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
Monday, December 31, 2012
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
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
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"
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