Blog: Studio, Shows, Reading, Random Thoughts
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This Machine Kills Fascists
This year, it will be the 10th Anniversary of MoPrint, the Biennial celebration of squishing ink onto pristine 100% rag paper with a simple brutish technology invented in 1544. Yes, Denver, the barbarians are back at the gates.If you had your heart set on flying to the coast and paying thousands for some art, you…
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Shadow Novel
“When trouble comes to town, it usually takes the North Shore Line.” As good a place as any to start. A new Pynchon novel, Shadow Ticket, came out in October, and for those who were waiting for this sort of validation, The New Yorker has weighed in, and it is safe to ignore it. I…
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Attack of the Stack
The end of Summer and early Fall brings moderate weather, the last of the bright sun, and cool nights. An end to Summer projects- an art show, kids’ art camps, various supporting projects on the computer- and there is time to read in the morning and at night. Half-finished books, the casualties of the limited…
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SAM’d and Deliver!
I’ve been doing the Summer Art Market- “SAM” -for 30 years, give or take. It’s work, but is fun. It provides steady sales, real outreach to a large art loving public, and a great social event. It’s spacious and most are there to talk art. The prices remain well below gallery prices. As long as…
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House Work
The ideas don’t always come fluidly. Interesting things can often happen, but usually in the context of smaller works that have the feel of sketches or studies. You just keep plugging away until, in retrospect, an interesting image occurs. My personal life has included the sale of my childhood home. 60+ years of memories, gone…
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Ask Me About My Feminist Agenda: A Reading List
Spring rains and reading go together like April and May. Throw in some dark roast, or a red blend, and you’ve got a respectable lifestyle, except in MAGAt-land, of course. It struck me how many of this diverse list at least touched on women’s roles, which continue to evolve, despite the fascist backlash. Prose first,…
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Black is the Color
In the 80s, I did drawings with colored pencil on black paper. It creates a dream like ambience, and I even depicted a few real dreams, along with some amateur semiotics. I actually was awarded an Individual Artists Fellowship by the Colorado Council on Arts and Humanities in drawing. I left the medium behind when…
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A Book Is To Dream With
A Dusty Reading List I’ve recently undergone a rite of passage that many experience far earlier than I have: The loss of my last surviving parent. Dad was sharp and able up until the last couple of months. He spent most of his time in his chair, next to a stack of books, and it…
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Wild Thoughts
Wild Things, the Maurice Sendak show at the Denver Art Museum, is an absorbing show that only indirectly addresses some of the very complex issues that surround the artist. This is not too surprising; For one thing, the show was set up as one of those blockbuster, cattle call audience building shows, and at a…
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Reading Is Resistance
After a crazy year of traveling and shows, then a couple of months spent hiding from the New Model Army after the election, I’m back to a normal studio and class routine. By “normal”, I mean about 6-8 days each month as studio monitor at the Art Students League of Denver. You can sign up…
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