Welcome!
I write here about life as an artist, living in the Mohave desert.
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I need to feel it in my body,
Draw, draw, draw…
One drawing leads to another drawing... Which leads to the painting and the print,...inspiring more drawing!
Why the Desert?
It's extremely hot, extremely cold, and wildly windy.It's also quiet - no one's around, and spacious like the ocean.I LOVE the extremes. They keep me unsettled and awake.
Dream life
I've got a vivid dream life. Now and then they make it into my sketchbooks.
Like writers…
Like writers and actors do, I take experiances from my own life and combine them with the stories of others so I can understand and speak for both.
Define yourself
Take every opportunity to define yourself. Two self-portraits: a recent woodcut, and 0ne from 1997 - "Myself As A Tea Pot" (I'll explain that in another post).
Two Wings
Around 2000, I spent a long time drawing the hands of Christ crucified. These once extremely powerful images had lost much of their potency due to changing culture. To bring life to the subject, I cut off his hands and threw them on a table. Recently, I...
“Phoenix”
From my painting "Phoenix". An early clay sketch that found it's way into the painting:
The Mystery
It’s always good when I’m working
How easy it is to be seduced by promises of security.
A New Year
On New Year's, we burn the Christmas tree - it takes less than a minute. Out with the old, in with the new!