The Cradle Robber was inspired by a good friend’s tragic story of the stillbirth of her first child. She awoke on her due date to the loud, cackling sound of crows outside her bedroom window. My friend confided that when she heard that noise, she knew her baby was gone. Inspired by a book of […]
Archives for November 2014
“Artist Impression Of The Mother” Documentary
The “Artist Impression Of The Mother” was a group invitational exhibit involving 40 different local artists put on at The Space last May in Eureka Springs. We asked artists to submit between one and three pieces of work in any medium based on the broad theme of the Mother. The large exhibit was timed for Mother’s […]
The Sun of God
TBT… I came across this 1979 Mechanix Illustrated and was struck by its cover – solar energy in the very near future for 5 cents a kilowatt. Imagine if we as a nation had actually invested in this technology 35 years ago. Instead the American people elected Ronald Reagan into office the following year and […]
Collecting Leaves
This fall I collected leaves and pressed them in books, just like I did when I was a kid growing up in Toronto. Childhood memories of me and my mom, walking into the “Woods” – a protected area of old growth trees located just around the corner of our suburban home. There I collected leaves […]
Ab – Ex
Ab – Ex is a group show I’m curating at Brews, the new café/pub that recently opened at 2 Pine St. Ken Addington, Paula Jones, John Willer, Adrian Frost, Mary Schafer, Chris Fischer, Drew Gentle, Marvin Jonason, John Stalling and myself have each contributed an abstract expressionist work for the the show. It’s been 25 […]
The Artist Impression of the Mother – The Movie
Forty local artists participated in the “Artist Impression of the Mother” exhibit last May at The Space, and filmmaker Heath Redding captured the event in a 15-minute video he shot and edited. The film will make its World Premiere at The Space – Wed., Nov. 5th starting at 7 p.m and the public is invited […]