Category Archives: Interesting….

The Caretaker

Yet another one of the colored pencil drawings from a bit ago.  Here is yet another part of my personality I choose to draw in allegorical form.

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Oh, that way madness lies.

An endeavor as of late for me has been to read through Bill Bryson’s book on Shakespeare for alas, I and a gaggle of students will be visiting Will’s old haunts this May. What struck me that Bryson talks about … Continue reading

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Man Underwater

Another one of the colored pencil drawings.  We all have a part of ourselves that in a sense functions as a vehicle for our hearts, feelings, and history. Here, at least in part, is a visual translation of that element … Continue reading

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Portrait of the Artist as “The Head”

And here is yet another one of the self-reflective colored pencil drawings.  Do you have a part of you that runs the show, keeps things in order, and works to negotiate all the ins and outs of life?  This is … Continue reading

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Portrait of the Artist as a 33-Year-Old man.

I’m teaching drawing 2 this semester, and currently have them working in colored pencil.  It is a media I use to do a lot of work in for over ten years.  I like it for its’ immediacy, and its’ watercolor … Continue reading

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St. Jerome visits the studio

After the holidays here I’m busy getting work done that will be in the “Keeping Vigil” solo exhibition I have at University of Portland that opens Monday on the 10th. The last piece that has been on the docket is … Continue reading

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Sugar, Sugar

As of late, I’ve been trying to eat healthy- haven’t we all?  In that vein I ran onto some very interesting information in a book I read called “Empowering Your Heath” by Dr. Asa Andrews from Nashville (thank you Thad … Continue reading

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“Anxiety” a recommended pod cast-

I’m a big fan of Wisconson Public Radio’s radio and pod cast “To The Best of our Knowldege.”  Each program they interview a series of authors on a given topic.  http://www.wpr.org/book/ One of the most recent ones I enjoyed very … Continue reading

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This Time It’s Personal

I look at things as analogies: landscapes, objects, and stories I read as symbols of the human experience and who we are as people.  I was recently struck at the landscape found on my families farm in Kansas and what … Continue reading

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New York Observed

On my recent trip to New York I took time in a diner off of Madison avenue on the upper west side to jot down some observations I had made while roaming around the city’s streets.  Here they are for … Continue reading

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