Oct 30, 2011 | Art, Dogs
Autumn, Gerret, Miro
Here’s a cool thing. It’s a web site called Art for Conservation where you can order archival quality prints of work by artists like, well, myself. What’s cool about it is that a portion of every sale goes to support conservation causes. (Note I said “conservation causes” not “conservative causes.” I realize there was a time when conservatives wanted to conserve things, but that’s not now. I could say more but it would ruin the moment.)
The Art for Conservation site let’s you choose a size and paper quality so your order can match your budget and the space on your wall. You can even order large stretched canvases. And not only will you help support conservation causes, but you’ll help to feed Gerret, Maggie and Irene. So this holiday season, buy American art. It’s the progressive thing to do.
Oct 26, 2011 | Dogs
The biggest problem with dogs is that they live in a parallel time/space continuum. They take a lifetime relationship and condense it into eight-, or ten- or twelve-years or so. As a result, you find your emotional relationship with your dog concentrated, and, eventually and inevitably, your emotional loss magnified.
It’s painful but it’s a good thing. Or it’s a good thing but it’s painful.
Sorry, but I have to think about losing a dog in these rather analytical terms because it’s hard for me to get more personal than that when I’m not wearing sunglasses.
I had two friends lose their dogs yesterday. Above is Cheyenne. My sister’s dog. Cheyenne was 16. Below is Honey, our friends Cheryl and Richard’s dog. Honey was 13. I’m thinking my sister and my friends have been very lucky.
Oct 26, 2011 | Art
Just got some pix to share of the exhibition “Natural Wonders” at the University of South Dakota, my undergrad alma mater. The show features four alumni, Joseph Broghammer, Jess Elofson, Julie Niskanen and myself and is up until Friday, October 28.
I submitted a series of banners for the exhibition. Technically they’re created for woodland display, but I thought they might have enough manners to clean up and go to town, especially in a large space like this. Judging from the pictures the gallery staff did a great job of displaying them. Thanks to Alison and her people.
I have to confess that this gallery, the fellow alumni in the exhibition and pretty much the entire faculty at USD all post-date my tenure at Vermillion (where the University is located) by several generations, so they probably don’t remember how we used to trudge 30 miles in waist-deep snow to study art in sod huts by the flickering light of a cow dung stove, but Menard, Packard, Wold, Aldren, Knaus et al. did a pretty good teaching job anyway. So here’s a shout-out to them, too.
Oct 21, 2011 | Art
Some of the art on display in the yurt gallery.
Turnout for last weekend’s studio tour was lighter than I was hoping for, but enough people braved the gorgeous fall weather to make for a couple of days of interesting folks, engaging conversation, and some decent art sales. Thank you all for stopping by!
Gerret leads a group up the hill to the gallery.
Leaves after Matisse in the woods.
Blurry cell phone shot (to protect the innocent) of folks in the yurt gallery at the top of the hill.
Oct 11, 2011 | Art
Leaves after Dali
My new banners are now installed in the woods just in advance of the Alamance Studio Tour this weekend. (October 15-16) The leaves are starting to turn, the forecast is excellent, and I’m expecting thousands upon thousands of visitors.
Because my Kickstarter campaign overachieved its goal, I was able to add seven banners instead of the original six. Here’s some pix of the new work in situ:
Leaves after Miro
Leaves after Cezanne
Leaves after Picasso
Leaves after Matisse
Leaves after Gericault
Leaf after Klee
While I am not the sort who would wish anything that might rush winter, I’m very interested to see how banners change in their settings as the trees turn color in fall, and, especially, how the last one, “Leaf after Klee” looks in the snow.
By my count that’s nearly 30 banners that are now hanging around the woods here, in addition to the canvas prints in the yurt gallery. So come on by the 15th and 16th or any other time (but please call ahead).
2011 Banner Map
