The Mad Frustration You’re Soon to Feel
credit: NIKE OF SAMOTHRACE The Mad Frustration You're Soon to Feel The Winged Victory of Samothrace in the Louvre is singular. I could stand and feel …
Sloan Nota
Wikipedia Time!
Wikipedia Time! Wikipedia is pledging again. They never ask for much. I've been sending $3 a month for more years than I can recall. It's …
Murky Copyright
[credit: NATURE JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS CHEMISTRY, MONA LISA] Murky Copyright This is a screen from one of the science feeds I follow. I'm an artist, my eyes always …
The Task of Seeing Something Foreign in the Mirror
[credit: MASK (BUK, KRAR, OR KARA), Torres Strait Islander, mid to late 19th century.] The Task of Seeing Something Foreign in the Mirror I'm an artist who …
True Connection
[credit: MASK (BUK, KRAR, OR KARA), Torres Strait Islander, mid to late 19th century.] True Connection This could be a battered old mixing spoon, plastic handle singed no …
Ardhanarishvara
Credit: The Half-Male, Half-Female Form of Shiva (Shiva Ardhanarishvara) | Cambodia | Angkor period | The Metropolitan Museum of Art As featured in the Washington …
Declaration of Years
Declaration of Years Today I would like to announce to the world that I'm old. I've just realized it myself, so I might as well …
When Artists’ Surfaces Met Science
credit: slashio-photography-B5vpv3eyRgY-unsplash When Artists' Surfaces Met Science As it often does, science makes new realities visible. They pop out like champagne bubbles in still wine. …
Learning to Be a LiDARer
Learning to Be a LiDARer Undoubtedly there is a cartoonish — or more politely said painterly — effect to LiDAR scans. Not …
Old Masters 02, Meddled With
"Old Masters 02", Meddled With After showing you how expressive layered faces can be, this time faces are otherwise meddled with for disguise. I should …
“Old Masters,” Layered Faces
"Old Masters", Faces Many are the ways to merge faces and come up with a new face one believes even though it has two mouths. …
Collection-010421
Collection 010421 Three recent images that please me. I’m in the process of having test prints made. So far very satisfied. But how does someone …
Recent and Very Recent
Recent and Very Recent Three from the past couple of weeks, two from a new idea Sunday.
Patterns 03 Lalapaloozas
Patterns 03 Lalapaloozas These five examples show how the urge to make patterns can keep growing more complex. We started a month ago with simple …
Collection Patterns Simple
Collection Patterns Simple One of my traits is a very strong interest in patterns. Don’t know why or whence. But 20 plus years ago when …
Altered Portraits
Altered Portraits I like things better when they’re distorted, mauled, put in vivid contrast. A portrait is often a beginning that’s fun to mess with, …
Pairs
Pairs One way to combine images is to pair them, drawing attention to how they echo each other. I looked through literally thousands of images …
Recent Work
Recent Work, September 2020 As I’m blogging I’m constantly working on new artwork. I want you to understand that my work isn’t about a style …
Breathers 3, Surreal People
Breathers 3, Surreal People You may recognize Sarah Bernhardt, a Hunk of Metal and a BLAM from the initial Breathers set. The hunk of metal …