Archives for 2020
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Let's meat on the street
I was out walking my dog, Jonah, in the neighborhood. We came to a corner and Jonah became very interested in something. It was meat. In the grass…
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It started with cake
Once, in the before-times, I walked into our office kitchen and saw a mostly-devoured sheet-cake. I snapped a photo. It’s not a good photo. I like the…
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Tomatoes and turtlenecks
I published a new big grid to Instagram and my website. I'm continuing to use Uniqlo ads as source material - but I'm trying to blend in some more…
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15 paintings and a show that didn't happen
I buy a lot of my clothes from Uniqlo; I get a lot of email advertisements from Uniqlo. Back when I was commuting by train from Tacoma to Seattle I took…
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Keeping occupied
Oregon is under a shelter-in-place order. I'm working from home and trying to keep busy. While work keeps me occupied most of the day, I have a lot of…
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Raw materials
I’m traveling right now. I have mornings to myself. So I sit on a balcony with my iPad and paint. I’ve finished three images this week. It’s amazing how…
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Overlapping idealizations
My most recent 'mega-gram' piece collages clouds and my Scottish Rite temple with a portrait painted from a Uniqlo advertisement. The clouds are based…
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Made of math
I lived close enough to the old Scottish Rite in Tacoma that I could watch it being demolished from my kitchen window. I loved this building, this big…
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Some folks call him "the Uniqlo Kid"
I found (stole) this photo from an email promotion of my favorite brand of Japanese fashion basics. I liked the "young Bill Nye Adventures" look to him…
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Gallery hopping in NW Portland
I had some time to go gallery hopping today in Northwest Portland. My first stop was Froelick Gallery where I saw the work of Joe Feddersen. Feddersen…
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A short series of printer-paintings
I started using advertising images from email newsletters as a quick way to find something to draw. It works well because the images that come to me…
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About that banana
So there's this famous banana. Or, at least, there was a banana which is now famous for having been eaten*. The artist is Maurizio Cattelan who is well…