I don’t know a lot about famous harpists except for possibly Harpo Marx, who I have featured here before playing an ethereal Take Me Out to the Ballgame. To tell the truth I can’t think of another harpist at the moment except for Joanna Newsom. My nephew introduced me to her music a few years [...]
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The Sprout and the Bean
Posted in Music, Video, tagged Harp, Harpo Marx, Joanna Newsom, Music on February 11, 2012 | 2 Comments »
The Unfortunate Rake
Posted in Recent Paintings, Technique/History, Video, tagged St. James Infirmary Blues, The Unfortunate Rake, Van Morrison on January 24, 2012 | 2 Comments »
This painting took a long time to emerge. I started with just a large block of color, originally feeling that there was a distant, stark landscape in it. But it never felt completely right and I let it sit for many months, occasionally picking it up and trying to decipher what it might hold. But [...]
Gulp
Posted in Neat Stuff, Video, tagged Aardman Animations, Gulp, Gumby, Sumo Science, Wallace and Gromit on January 22, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I thought I’d show something a bit different this Sunday. I came across an interesting little video called Gulp which bills itself as the world’s largest stop-motion animation. Plus it’s shot entirely on a Nokia N8 cellphone. It’s a short film depicting a fisherman and a difefrent sort of day on the ocean. It was [...]
Weegee: Murder is My Business
Posted in Favorite Things, Video, tagged International Center for Photography, Ouija board, Weegee on January 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A friend pointed out to me that that a new exhibition of work opened yesterday at the International Center of Photography in Manhattan featuring the work of the fabled NY freelance crime photographer, Weegee. Most have seen his work in some form, perhaps in his graphic shots of murder scenes or the less lurid but still compelling shots of [...]
Rooted in Harmony
Posted in Music, Recent Paintings, Video, tagged New Paintings, Simon and Garfunkel on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been working on a group of new work that will be going to a gallery in the Indianapolis area that is new to me. I’ve been working on pieces that I feel are very representative of my voice, knowing that it will be a first view of my work for most of the people [...]
Tangled Up In Blue
Posted in Favorite Things, Music, Painting, Recent Paintings, Technique/History, Video, tagged Bob Dylan, New Paintings on January 14, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been pretty busy in the studio lately. That’s not unusual at this point of the year because it is when I’m gearing up for upcoming exhibitions but in past years this is when I have often felt a bit blocked and far removed from the point where I wanted my work to be . But thus far this [...]
The Zombies Live On
Posted in Favorite Things, Music, Television, Video, tagged British Invasion, Neko Case, Nick Cave, The Zombies, True Blood on January 8, 2012 | 8 Comments »
I have never seen the HBO series True Blood. Maybe I’m reticent to get sucked into the current vortex of popularity created by the return of vampires and zombies in pop culture. I don’t know, but I have never felt a strong desire to watch the show. Maybe that will change. One thing that might [...]
Sleigh Ride
Posted in Favorite Things, Video, tagged 500 Days of Summer, M. Ward, She and Him, Zooey Deschanel on December 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Okay, I promise this will be the last Christmassy thing you will hear from me for a long time but I came across this video of the old holiday chestnut, Sleigh Ride, with a dog sled team hurtling through a winter wonderland. The song is performed by She and Him, the indy-folk duo comprised of [...]
The Architect’s Brother
Posted in Influences, Neat Stuff, Video, tagged George Melies, Robert and Shana Parkeharrison, The Architect's Brother on December 23, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I wrote a week or two ago, after seeing the film Hugo, about the work of George Melies and how wildly inventive it was at the advent of modern cinema. He used built sets and illusion to create images that were like scenes torn from a dream. The same might be said for the work of [...]
I Am Wounded by Dust…
Posted in Favorite Things, Music, Neat Stuff, Video, tagged Joni Mitchell, Laura Marling, Leonard Cohen on December 20, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It’s always a little disconcerting to come across someone, a performer or artist, that is well on their way to a brilliant career yet remains completely off your own radar. That’s how I felt the other day when I saw a segment on the CBS Sunday Morning show, where a reporter, Bill Flanagan, was talking about music [...]
