Wednesday, March 21, 2007


Where Somebody Winks You an Eye, One Flips You the Finger
Don your powdered wigs as we continually lower the thresh hold for the human race. In order is the proverbial 2 word review,: shit sandwich. Water, our most precious resource continues to die around us, so let us together produce garbage. Or maybe enjoy a Yangtze River carp spring roll with quails egg and uni. We maintain faith that science, art, progressive thought, and other forms of reason will prevail in these uncertain times.
The above is a sketchbook study in designer's goache of the Vermeer masterpiece, (5"x4" 140lb. hot pressed paper- 04.21.05). Exploring the goache in a semi-absract expressionist interpretation of the subject, a watercolor technique I was presently investigating. The interesting aspect of light, chiaroscuro, through tea stainded eyes.
Album in Review:
Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before The Ship Evan Sank
I rarely go into a new Modest Mouse album in company, as to me it is sancosanct. A moment to contemplate Isaac Brock's lyrecture and musical direction, and to participate in that particular isolationist Fung Shui. And If you consider the 12 plus years he has been releasing music you must wonder if he is not bathed in the fountain of youth, as it is reassuring to know they are looking forward to producing yet more material. Though I must admit I miss the signature chord bending stilettoes, this new album still fulfills all your Mouse driven musical cravings, then takes it to a new watery existance. Watch your top knot.

Wednesday, March 07, 2007


Casting the Stream of Consciousness, and the New Grant St. Soliloquies
Words fossilize the moment they're breathed, and your armchair may be made of leather. Together we will grapple with gravity, hoping for pure water. Let our collective being yield a newfound respect for nature, and of mankind. As the current rift between the two is spelling our demise.
The untitled drawing (5"x4" graphite on Bristol: 2005), was a study from an abandoned pen & ink project I believe was to be entitled "Intelligent Design (without connotation)".
My Current Rotation:
1. The Mammals: Evolver
2. Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour
3. Tarbox Ramblers: Tarbox Ramblers
4. Joe Jackson Band: Vol. 4
5. Moxy Fruvous: Bargainville


Thursday, March 01, 2007



New Enhancements in Creative Virility

How accessible is art, and does priviledge yield exposure to finer examples of influence? How does one tarry the value of creative expression, or the affect it has on modern society? Has culture become no more than hobby? Though the only legacy that will matter will be the physical condition of our planet and it's inhabitants. And of a sudden I must quote you something from my TV Guide:

The detail from untitled (14x11 oil on canvas), is yet another trial in my exploration of oil painting. Layed in with such thin applications of paint, it seemed as if I was just staining the canvas. Hopefully this depression era style will lead to more buttery experiments, for it is a whimsical medium, radiating hue.

My Current Rotation:

1. Zappa/ Mothers: Roxy & Elsewhere

2. Bob Dylan: Biograph

3. Robert Wyatt: Shleep

4. Mason Jennings: Use Your Voice

5. John Coltrane: Live at Birdland