Art at work
Acquiescence & Mystery; Jonah
Grapple & Sanctify, Jacob
Parable and Absolute, Job;
Balaam; Submission and Revelation
Warrior with Memory
Veritas Vos LIberabit
Sticks
She Remembers
Several Good Ideas
Saltimbanque
Release with Bees
Redemption Cycle
Oh Jonah
Oh Jonah
Jack
Stream (detail)
Stream
Jack
King Charles
Bounty
Best of Show
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Passing the Orange
I have been for the past 12 years involved in, and am a leader within a variety of groups that do “men’s work;” experiential weekends, groups, and the like. It has been life changing. As a part of this blog, … Continue reading
I want to be like FDR
In sixth grade I did a report on FDR. I honestly can’t remember much about all his years in office, but what I do recall is that FDR had a Scotty dog named Fala. I thought that was really cool. … Continue reading
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If your house had a name what would it be?
So I have always named my car. There has been, in order: Bernie, Oscar, Evinrude, and now Os-Car (I think my current vehicle is somehow a grandchild of Oscar). As far as I can tell it seems the activity of … Continue reading
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Tagged Frederick Edwin Church, house, house name, names, naming, Pierre Bonnard
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In Praise of Curators
While Dan is visiting I decided it would be fun to expose him to what is going on here in Portland. We decided to explore: “The Manor of Art at Milepost Five” (website: http://www.milepostfive.com) For a week there is an … Continue reading
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Tagged Curators, Gabriel Liston, Manor of Art, Milepost Five, Portland
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Quality and Quantity Time with Dan Callis
Little did I know twenty two years ago when I saw a series of small painterly works by Dan Callis, then a graduate student at Claremont, that this painter of sheep and the disabled would become my teacher at Biola, … Continue reading
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Tagged collaboration, Dan Callis, frienship, kiln formed glass, mentor
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Deborah Horrell sharing the wealth.
Well, it was an absolute delight taking a workshop on pate de verre this past week in Portland with Deborah Horrell; she is a very talented lady and is very open with her methods, techniques and know how, which as … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, Deborah Horrell, glass, pate de verre, sharing methods
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Abandoned Churches
My friend Nancy in San Luis Obispo is notorious at sending me various curious links… she just sent me this one today and I thought I’d pass it on here. This is a site that has a number of wonderful … Continue reading
Pate de Verre
This week I’m privileged to take a glass workshop with one of the top glass artists in Portland, Deborah Horrell. Deborah is an expert in a traditional method of glass called pate de verre (or “paste of glass”). Developed by … Continue reading
The Extraordinary Ordinary
I often tell my students that if you use anything creatively in mass or with extreme repetition it can help create an intriguing work of art: • One toothbrush not so interesting, two thousand, pretty curious. • One safety pin: … Continue reading
The Shop
It’s taken about a month, but I’ve finally got my garage up to par to be a working space to build the assemblage end of my work, make molds, and create sculptures that would be too messy to work on … Continue reading
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