fridays keep me working

first friday in indy is upon us. if anyone wants to stop me and hassle me for change, chances are you can find me around and about. scott seems to have his ear to the street when it comes to what there is to see.

i will also be working on working: started a new series today - lots of drips cut short by a speedball roller that pretty much begs to be broken (and it will be, tonight). my plans are to go more of the Liberty series route and clean my head for some more straight ink&paper works. pics soon.

if anyone has a few nice lights so that my slides aren't so janky looking, gimme a heads up.

cover letters.....who needs em?
me.

linkedin updated profile

i have updated my linkedin profile so that is more in line with the Me at the moment.



its not a joke.

new works

my last week has been spent looking both for work and looking at a wall. the later has been more rewarding.

two new series; one called Saturday Night Wrist and the other called Liberty. both are on 100 lb. white paper and range in size from 25" x 19" to 25" x 37 1/2".
here is a short explanation from my "other" blog: the straight ink and paper works were inspired by my revisiting of Saturday Night Wrist by the Deftones, but visually, im pretty sure it looks like ive been listening to Stephen Reich. well, i havent.
They deal with the idea of the selective random: they start as gestural wavings of an ink loaded brush, following either text or figurative forms, then through some staring, i create connections (or rather, fight my eye and muscle reactions) to where the next line begins or ends. the excessive dripping is created either by stopping for a moment to create discourse in the line being made or the decision to find the fastest way out.
the piece up top is the name of the series. i will be writing more on my feelings about the album when the whole series is done.
some others...






and, the other series; again, from the "other" blog: the mixed media works were created with an ipod on shuffle. the layering of marks and shapes follow the constant change of tones and aural textures. i used a limited palette to encourage less decision making and allowed for the "muddying" of colors in order to limit visual layering. the thoughts involved are that of the personal resolutions concerning social freedoms, contractual governing bodies, the anti-scientific Religious Right, and beer.

these ones:

so that is what i do when i dont have a job. i just stand there and work on my career, the most important part of my career.