces in the exhibit. All of these photos are printed on 8 1/2 x 11 rag paper using pigmented ink.

The exhibit runs from October 18 - November 28, 2010. WSG Gallery is located at 306 S. Main, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The opening reception was October 22, 7-10 pm.

Snoqualmie Falls, Seattle Washington

studio 1, Ann Arbor, Michigan

studio 2, Ann Arbor, Michigan

fog on Mohonk Mountain, High Falls, New York

water as solvent, window cleaners on some hotel windows

sand pattern on Wingaersheek Beach, Gloucester, Massachusetts

water reflections in the water off Roatan, Honduras but they could be anywhere with the sun and water in the right relationship. I love these patterns wherever I encounter them.

Jones River Salt Flat grasses with water drops as jewels (altered), Gloucester, Massachusetts

Grand Traverse Bay tranquility, Michigan

Grand Traverse Bay sedges with their doppelgangers, Michigan

with Jim and Christina, Sarah and Pete in Cornwall, England

with friends in Cornwall, England

some hardy surfers in Cornwall, England

bull kelp off British Columbia, Canada

Anouk

2010-09-11T20:39:00.003-04:00

Paul and I went to visit Joe, Tif and Anouk. These are some new photos of Anouk. It was lightly raining. Anouk is a very busy little girl.

HARMONY continued

2010-09-11T20:17:00.003-04:00

This is what I received from Rodney Thompson - the panel (beautiful without anything on it) and the template of my section of HARMONY to paint with encaustic anyway I want.

I've done my painting but have to keep it secret for awhile yet. We all had to use the same color palette: green gold, Indian yellow, titanium white and raw umber. Using someone else's colors was an interesting challenge. I usually constrain myself to a red, a yellow and a blue + white. This was quite different with 2/3 of the color wheel not available.

HAROMONY

2010-07-24T08:42:00.005-04:00

Here's a link to a blog about a new project I'm working on with thirtysome other people - HARMONY. It's an encaustic art project with this goal, "Together, we will be creating a work of art that is greater in sum than its individual parts. We will be working in harmony for the benefit of humanity."

That's kind of a tall order but, at least, we'll be creating something in collaboration. Maybe it will come to stand for something bigger than itself. We'll see. I like the concept.

As yet I don't have the part I'm to work on but I'll post photos to this blog as it gets underway. I'll be given the composition and I know the basic colors to use. Other than that it's up to me.

A Different Alphabet

2010-02-09T14:19:00.004-05:00

Since October I've been working on a major piece of art for the Bloomfield Township Public Library in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. It's called A Different Alphabet. It was installed on January 29, 2010. The materials are 4"x4" squares of patinated silver leaf on polyester film supported on a wire armature. There is a flat piece of red/orange aluminum mounted on the wall at the right end. Except for the aluminum A Different Alphabet stands out 4" from the wall. It is about 18' wide and 6' high.

To go with the dedication of this piece, I participated in a panel discussion on Public Art with Reed Kroloff, Christine Schefman and Marc Schwartz. This was at the Bloomfield Township Public Library on February 4.

So, here is a photo of A Different Alphabet in its new home in the BTPL -

work in progress in my studio shortly before it went to the BTPL -

Ebb and Flow

2009-10-03T14:22:00.004-04:00

This is a quick visit to my blog to add this installation image of the piece I was working on all summer. It's up in Beaumont Hospital, Sterling Heights, Michigan. I'll have a better photograph (without morning shadows)soon. This is called Ebb and Flow. It measures 20 ft high, 14 ft wide. The medium is encaustic on 12" x 12" pieces of plexiglas linked together by stainless steel, fabricated hangers. For scale, the two rectangular shapes below it are interior hospital doors.

where I spend my days

2009-08-01T21:00:00.006-04:00

My studio is in a 20'x20' building west of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Here are a few interior views.

looking out the front door (north)

looking out the back door (south)

a side wall (west)

The blue and green and dark colored squares on the table and floor are 12"x12" plexiglas with encaustic wax. The finished piece will be 280 of these squares hanging in a grid.

At the moment I'm still painting individual squares, keeping them in organized piles on the floor as I finish them and trying to make one square blend into the next. I'm following a drawing I made that was chosen by the client.

Welcome to my studio

2009-08-01T20:30:00.003-04:00

I'm going to keep a history of my work on a current commission. I decided to do it in this blog. So . . . welcome to my studio.

These are some views I see when I'm there.

the front door -

a little meadow -

a nice confluence of lines -

Anouk update

2009-07-25T21:30:00.002-04:00

Here is a new picture of Anouk. She is a lively little sweetheart. It was truly indescribable to hold her.

The best

2009-07-11T09:15:00.003-04:00

Our new granddaughter, Anouk. Born 7/8/09

2 hours old

Woman - Silver Leaf on Mylar

2009-04-08T20:49:00.004-04:00

This is my newest work. The title is Woman. The pattern was created in the computer. Woman is silver leaf on mylar with bits cut out. The background is a cream colored wax saturated paper. Woman is flat and about 50" x 40". It is on exhibit at WSG Gallery in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Wax and Wire in UM Hospital Lobby

2009-02-28T20:16:00.004-05:00

"Stillness in Motion" is on exhibit in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the main lobby of the University of Michigan Hospital from February 16 to April 13, 2009.

Most people will look at these paintings and see the wax patterns - they are the subjects. But for those who care to observe more carefully, the Moire pattern is there. Look and the motion of the Moire pattern will take you on a journey, the wax pattern with its stillness will bring you back to the present. Opposites - one doesn't exist without the other.

"Chinatempo", 36"x36", wax on 2 layers of aluminum screen, painted background

"Moire 1", 36"x36", layered aluminum screen

"Circle", 36"x36", wax on 2 layers of aluminum screen

"Traveling", 36"x36", wax on 2 layers of aluminum screen

"Stillness in Motion", 36"x36", wax on 2 layers of aluminum screen

"Lightness from Dark", 36"x36", wax on 2 layers of aluminum screen

"Stillness in Motion" at WSG Gallery

2008-10-18T21:30:00.008-04:00

This exhibit at WSG Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan runs from September 23 - November 2, 2008.

"Bulging Flat", patinated silver leaf on polyester film, 60x40

Installation view of 4 screen pieces.

"Indotempo", encaustic wax on 2 layers of screen creating a Moire pattern, 36"x36"

"Stillness in Motion", encaustic wax on 2 layers of screen creating a Moire pattern, 36"x36"

"Lightness in Dark", encaustic wax on 2 layers of screen creating a Moire pattern, 36"x36"

"Traveling", encaustic wax on 2 layers of screen creating a Moire pattern, 36"x36"

Patinated silver leaf on 12"x12" squares of plexiglas - four of 20 in the grid

"Reflection", patinated silver leaf on polyester film, 24"x36"

"Waterfall", patinated silver leaf on polyester film, 72"h x 60"w

Westin Book Cadillac Hotel in downtown Detroit, Michigan

2008-10-18T21:11:00.005-04:00

These are images of commissioned pieces included in the newly renovated Westin Book Cadillac Hotel in downtown Detroit, Michigan.

The first two are grids of 8.5"x8.5" squares of patinated silver leaf on plexiglas.

"Elemental 20 - Blue Stripe", patinated silver leaf on polyester film, 44" x 32"

"Elemental 21", patinated silver leaf on polyester film, 35" x 65"

"The Distance Between Black and White" - Woman Made Gallery

2008-10-18T20:54:00.006-04:00

These are photos of the pieces that were in the Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, September 2 - 28, 2008. All of them are acrylic transfers of photos on the back of half inch sanded plexiglas. Each on is 18"x24" or 24"x18".

"Porch Rain"

"Ocean Web"

"Black Tree"

"Land"

"Grasses"

"Skywriting"

"Lake Michigan Trees"

"Tree Fence"

sunrise at Wingaersheek Beach

2008-06-15T18:38:00.002-04:00

beauty on 11 June 2008, 4:30am

new work at Wenniger Gallery in Rockport, MA

2008-06-15T17:40:00.010-04:00

Here are the encaustic paintings on cradled panels that I have at the Wenniger Gallery. I'm showing work there with Mari Marks Fleming and Chris McCauley. My assignment was to make small paintings and to work from photographs taken the year before at Wingaersheek Beach in Gloucester, MA.

"beach 5", 12" x 12" x 2"

"beach 1", 12" x 20" x 2"

"beach 15", 12" x 12" x 2"

"beach 13", 20" x 12" x 2"

"beach 14", 18" x 16" x 2"

"beach 7", 12" x 12" x2"

"beach 8", 12" x 12" 2"

"beach 4", 12" x12" x 2"

"beach 11", 12" x12" x2"

another grey - CCQ

2008-06-15T17:09:00.007-04:00

This is a really useful grey. I was taking a workshop on "Painting Still Life" which is a stretch for me. I used these three colors (Cobalt blue, Cobalt yellow and Quinacridone red) to get to a nice dark black, the greys and the bright, various oranges I needed to paint the orange (fruit) that I was using as my subject. Because I know these colors will work together to make black and grey, as opposed to mud or some dull greenish black, I had a full range of bright, primaryish colors through the secondary colors and on to black to work with. Plenty of choices and they are guaranteed to all look good together since they're incestuous.

The workshop was an extension of the Second Annual Encaustic Conference held in Beverly, MA. I learned lots and made new friends - nice.

black

grey

cobalt blue

cobalt yellow

quinacridone red

variation 1

variation 2

variation 3

I tried to make these color samples smaller but no luck - maybe next time.

Dizzy and Suse

2008-05-23T22:24:00.009-04:00

Last week was a special week. We were hosts to Dizzy and Suse Krisch. We have begun a friendship. It's a good feeling.

Dizzy and Suse were strangers, here as part of an exchange between sister cities Ann Arbor, Michigan and Tübingen, Germany. Suse (Susanne Höefler) is showing her artwork at WSG Gallery in Ann Arbor. Dizzy plays the vibraphone and treated a few people to his talent while he was here. Next year some of us from WSG Gallery will visit Tübingen and complete the circle.

Here is some of Suse's artwork. They are painted with water soluble crayon on paper and are 50cm x 40cm.

Waxing Well: Encaustic Painting at the Wenniger Gallery

2008-05-09T10:46:00.009-04:00

This is Beach 5. It is encaustic wax on cradled panel, 12" x 12" x 2" by Lynda Cole.

The Wenniger Gallery in Rockport, MA will be showing the work of three painters who work in wax. The three painters are Lynda Cole, Chris McCauley and Mari Marks Fleming. This exhibit will be up during the Second Annual Encaustic Conference being held at the Montserrat School of Art in the next door town of Beverly, MA . The exhibit at the Wenniger Gallery runs from June 7 - July 8. There will be an opening celebration with music, refreshments and the artists on Sunday, June 8, 4 - 7pm.

Lynda Cole and Chris McCauley will both be working, in different styles, from the same photographs taken at Wingaersheek Beach in Gloucester, MA during the First Encasutic Conference in 2007.

Second Annual Encaustic Conference

2008-05-09T10:07:00.009-04:00

This is an image of "White Weather" a piece of mine that was juried into the exhibit at the Second Annual Encaustic Conference being held at the Montserrat College of Art this June. Using infrared film, I snatched this composition from the length of the film strip, waxed it and paper engineered it to this geometric, 3 Dimensional shape. The folded pattern works with the printed pattern like weather components layer upon diurnal rhythms to give us each unique, meteorological day. I took the photographs in 2005. I created this piece in 2008.

The juror was Laura Moriarity, Director of Exhibitions at the Gallery at R&F Handmade Paints. Laura is a painter and sculptor, beginning with multi layered flat wax which she builds into very 3 Dimensional forms.

another good color family, including black and grey - ISU

2008-04-14T21:48:00.006-04:00

These colors are made of Indian Yellow, Sepia and Ultramarine Blue. They are all encaustic sticks from R&F Paints. Sepias can be quite different across brands so using another brand of Sepia might make quite a difference. This is a kind of low key color family. The sepia lowers the brilliance but it's still an interesting bunch of colors. There is some white, probably Titanium, in a few of the last four swatches.

the blacks -

the 3 original colors -

some interesting stops -

wax and encaustic I'm working on now

2008-04-13T12:47:00.005-04:00

The wax shells are pretty delicate. I mentioned them with a photo in a previous post and said I'd find something to do with them. I have. This is the first way I have found to commit the wax shells. The details on this piece are
19"h x 33" x 2 1/2", wax shells on encaustic on panel. The panel is mounted in a steel, fabricated L bar frame.

Here is a bit of a statement about this work -

"Bass Notes"
The luminous, delicate, 3 Dimensional, round shells of wax against the flat, irregularily lined background constrast the variations to be found in some music. The bass rhythms float and seem almost airy - thus the pale colored bass notes that anchor the piece - while the rest of the music cavorts in its various, intersecting paths.

and a detail of the shells -

some favorite visuals -

2008-04-13T08:08:00.003-04:00

So, what do you see in the world and say to yourself, "That's really beautiful."? Here are some of my favorites -
- big flakes of snow coming straight down - no wind
- the architecture of trees in winter
- the line of a water horizon
- the soft fogginess you see while riding a chairlift in a cloud
- screen behind screen - ya gotta love those moire patterns
- the clear, icy pink color of a perfect Cosmopolitan
- first seasonal view of Orion, early morning in the late fall
- raindrops on a lotus leaf
- the view while standing on a mountain above the tree line looking at the blue sky and other snow capped mountains
- the Huron River when the water is silver and smooth like mercury

another great black/grey - CPR

2008-03-27T22:31:00.008-04:00

I found another nice black using combinations of Cobalt Yellow, Pthalo Blue and Rose Madder. This gives a more regular range of colors - from red to orange to yellow to green to blue to violet - with a nice black and light black, of course. It would be good for a subject that wanted pretty pure versions of all the primary and secondary colors. The nice thing about using just these three colors is that the full range that they give you will all look good together since they each (except for the orignal three) have a bit of the others in them. Again, these were all made from encaustic sticks from R&F Paints.
the blacks:

the original 3 colors:

various colors made from the 3 originals:

Samples of the colors I discovered yesterday - EIU

2008-03-26T21:39:00.011-04:00

Yesterday I found a good combination of colors to make a nice black, light grey and many other colors. They were all from Egyptian Violet, Indian Yellow and Ultramarine Blue. I'm going to call this grey EIU after the first letter of each color name. This is kind of an off beat color palette but one that would be useful for earth colored paintings. You get nice brown reds, olive type greens, a good warm yellow and a deep black. Here are some samples of the colors.

the blacks:

the original colors:

made from the original 3 colors:

wax - a beautiful new grey

2008-03-25T19:31:00.003-04:00

I just discovered a beautiful new grey. I'm always looking for greys. My theory is if I begin with a color that interests me then search for the one or two colors that will grey it, I'll end up with two or three colors that will include a wide range of combinations and won't go muddy. This combination was rather a surprise - Egyptian violet, ultramarine blue and Indian yellow. There isn't an official red in this group but the violet and the blue are both very warm and must supply enough red - because it greys very nicely. These are all encaustic sticks from R&F Paints.

I'd rather be in the studio

2008-03-20T08:34:00.004-04:00

Have you thought much about where you're going in your art life? What's important to you or why you create? I've heard those questions before but I've actually begun to answer them now. This came about because of an Artists Self Promotion Workshop I attended led by Alyson Stanfield. She brought up many things to think about and act on. One of the early issues that continued to come up through the weekend was deciding on your goals - prioritizing what's important in today's reality. The answer had to pertain to this political world and these economic times. I'm guessing the answer for me may change as the times change.

The four things that lead my list are:
- selling enough that my art pays for itself
- extra money for a little travel
- showing my work in museums
- doing work that leads to peace, for myself and others

That list may sound pretty general and hey, who wouldn't want that but it actually does eliminate some avenues. For instance, I can't do fast, commercial output if I want to end up on the wall of a museum. I will avoid the pollitical art that promotes hatred and polarization. I need to spend time on my self promotion.

And for that I'm back to Alyson. She sends a free, weekly newsletter that is helpful and she has written a book - I'd rather be in the studio - I love the title. I read it and thought she meant this book would tell me how I could quickly do my self promotion so I would have more time to be in the studio. But no, she is listing "I'd rather be in the studio" as one of the excuses artists use to avoid self promotion. So now I say to myself, "What are you going to do to promote your artwork today?"

WSG Gallery Grand Opening in its new location

2008-03-10T10:59:00.008-04:00

I'm one of the artist/owners of WSG Gallery. Last week we opened in our new location on Main Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This was the first exhibition in the new space. The interior was designed by the Ann Arbor firm of Penchansky Whisler Architects. The long side of the gallery faces an interior atrium and is glass. It gives a broad look into the gallery space with its 51' long, white wall which angles across the space. The long wall is 8' high at one end and 10' high at the other end so the top of the wall also angles.

Here are some photos from the opening.

The Community High Jazz Band played in the atrium

This is a link to more photos from the opening.
The photography is by Paul Malboeuf.

Here is a small sample of some of the art in this exhibition -

Lynda Cole: "untitled (pink and palladium): 72" x 24": encaustic, palladium leaf on plexiglas

Michelle Hegyi: "Tides 3", "Tides 2", "Tides 1" each 1/5 in edition: each, 24" x 18": encaustic and pigment ink on rag paper: mounted with magnets on plexiglas strip

Valerie Mann: "Evening Bags for the Midwestern Woman, #8 w/ Matching Pumps"

Elizabeth Schwartz: "Melange" 24" x 20": acrylic on canvas

You can find more images and information about WSG Gallery on our website -

Slideluckpotshow - Detroit, 31 January, 2008

2008-02-01T20:42:00.001-05:00

Some of my digital paintings were part of the Slideluckpotshow in Detroit at the Ladybug Gallery. The website for this event that happened on 31 January, 2008 isn't up yet. Here is the bit that I submitted. It lasts about 2 1/2 minutes.

round, wax and hollow

2008-02-01T12:20:00.000-05:00

Why am I so attracted to geometric forms in art and nature? I wish I knew. These are round, hollow and made of encaustic. They're not quite as delicate as they look. They are transluscent. I don't know where I'm going with them but I know I like them.

new inspiration

2008-01-22T12:12:00.000-05:00

I just visited the website of Elizabeth Perry. Her drawings may inspire me to pick up my notebook and set pen to paper on a somewhat regular basis. She leaves a lot of space around her subjects - very nice.

Sculpting air

2008-01-15T11:07:00.001-05:00

Beautiful work. Tim Prentis

Roatan, Honduras with family

2008-01-02T22:53:00.000-05:00

With other family members I went to Roatan, an island off the north coast of Honduras, over Christmas 2007. The sun and sea were beautiful, the snorkeling was great but the best was the wide, water horizon. What a perfect line.

These are photos from that trip.

minimalism in wax

2007-12-10T10:35:00.001-05:00

I found an interesting mid career encaustic artist, Joseph Goldberg, on The Museum of Northwest Art. I went to another website, Greg Kucera Gallery, to find these images. Goldberg gives you mood without story - nice.

inside the black brush

2007-11-29T16:14:00.000-05:00

There is some beautiful black and white work by French painter Laurent Koller. It looks like calligraphy very close up. I found the reference to Koller's website on art only art. Here are a few examples.

trip to deliver art to the Gallery at R&F in Kingston, NY

2007-11-26T08:17:00.000-05:00

It took 10.5 hours to drive from Ann Arbor, MI to High Falls, NY. I liistened to a mystery on CD and the time flew by.

I can recommend a very good B&B in High Falls. It is The Arbor B&B. The woman who runs it, Nancy Greenwald, is an excellent cook so the hot breakfasts were wonderful and there were homemade cookies or loafcake available when I came home in the afternoon. Also, white cotton sheets on the bed and only fresh flowers from her garden in season - no tacky, plastic - ever. The Arbor is easy walking to good restaurants and a short drive to Mohonk Mt. If this sounds like an endorsement of The Arbor, it is. I stay at quite a few B&Bs but rarely twice at the same one. It's usually the tacky plastic flowers and the cold cereal for breakfast that drive me away. I'll stay at The Arbor anytime I'm in that area.

I dropped my work off at R&F Gallery in Kingston. That was the purpose of my trip. Then the rest of the day was free for photographing. Here are some examples from High Falls and Mohonk Mt.

acrylic transfers onto the back of half inch thick plexiglas

2007-11-07T09:26:00.001-05:00

I've been taking lots of photos with my phone. Some of them translate nicely into 24" x 18" images that I have printed and then transfer to the back of half inch thick plexiglas. I've used sumi ink to add depth to the blacks. Here are some results.

new encaustic work for "Ahead of the Buzz" exhibit at R&F Gallery

2007-10-17T20:10:00.000-04:00

I've been spending my studio time getting ready for "Ahead of the Buzz", an encaustic exhibit in the gallery at R&F, Kingston, NY. The other people in the show are Julie Dzikiewicz, Cari Hernandez, Lissa Rankin, Ruth Sack and Karen Zimmerman. The work will be up from Dec 1, 2007 - January 19, 2008. These are some 4" x 4" x .5"d wax squares (no substrate) that will hang on the wall. There is a bit of silver leaf on these.

Some other new work in a series called "Wax Gestures" - wax monoprints made on a hot palette. They are 12" x 12" on mylar. I published a few of these awhile ago. Here are a few more.

examples of new work Sept/Oct, 2007

2007-10-03T09:19:00.001-04:00

These are two examples of a series of monoprints I've been doing. They are done with a hot palette, black encaustic and clear beeswax on 12" x 12" pieces of mylar.

Joe and Tif on their wedding day in Brooklyn

2007-10-03T08:44:00.000-04:00

Friday, August 24, 2007

Wingaersheek Beach in June

2007-10-03T07:36:00.000-04:00

Chris and me, on the rocks

pollen on the ocean

salt marsh

sand casts

God's Pocket with Sea Kayak Adventures

2007-09-30T22:29:00.000-04:00

A few visuals from a God's Pocket kayaking trip off the north end of Vancouver Island. We went paddling on a very dark night in the bioluminescent ocean. No photos from that - just a great memory. We were close to a fish ball with eagles and gulls diving into it. They were moving way too fast to think about photographing it - all we could do was watch. Below are some things I did get photos of.

From the kayak padding through a bull kelp field on a beautiful day.

just a beautiful reflection

Hurst Island, B.C. and Paul on a foggy morning

photos from "Shifting Boundaries" opening

2007-02-19T17:21:00.000-05:00

Here are some photos from the opening at the Ann Arbor Art Center of the exhibit "Shifting Boundaries". I was invited to participate along with Traven Pelletier and Francesc Burgos. The exhibit is down now but ran from Jan. 5 - Feb 18, 2007.

2007-02-19T17:13:00.000-05:00

Margaret Parker on South Beach, Miami 10 Dec 2006

2006-12-24T19:46:00.000-05:00

Favorite phone photos from South Beach, Miami, 9 Dec 2006

2006-12-24T19:17:00.000-05:00

excellent book no. 2

2006-12-07T11:20:00.000-05:00

Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl

clustrmaps

2006-12-07T11:18:00.001-05:00