You are my rib headboard

Some older but lovely projections / photographs by Jenny Holzer:



See more of her work at her website: http://www.jennyholzer.com/

A little bluebird and dmitriy

I was obviously born to draw better than most people, just as the widow Berman and Paul Slazinger were obviously born to tell stories better than most people can. Other people are obviously born to sing and dance or explain the stars in the sky or do magic tricks or be great leaders or athletes, and so on. I think that could go back to the time when people had to live in small groups of relatives -- maybe fifty or a hundred people at the most. And evolution or God or whatever arranged things genetically to keep the little families going, to cheer them up, so that they could all have somebody to tell stories around the campfire at night, and somebody else to paint pictures on the walls of the caves, and somebody else who wasn't afraid of anything and so on. That's what I think. And of course a scheme like that doesn't make sense anymore, because simply moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. A moderately gifted person who would have been a community treasure a thousand years ago has to give up, has to go into some other line of work, since modern communications put him or her into daily competition with nothing but the world's champions.  The entire planet can get along nicely now with maybe a dozen champion performers in each area of human giftedness. A moderately gifted person has to keep his or her gifts all bottled up until, in a manner of speaking, he or she gets drunk at a wedding and tapdances on the coffee table like Fred Astair or Ginger Rogers. We have a name for him or her. We call him or her an 'exhibitionist.' How do we reward such an exhibitionist? We say to him or her the next morning, 'Wow! Were you ever drunk last night!"


Vonnegut, Kurt. (1987). Bluebeard. New York: Delacorte Press. 


And now, from Russia, illustrations by Dmitriy Rebus Larin:

I love these little things! See more of his work at:  www.behance.net/rebus.

geoffrey keating woodworks

Dear 'ol friend of mine from Notre Dame creates beautiful, functional pieces in walnut minor.

View more of his custom works at: http://geoffreykeating.com/. Photos courtesy Geoffrey Keating Woodworks on Facebook.

Inconsequential drooings

A few illustrations from this week. I have recently begun doing these quick, little evening exercises to keep busy. Perhaps it will evolve into something more (complete +/- complex) eventually.

Easy decay

Stumbled upon these works by Nova Scotia native, Ambera Wellman. Simple and pure.

Monotype, lithography, and intaglio prints on paper. View more at: www.amberas.com

Paintings by Shawn Barber

Shawn Barber's work continually impresses me. A few paintings below:

Visit sdbarber.com to see more.