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Category Archives: Making work
Earth Day bottles XIII
That’s it. The bottles have been packed away for their next incarnation, which I hope will be in the show at the Brand gallery next year. I ran into Alyssa last week and asked her about the tree in the … Continue reading
Crucifixion population
1. Distillery Collective painter Gary Palmer is the guy on the left with his hand on the dread-locked woman (his sister Tracey). 2.Gallery owner Bert Green is the bald, goateed guy who looks very pleased with himself with an axe on his shoulder standing before … Continue reading
Posted in Crucifixion, Installation work, Making work
Tagged bert green, bob sexton, Crucifixion, figurative, gary palmer, jesus, lisa lock, Ogre, oil painting, rosicrucian, sean sobczak, skinny puppy
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Sketch
   Here’s the sketch of the crucifixion. I noticed a couple of things worth commenting on. First, clearly at the time I made the initial drawing I had not researched the acacia – in this early version the tree was … Continue reading
Posted in Crucifixion, Installation work, Making work
Tagged Crucifixion, figurative, oil painting, rosicrucian
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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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storm XXIII
The great advantage of the studio tour day was that it tied me to the easel for the entire day. It was really nice to hang out with Larkin for the day too.    I got plenty of … Continue reading
Posted in Making work, Storm / The Aviator's Dream
Tagged art, daedalus, icarus, oils, painting, raven, rosicrucian
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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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Storm XXII
The flower field. First layer of flowers over two layers of preparatory painting. Â
Posted in Making work, Storm / The Aviator's Dream
Tagged Alchemical work, art, daedalus, icarus, oils, painting, raven, rosicrucian
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storm XXI
The rose in the box, second layer. Â Â Three floating feathers forming a triangle. Â
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Tagged Alchemical work, art, daedalus, icarus, oils, painting, raven, rosicrucian
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storm XX
A productive day.  We have a beautiful rose garden next to our chapel here at the CLU campus. so I shot some close up pictures yesterday as reference material for the rose in the box. In the studio this morning I … Continue reading
Posted in Making work, Storm / The Aviator's Dream
Tagged Alchemical work, art, daedalus, icarus, oils, painting, raven, rosicrucian
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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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