Quarterly Projections

I added a new section for various photo projects. The first series added is Quarterly Projections, a project made in collaboration with Chris Adams. We held an exhibition of these photos in 2016.

Voyeur Construct

A test of my recently acquired roll of vellum.

Voyeur Construct, 2017; marker, graphite, opaquer, white pencil on vellum; Object size: 16 x 23 inches

 

Poem #86

We haven’t spoken in a while,
i was away, or you were away, or we
had stopped talking over a disagreement…?

i’ve seen things since last we spoke.
remember how we used to tell each other everything?

my father died. since last we met.
pancreatic cancer, like patrick swayze.
but dad was no patrick swayze.
he was more like bogart, had he lived too long.

it was not heroic. his death i mean.
it was bed ridden death, long death, medical.
had you been there we could have talked about
the small rebel flag that had blown loose
from his porch, sitting in the grass, in a windy rain.

we would have talked about how he still hated
that i was an atheist, unable to relent
to his jesusgodcreator who would have him suffer
to enter a disneyland of the mind.
a jesusgocreator whom i find empty,
replaced by quantum mechanics and poetry and art,
on my own terms. a reality in place of daydream.

i tell you now that i have written to him
on his facebook account these past 3 months.
i told him things i will not share here with you,
i regret this omission, truly, but we have been estranged.
i think of his account being cancelled any moment,
and that idiot connection i have being broken, a final death.
the internet cares nothing about humanity or life.
its about immediacy. fame. connections but no substance.

it was all very medical. like an injury. a final injury.
i hope we can speak of better things soon,
don’t give up on me. i still see some beauty.
i’ll bring you some, next time we talk.

El Newton

El Newton, 2015; ink on paper; 32 x 24

Raymond Carver Construct

Raymond Carver construct, 2015; ink on paper; 30 x 22 inches

Recent Collagraphs

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I made these matrices over a long period of time and only recently got to printing them. I work in serial often, and this entails a change in color to make monoprints of the textural matrices.

Studies or perhaps end products….?

I recently remembered an old technique for generating compositions that involves making collages and combing them for scenes using a 2 inch or so viewfinder. I loved doing this many years ago and it still seems valid. Here are a couple examples that I may turn into some woodcuts or etchings or…..something.

Action!

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Aluminum Etchings

The thing I have loved about aluminum as a matrix for etching is the ease of attaining a beautiful aquatint without extra steps. The metal erodes in interesting ways that can become chaotic if not monitored, but when the salt and copper sulfate mix is carefully regulated, the results can be amazing. These are some prints I created a while ago using sugar lift, chine-collé, and oil based marker resist.

 

Atari Rainstorm III, 2015; Sugar lift aluminum etching, chine colle

Third Fugue, 2015; Sugar lift aluminum etching, chine colle

Final Fugue, 2015; Sugar lift aluminum etching, chine colle

Dreams of Sarlacc, 2015; Sugar lift aluminum etching

Second Fugue, 2015; Sugar lift aluminum etching, viscosity print

Fourth Fugue, 2015; Sugar lift aluminum etching, chine colle

 

Added some older collagraphs…

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