a still-life banquet

and a close up of the finished piece

the collaged element came from vintage art history and general didactic Time Life Books of the 1970s

a still-life banquet

The finished product, including the wall prepared especially for the display of these three prints. I see all three prints as one piece.

Carving away a semester

Work in progress. Carving out the woodblocks for my final piece of the semester. It is looking like there will be a lot more of this type of work in the near future.

I half jokingly refer to this as the loom of oppression. It includes lots of monotyping, collaged elements, and some silkscreening.

Mail

Postcards made from images I recently found and enjoyed. Sent 11.6.09. If you want to recieve one, make sure I have your address. Thus far sent to: Kaitly McDonough (Venice), Chelsea Jacks (Nashville), Nabila Santa-Cristo (Miami), Annie Blazejack (Providence), Hope Littwin (Chicago)

Irving Penn

This is from Irving Penn's obituary in the New York Times. Without doubt a beautiful image. I found it quite inspiring how in his life, genuine artistic efforts were harmoniously interwinded with his career, with both tracks supporting each other. And all the while he emerged to be a true giant of 20th century photography.....

Small Referential Print

This is a small print that will refer to a large composition I have yet to get out. It is quite a western-centric way of visualizing, but I see this as my mental image of Rumi. The print is a pronto-plate litho, and the image came from one of my Life World Library books. The photo is actually of a follower of the Druse sect, a group in present day Israel I had never heard of. According to the captions in the Life World Book, they fought for Israeli independence. I can't think of any way to express the rest other than directly quoting the caption: "The Druses, who broke away from islam in the 11th Century, are forbidden to disclose their religious beliefs."