Sometimes friends move away, and life goes on — but not quite the same. And art goes on with new grout for the cracks. Here is a book that finally finished itself. Chris’s vibraphone inserted itself on the left where you see the rising steps of the metal bars and the fluorescent mallets that turned… Continue reading C + C and the Music
Category: Artist books
Seminole Canyon
It’s been a while, but here’s a new one, still-in-process of becoming an artist book — notes from my journey around the United States after calling it quits with teaching art in the California prison system. This segment of the trip starts in southwest Texas during the freeze of an ice storm and ends up… Continue reading Seminole Canyon
Seager Gray Gallery
Last week Oola and I did a road trip and spent some time camping with California’s biggest and hungriest mosquitoes. Also shared coffee next to some old guys in bicycle spandex. Happily we arrived in the Bay Area itchy but not with too much psychological damage to visit family and friends. One highlight of the… Continue reading Seager Gray Gallery
The Horsemen of the 21st Century
The drawings have been getting darker over the past year. In my new artist book The Horsemen of the 21st Century I remember an event from one night of camping in the Sierras. We are tented on frosted ground near the edge of a night forest. A pounding of hooves rushes close by. Deer? we… Continue reading The Horsemen of the 21st Century
UNRESTRICTED: an Exploration of Artist Books
Yesterday was the opening day of Unrestricted: an Exploration of Artist Books at the Port Angeles Fine Art Center. The show will be open through May 13, 2018. This exhibition is a collaboration with the Cynthia Sears Collection in the Sherry Grover Gallery, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. For those of you who can’t travel to… Continue reading UNRESTRICTED: an Exploration of Artist Books
Meditations on a Credit Card
Nine months of work and anxious procrastination later, and I have finally finished my artist book “Meditations on a Credit Card”. I call this the completion of a Journey of Sorts. I received a Visa card. This card is dark grey with red edges such that when one looks into the wallet, this card shows… Continue reading Meditations on a Credit Card
Hidden Narrative
Our trip to Portland OR on Amtrak was cancelled due to mud slides. So I cannot tell you about the opening, and show you works in the “Build” show. Bummer. But Busy Hands here has another small book to show you. Since moving to the Northern Olympic Peninsula I have been captivated by its natural… Continue reading Hidden Narrative
“Built” at 23 Sandy
My book “Build” which I featured on this blog several weeks ago was accepted into a show called “Built” at 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland OR. which opens next week. It is a book about things to build in the time of tyrants. If you are in the area, drop in and have a look. … Continue reading “Built” at 23 Sandy
Scenes and Musings in Port Angeles
If you come to visit Port Angeles, you will be captivated by its beauty. If you stay for a while, you will get a more realistic look. This is a artist book about the Port Angeles that is growing in my heart. 1. Here’s how it happens. The clouds sink under the mountains to the… Continue reading Scenes and Musings in Port Angeles
Build
People who have lived in Port Angeles for a long time tell me that this cold is unusual, even for Port Angeles. I have a new appreciation for those who say “Snow is beautiful. Let it stay in the mountains where it belongs”. But staying indoors, in the studio, is a good way to produce… Continue reading Build
Dove Studio 