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No Words Necessary
Today, November 17, 2013: Sunset hike in the Santa Cruz Mountains, at Djerassi/SMIP Ranch. Click to view slideshow.Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: California, Counties, Djerassi, Djerassi Resident...
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Do We Have an Urban Farm?
Originally posted on INTRINSIC LIFESTYLE: If you’ve got an urban farm, you probably have a blog about it. I fit the stereotype. But I’m asking: what the heck does having an urban farm mean, and do...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Warmth ( for the Little Boy)
Kay Rodriques:I think you posted this one before. Originally posted on retireediary: We found this little boy in the place now named as “Shangrila” in China. Up at a very high altitude, the weather was...
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Non-linear History: Manhattan’s Slave Market
Much of my art is rooted in non-linear histories. This report then, is apt for this site. Here, finally, a spotlight is being shone on the North’s part in slavery. A historical marker in New York...
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Non-linear History: Manhattan’s Slave Market
Much of my art is rooted in non-linear histories. This report then, is apt for this site. Here, finally, a spotlight is being shone on the North’s part in slavery. A historical marker in New York...
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Strandbeests at the San Francisco Exploratorium
Amazing, magically engineered art is to be seen at the Exploratorium. Click on the link to see a very short video of Strandbeests.Filed under: Uncategorized
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Three Different Views of Ano Nuevo Island
Here are three photos from today’s visit to Ano Nuevo State Park — The tide was extremely low. These photos were taken at the North Point sections of the park and may end up as drawings or paintings....
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The Art of Bread-Making
Bread-making and surfing are complementary at Tartine: Bread-making as an art formFiled under: Uncategorized
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The Art of Glass-Making
Here is a short, 10-minute long, film on the art of glass blowing: Filed under: Uncategorized
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Traveler, Find Your Own Way
Machado’s poem: Traveler, Find Your Own Way TRAVELER, THERE IS NO ROAD Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking. Traveler, the path is your tracks And nothing more. Traveler, there is...
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Test – Handmade Print
Making marks — this is a hanmade print done in Akua ink on Japanese paper (washi — torinoko). It’s of a baby elephant seal.Filed under: Uncategorized
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Watercolor Sketch — Jamaica Project
Requiem for an ancestor (from the Jamaica series), watercolor with pen and ink on paper (postcard size) 2017.Filed under: Uncategorized
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Printing and Breaking the Rules
Lately I’ve been exploring Japanese woodblock printing and linocuts. This is a small woodblock carving I’m currently working on. When I’m done I’ll run some test prints and post them. Some will be done...
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Moleskine and Watercolors
It pays to know your supplies! A while ago I tried doing some watercolor sketches in my Moleskine sketch book. Even though the company bills this as a sketchbook that you can use with watercolors, it...
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Yesterday at Djerassi
Yesterday at Djerassi was: foggy with lots of fog drip windy and cold beneath the redwoods as well as out in the open spaces filled with bird song and bird calls; the birds were loudest down by the...
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Indian Yellow
Indian yellow: a clear, deep and luminescent yellow pigment with a color deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium yellow.Filed under: Uncategorized
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Working With Lines and Negative Space
Drawings from my current notebooks — I am honing my drawing skills by using as few lines as possible and am also relying on negative space for the effect of making the drawings stand out.Filed under:...
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Making Marks, Mark Making
Here are some old sketches from a 2015-2016 sketchbook. Funny, I never realized until now, how many of my works have lush, green landscapes (often sugar cane fields).
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Drawing as a Language
Works from over 200 different places have been brought together in one exhibition; Michelangelo’s drawings are a must see. This exhibition will not be traveling so if you are in New York while it is...
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Luis Barragán: One Artist’s Legacy
What does it mean when a corporation owns an artist’s legacy? One artist’s multiyear project, “The Proposal,” examines this question about the legacy of the Pritzker Prize–winning Mexican architect...
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