Category Archives: Life

Glen Arbor Residency Studios

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In May 2008 I received an Artist Residency at the Glen Arbor Art Association in Michigan. It was a great time and a really fantastic space. You can see a couple of the pieces I made there here and here. Maybe I’ll upload more work from that period of time in the future, but today I want to post a few images of my “studio” spaces there at Glen Arbor.

My apartment space. Did a lot of reflection after days of driving and drawing.

The Thorston Farm. Click for larger views. I had full solitary access to these buildings. Such an evocative and time-full environment.

And the lake, dunes, and trees were ever-present…

Francis Bacon

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“How are you gonna remake that in another art?” – Francis Bacon, 1985.

“What modern man wants is sensation without the boredom of its conveyance.” – Bacon, quoting Valery, 1985.

“I’m optimistic about nothing. Absolutely nothing.” – Bacon, 1985.

“CHEEERIO!” – Bacon, to Melvyn Bragg, 1985.

The South Bank Show profile of Francis Bacon, filmed in 1985, is a classic document of 20th century art.

You should watch it right now.

Some Interesting Sculpture

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Michael Johansson

Vincent Fecteau

Didier Vermeiren and here…

Barry Le Va

I think this (and some other stuff) has been influencing me in various ways…

In the forms I make for students to work from (drawing above, painting below)…

…and in the forms that make their way into my own work. Below, an experimental brick-based sculpture and a mezzotint featuring an invented pentagonally-based structure.

Current Shows, Catalogs, Essays

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A lot going on these days.

The show I’m in at MANIFEST in Cincinnati has just released the catalog (cover below, click it to order one – it’s volume 43, bottom of the page).

Also, I’m included in a show at McNeese State University. Click here for more info. If you’re near Lake Charles, LA, go check it out!

I’ve got an article in the Columbia Daily Tribune up as well (and keep on the lookout over at Neoteric Art for my upcoming essay on Art and Subjectivity!). Click here to check out the Tribune piece. Below is one of the pieces I talk about (click it to see more about the image at the Brooklyn Museum):