Monthly Archives: February 2009
Surveillance
 Boxing Jennifer is a painting I made for Jennifer Lynch (the director of Boxing Helena), who I’ve always been fond of. She has turned her life around recently, having just completed a new film called Surveillance which debuted at Cannes … Continue reading
Tarot Blog
There’s a particularly interesting, if skeptical blog about the origin of tarot cards here. Very objective in his stance, the writer is only interested in factual sources and is determined to cut through speculative occult theories to find out what … Continue reading
Back to the studio
Still feeling pretty crummy this morning, enough to skip yoga and running, but I went to class and had the pleasant experience of teaching a bright and wide awake group of students life painting and drawing. I managed to find … Continue reading
Theatre Sets, Lights and Costumes
Being involved in the tree project made me realize that I’ve never posted any of my photos of sets, so I’ve put together a page of pictures from a few past projects here.Â
Books about tarot cards
While working on painting the cards, I’ve also been researching and writing about them as I create the images. I’ve had my Marseilles deck since I was a teenager in school, fascinated by the mysterious pictures that emerged from the … Continue reading
Peach tree bearing fruit
My tree is almost complete, with her spirals covered by hundreds of little lights glowing under the fabric that wraps the metal structure, concealing the fact that this is made from steel pipe. She’s not fully lit in this image, which shows … Continue reading
Bert!
Bert Green made it to the studio for a very pleasant afternoon – the first time I’ve seen him in far too long. Last time I saw him I had short hair! He enjoyed seeing “As the Crow Flies” and … Continue reading
Phew.
Last night Lukas and I were arriving at the theatre when he received a call from his brother letting him know that his father had just passed away – he’s obviously got a million things running through his mind right now, poor … Continue reading
Tree
I drove to Santa Barbara this afternoon to bring the fabric to the tree and visit with Lukas for a while in order to figure out any issues that we might have with the tree, but there really aren’t any … Continue reading
Lovely copper spirals
 Aren’t these lovely! Latest photo courtesy of Lukas in Santa Barbara where he’s working hard to build the tree. The spirals go onto the ends of the branches, vertically. I’m looking forward to seeing the small pieces go onto … Continue reading