thinking & making
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Obverstractions
I have just started exploring my way into a new painting concept I’m calling “Obverstractions.” In this series I am attempting to marry my bent toward abstraction with my passion for nature and observationally driven works, balancing these few facts about myself as an artist: I feel most “at home” and connected to my work…
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Swimming (in my mind)
How to navigate the complex relationships between personal history and narratives, memory, and now? “Swimming,” is a mindful acknowledgement of this conundrum.
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Macro nature
I purchased a little clip-on macro lens for my phone and I’ve been having a lot of fun with it. It has caused me to look more closely at what’s around me. Here are some highlights.
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Accidental Vampire
One night in early July, after banging my head against a different song project for a couple of hours without any success, i started flipping through my journal and found the opening line to this tune. A few hours later after a bit of guitar noodling and some inspired moments on a long walk, Accidental…
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Experiments
After doing some observation works, my energy changes and I am drawn to further and further abstraction.
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May river, palmetto tree
This small painting of the May River and marshes at high tide captured the scene and the moment pretty well without overdoing it. It was my first time using the great new Holbein gouache paints that I received got as a gift last Christmas. They are really wonderful to use compared to the cheap-o stuff…
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Drawing from nature
I’ve have been enjoying gardening and the specific wonders of nature this year. In the context of the confines of this pandemic, I am more aware of the small beauties in nature. There is more time, it seems, to look and notice and contemplate my surroundings. For even as the space I am living in…
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The Invitation
I came back to watch the glowing magenta lift off, hungover with grief and hungry to feel loved.
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The Roller Coaster
The Roller Coaster is the first song I’ve written in many years, and it’s become one of my favorites to play and sing.