Monday, December 31, 2012

Things Seen in the FINAL DAYS OF 2012!


Baby Head DOES NOT approve!


waiting...waiting


Seabird Returns After Storm


Christmas Lights without the Christmas Part


Someone Slept Here


artist in residence


Inside Your Heart is a Bird Factory


Scribble Face


Sunday, December 30, 2012

Evidence the rain left behind


Frosted Icing of Rain


Power of Torque 


Sun Salutation


Orbs in the Garden


Friday, December 28, 2012

Holy Rust, Holy Rot, Holy Decay

Everything changes. It's so obvious really but it can be easy to forget. Learning to accept this fundamental Law of life is never easy. We lose things. Things break. They rust and wither away. But, the underlying "Holy" aspect of this is that everything is always in a state of becoming something else. This is our Divine connection to everything. The minerals and molecules of you, me and everyone were once something else. They gather, establish form and then begin diffusing into constituent parts to become other things. Other people. It can be such a slow process that our awareness of it is only the immediacy of our grief. The anger of our loss. I've found that I enjoy looking and photographing broken, rusted things. It's a way of coming back to an acceptance of life and life's processes. I don't mean to say we simply accept everything and move on as though the ending of things and people is meaningless. In fact the very finite nature of everything somehow adds to their preciousness. Or...maybe I just like the textures and colors.


Arcs and Blooms


Rods and Rust


Crackle and Flake


Marvel

The Ghost of Electricity


Psychic Heart Go Out To You


Fingers of Light


Ghosts and Empties 

Sunday, December 16, 2012

WHOMP-O-RAMA!

Today I had the great pleasure of attending Christine Brailsford's WHOMP-O-RAMA! I guess you could say it was a sort of get together, try it out, demo and hang for people who love body-surfing, paipos, the ocean, waves, each other and life. Christine has a line of artwork, handplanes and paipos called WHOMP. Her art is incredible. The craft, care and attention to detail in every piece gives a sense of knowledge, skill and artistry. Her wonderfully playful "rodent" characters add a whimsical but hip and fun element to this style of water-sport and as anyone who has ever encountered an angry surfer in the water knows, those elements are often sorely lacking. I had a blast! The vibe was great. The folks were nice. People WHOMPED! If you're ever in the area check out her work at Surfy Surfy or her website. There was also lots of ink around. AWESOME INK! Banjo playing muskrat ink. Fallen and lost family ink. Nautical ink. Although I was only there a short while these are a few of my impressions of the event. I hope that some of you in these pics see yourself and as always any comments are always welcome! MAHALO!!


QUIVER OF PAIPOS


A PILE OF WHOMP!


WHOMPOMETRY


LEGEND


GETTING WHOMPED


FOR THOSE ABOUT T WHOMP, WE SALUTE YOU!


GROM OVERCOME WITH BODYSURF LUST AS A POD OF DOLPHINS SWAM BY!


BANJO PLAYING MUSKRAT


FAMILY


NATURAL BEAUTY


IN THE GRAIN


IRONIC WASH UP


EARTH AND AIR


OTHER MAKERS


DEEP INTO THE GEOMETRY OF WHOMP


"WELL THEY OFTEN CALL ME SPEEDO..."

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Thoughts Through Line and Color


Panic of The Inuit 


Internal Electricity from Stress and Freakoutness


Super-Star Luchadora


Hello, it's me...


Vastness, Smallness, Importance, Insignificance


There's a STARMAN waiting in the sky...

Friday, November 30, 2012

bushgrass




drops


Drops of What?


Surf Dots


Rumors and Secrets and So Forth


Natural Jackson Pollack

Friday, November 23, 2012

More Fallout from the Fall Art Frenzy!

Sometimes the MUSE comes at by surprise. She slips in your ear and start to whisper...then SCREAM....If you follow her directions you could end up in some cool places. If not I believe you do so at your own peril. Art's a slippery thing. It's available to all but you've got to meet it AT LEAST 1/2 way. Find some way to express yourself! It REALLY doesn't matter what it is. Knit, Bake, Fish, Paint, Write, Draw, Blog, Photo, Act, Sing, Play....WHATEVER!!!! JUST DO IT! GO FOR IT!!! THE WORLD WILL BE BLESSED BY YOUR EFFORTS AND SO WILL YOU!!! AMEN!! NAMASTE!!!!


"Kachina Doll for Mitt Romney"



"Moments of Unbalance and Lack of Grace"


"Reflection on passing anger and Smallness of Spirit"



"Saint Moxie"