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

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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

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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

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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. 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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