my new book “the far shores of being” is now available. in 2009, i set off for 2 years of living as an artist in residence around the world, living and working in 10 different countries, exploring the impact of PLACE on my creative process.
tulum – city of dawn
my quest for the mythical, often thwarted by the crush of tourism, sent me out on an early expedition to the tulum ruins. a few images grabbed before the masses descended on this last stand of the great mayan empire.
Read Morefirst look, ondarte residency, akumal mexico
a novel idea – a residency at a resort in mexico in the winter. couldn’t have timed it better if i tried. the rising full moon over the bay in akumal mexico. la buena vida…
Read Moreviews of my exhibition at the Dairy Center for the Arts, july/aug 2011
france, italy, turkey wall
Read Moretravelogue: portugal tracks
my travel journals are a critical part of my wanderings and visually capturing a sense of place. here is a page spread of old railroad tracks in portugal, altered and painted to suggest a sense of longing.
Read Moreamy clay artist talk at the Dairy Center
this video was posted by the Daily Camera newspaper – excerpted from my artists talk at the Dairy Center for the Arts, in Boulder, CO – july, 2011.
Read Moresolo exhibition of A.I.R works
opening july 15, 2011 in boulder, colorado -please join me for my solo exhibition of mixed media works created while artist-in-residence around the world the past 2 years. see attached press release for details.
Read Moreedge of the world – cill rialaig, ireland
my postings are shamefully out of date – so here i begin again. it is now the end of my second peripatetic year, with little desire to drop anchor. my current view at cill rialaig artists residency looks over ballinskelligs bay, in the far remote southwestern iveragh peninsula. my month long residency is in full [...]
Read Moreending and beginning
the end of my first year of wanderings. i’ll leave you now with a few quick photos of my world here in berlin. i plan to take a short breather back in the US, then spend some time over the coming fall/winter living in london – drafting off the rich creative work of others. check [...]
Read Morecorner wall piece, berlin
for the open studios last sunday, had an idea itch that needed to be scratched – so rushed off to the sunday only flea market at mauer park first thing – early enough to find what i needed, get back to the residency, make my wall piece/installation and shower before the opening at 3pm. managed [...]
Read Morepigeon drawings and video, berlin
finally worked out my pigeon stop motion video – made into an 8 second loop from 32 pigeon drawing/paintings. my fellow resident, thomas helton, a bassist and composer, generously recorded 6 small improvisational soundings based on my video, which i looped around to complete the visual/audio piece. each one of his compositions is quite different, [...]
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