SITTING FOR A FRIEND

March 27, 2021

Anyone who knows me well has heard me quip that stillness may be my superpower, so it was not a struggle to hang out over at Hyeseung’s casita for a few hours and try not to move. Are there actually people who decline when a painter requests to produce their likeness? It’s always interesting to get to experience someone else’s process, especially one that rushes towards real life right before your eyes. Unfinished study.

The cherry on top was Kritika being there to document the portrait process…

SUNRISE OVER THE RIO GRANDE GORGE

September 20, 2019

While I’m not known for my ability to take initiative during pre-dawn hours, I saw fellow artist in residence Shawn yesterday and she invited me to join her on a sunrise excursion to the Gorge. I’d wanted to make an afternoon trip myself and jumped at the opportunity, setting an alarm for 5:15am.

We made a three and a half mile hike roundtrip in outstretched fields of sage brush, cholla, and pine trees as the sun rose. Being out in the cool morning desert air brought me back to living in camp at Arcosanti and working on the farm and many West Texas mornings in slanted light. Has it really been a decade since the combination of desert sun and mountain air were elements of a garden variety morning?

Residency at Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico

September 13, 2019

A view of my backyard for the next three-months while I’m in residence at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. If any of you travelers will also be in the Land of Enchantment, please reach out!

As an aside, the last time I was in Taos was 2007 when I volunteered on some Earthship construction and learned very rapidly that my enthusiasm for turning trash into building materials was better suited to studio work than tire pounding. Some of those scenes are logged here.

01 >> BANFF, ALBERTA

January 15, 2017

Scenes from a five week residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

10 >> COLORADO

October 16, 2011

Scenes tooling around while an artist in residence at Anderson Ranch Arts Center. The boys’ snow boots I acquired in Finland happened to come in handy by October, however, one thing I was unable to prepare for was the humbling effect of altitude. On the day trip to Leadville, elevation 10,000 feet, merely walking from the car into a shop left me dizzy!

first snow