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Category Archives: Life
St Michael’s Mount and Bodmin Moor
We made it to St. Michael’s Mount, which is an island at high tide, but part of the land at low tide. It’s a wonderful in-between place, used by Neolithic folk as a location where they could meet ship born … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, Life, Neolithic britain
Tagged hurlers, moor, neolithic, stone circle
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Tintagel crows, and a holey place
Tintagel castle is associated with King Arthur because in the 1200’s a local nobleman decided to construct a castle suitable for the legendary Englishman. There is almost no evidence that Arthur ever came near here, but it’s still a fabulously … Continue reading
Posted in Black birds, Britain, Life, Neolithic britain
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Avebury
We have had a fantastic two days at Avebury, the greatest megalithic temple in the world. It’s a giant circle of stones surrounded by a deep ditch and embankment combining to an impressive thirty feet or so in places. When … Continue reading
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Bones of my ancestors
Here, resting in the British Museum, lie the remains of an ancient Briton. This fellow was placed in a crouched position with a beaker marked with the impression of a piece of cord. The people who made the great stone circles … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, Life, Neolithic britain, Other people's work
Tagged ancestors, archaeology, art, bones, megalith, mystical, neolithic
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England
  I’ve been quite preoccupied with wrapping up the administration of the department for the academic year and preparing to travel to England on a trip with fourteen of my students and my colleagues Dr. Marja Mogk and Stephanie Shaker. I … Continue reading
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Symbolism
During the open studio tour yesterday someone from Albania asked me about the symbolism in my paintings, pointing at a variety of objects and figures and questioning me in some detail about what they meant. At first I found this … Continue reading
Posted in Installation work, Life
Tagged figurative, model, nude, oil, painting, romantic idealism
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Ravens
 The great black bird hunt continues. I haven’t seen any ravens at the University, so I hope to find some in the national forest lands near our home. I did manage to catch this guy in a tree, looking … Continue reading
Posted in Black birds, Life, Making work, Storm / The Aviator's Dream
Tagged crow, painting, raven
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Raven
Our search for these birds is now bordering on the obsessive. When we look for them we can never find them, and when we spot them we never have a camera ready. My daughter is in on the search with … Continue reading
Posted in Black birds, Life, Making work, Storm / The Aviator's Dream
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Shaman
Today was one of those days on which I didn’t get to do any creative work at all, in fact I only visited the studio long enough to turn on the lights and walk out again, but the day has … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Making work
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