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2011-05-20T21:10:00.000-04:00

before the end of the world...

Black Bear

2011-05-09T10:56:00.000-04:00

For the Members Show at CAC.

7" x 10"
ink on paper

Wissahikon

2011-05-07T17:47:00.000-04:00

On a recent stroll through the Wissahikon, PA.

Two Eagles

2011-05-07T17:36:00.000-04:00

For a upcoming CAC fundraiser.

5x5"
Ink, Sanded Gesso on Wood block

Bird Design

2011-05-02T20:26:00.000-04:00

5 " x 5 "

pen, coffee, on paper

Cherry Blossoms

2011-04-28T20:40:00.000-04:00

Ocean City 4.23.11

2011-04-25T15:16:00.000-04:00

no particular reason. just a good day.

Round and Round

2011-04-19T14:45:00.000-04:00

Seabrook Power Plant

2011-04-12T21:37:00.000-04:00

All you NYC folks listen up,...speed banjo

4.11.11

2011-04-12T21:31:00.000-04:00

Roberto Matta

2011-04-08T16:41:00.000-04:00

was driving around town today and stopped by a garage sale. came across a surprise book on one of my favorite artist's ever, Roberto Matta. I was a little stunned because I've never seen a book of his work before in person. I know there are some comprehensive ones online for a couple hundred but...so I offered two bucks for this one and took it. Score. It's an old printing and in spanish and there's only a few pictures of his paintings, mostly of him in studios political things. I love the cover!

More MATTA:

http://matta-art.com/

wiki/Roberto_Matta

Sunday in th studio 4.3.11

2011-04-03T21:04:00.000-04:00

Being the scavenger I am, I found this pastel portrait lonely and discarded in a pile of trash and have proceeded to incorporate my personal interpretation...a lions mane fit for the sun.

Sphinx Fox sighting

2011-04-02T12:30:00.000-04:00

My collaborative project with Joy Payton is working on some material in preparation for a couple shows later this year. Hooray for goals.

Here's some small sculptey figurines that are patiently waiting to receive paint food, on top of some character drawings...also hungry.

In the studio

2011-03-28T21:32:00.001-04:00

Like a mound, of unfettered voyages, seeking flight, and fancy.

2011-03-28T09:39:00.001-04:00

Inspiration can come from anywhere, anytime, take this cluster of postcards; ripe randomness ready and willing, like a loving brotherly photo of Arnold and Willis from Diff'rent Strokes or a vacationing couple in Hawaii playing golf, taken minutes before a volcano off shore violently erupts destroying nearby towns, palms, and golf courses. Luckily the couple survives the eruption, only to die in the plane crash home. Tragedy, you might think? What if I told you their little fun in the sun vacation was but part of a scheming elaborate plan unfolding successfully. A leave-the-country-while-things-cooled-down-for-the-robbery-and-murder-of-three-long-time-business-partners-in-prestigious-financial-firm-plan.
Much of inspiration, I find, is about leaving the sails open and susceptible to the currents of a moment. Allowing whatever you're sensing to come in and let your imagination coast away.

Point of danger. Sharks patrol these waters. Ready a life boat.

Things that don't normally happen #1

2011-03-22T10:36:00.000-04:00

Marta was on her way to work, talking to her friend on the phone when from behind a tall building she catches eye of a enormous rabbit.

seeing sexy swirls again

2011-03-21T21:25:00.000-04:00

Made this postcard ditty several years ago but came upon it recently while chancing through some files. Still attracted to swirly lines I am.

*Happy Birthday Sister Bri*

Mike Watt w Split Red

2011-03-16T16:20:00.000-04:00

My friends band, Split Red, is proudly opening up for bad-ass bassist Mike WaTT! Yeah they're excited and I'm excited for them. Here's a flyer I made advertising the upcoming show on April 2nd.

Malicious Mona

2011-03-07T19:11:00.000-05:00

She reminds me of the evil witch from Disney's Seven Dwarfs.

Games Without Frontiers

2011-02-28T21:58:00.000-05:00

in love with Photoshop's smudge tool lately

belief

2011-02-28T09:36:00.003-05:00

In this poor birdman's world he thinks he needs a three-faced, quadrupedal creature for transport because every other bird man/woman does. Guess it never occurred to him that if he stands up he could walk with his own two feet...belief's can be hindering.

macchinetta

2011-02-23T11:03:00.001-05:00

you have a stove top espresso maker, get crazy, put coffee grounds in that little storage house instead of espresso grounds, add a spoon of brown sugar, heat up. pour over some milk and **^**! if that isn't some tasty morning juice.
recommended accompaniment: cinnamon crumb cake and el guincho!

Buenos dias mundo!

Sum kinda mule/bull/unicorn grazing

2011-02-13T20:30:00.000-05:00

If I could be anywhere tonight

2011-02-12T15:24:00.000-05:00

http://www.twinpeaks20.com/

Loverboy by Billy Ocean

2011-02-12T15:05:00.000-05:00

Now this is a music video!

tomfoolery

2011-02-12T14:58:00.000-05:00

The Anti-Christ as a boy, first learning of his powers.

Couple

2011-02-11T18:24:00.000-05:00

Flyer for an event that hasn't happened yet

2011-02-10T21:59:00.000-05:00

Today I was dropping off some brochures to the library and passed a elder man who was leaving as I was approaching. We said hello to each other. I thought to myself, 'I don't do that enough'. I quickly did what I came to do, went back to my car and noticed the elder man was getting into his car parked next to mine. This is of not great import other than my reflecting on my choice to park in this particular spot which was narrow and I thought I wouldn't be long so it would be alright. So I thought I'd give the man a few seconds to reverse out of his spot and get out of the parking lot. I moved some things around in my car from passenger seat to trunk; took a minute. The elder man started to put his car in reverse but was having slight trouble backing out for it was fairly tightly packed lot. I decide to make a move for my front door, put on my seat belt, looked at him forwarding back into his parking spot, apparently straightening out his car? I went ahead and hastily backed out my car, (nearly rear ending the parked mini van behind me); mumbling holy expletives, I decidedly drove out of the parking lot. Realizing, after pulling up to the stop sign, that the man had still not pulled out of the parking lot. Had he been baffled by my car's sudden disappearance? Cursing me? Looking in my rear view I finally see the man leaving the lot. I drove away with reminiscence and empathic condolence.

The point of this is what it made me think of just then; the future. It's no surprise the pace of things in our society are continually getting more rapid; information processing comes to mind. I got to thinking about myself as a elder man and what the kids of the future will be like with me in their hastiness? Today we use cars to get around, what about in the future? Books...libraries...I thought a fitting arena for this to take place, won't they be relics in the future? The act of going to a place that holds objects of information, printed on paper, to check them out, then going back in allotted period of time to return it. Distant memories of days fading; forgotten? I had a fleeting vision of on-the-spot processing, thoughts instantly manifest. Needing a vehicle to get from place to place; not necessary. We just had everything at our disposal, close, available instantaneously.

I propose no declaration or stance about this; no, this is good or bad.

Objectivity aside, I'm excited about the future.

jumpsuit

2011-02-07T22:05:00.000-05:00

i think i'm having a breakthrough, or a breakdown, it may be a breakdown? hard to tell yet, being in the middle of it and all.

Confidant

2011-02-07T16:29:00.001-05:00

The Prognosticating Hare

2011-02-02T17:05:00.000-05:00

'fine furry fellow

do you chase or flee?'

'i flee, i flee, can't you see!'

'why, there some emergency?'

'please waste not, no time to plea

did you not hear

that urgent bellow

foreshadowing near?'

i turned, could it be?

'oh my!, wait for me!'

Reluctant Hero

2011-01-31T23:55:00.000-05:00

our reluctant hero embarks on his journey into the unknown, wide-eyed in anticipation; magic wand causing no consolation; quivering in his long johns.

snow day

2011-01-26T12:59:00.000-05:00

we're closed here for the day at the community arts center due to snow, so i went for a little stroll around the property to check out the winter wonderment...there's some crazy stuff going on out there!

When doodling becomes a drawing.

2011-01-25T20:33:00.000-05:00

there's more to this meandering line orgy but this is all you're going to see, for any more might simply make your pretty heads explode. you don't want that and i don't want that.

you don't want to explode do you?

Durer with girlfriend 2009

2011-01-23T21:03:00.000-05:00

Found this image link funny. Albrecht Durer has been a big influence on my line styling's and of biographic interest. He was a 15-16th century German printmaker/painter/extraordinaire.

http://www.paintedetc.com/post/2841707471/durer-with-girlfriend-2010-dorothee-golz

beak

2011-01-22T08:53:00.000-05:00

black horns

2011-01-17T17:09:00.000-05:00

Satyr

2011-01-15T10:10:00.000-05:00

The Man who grew up watching too much tv.

2011-01-06T22:02:00.000-05:00

In future we all live open window style

The Floating Horseman

2011-01-02T22:15:00.000-05:00

preliminary drawing for a etching plate:

... imagine a snorkel addition cause he's getting one.

Present for Bri

2010-12-27T11:11:00.000-05:00

Beary Christmas!

2010-12-20T21:37:00.000-05:00

G HOST ov NFIN E.T.

2010-12-01T23:33:00.000-05:00

Autumn in Wallingford

2010-10-28T22:23:00.000-04:00

here's some photo's i took on a recent excursion in nearby wooded area where i live/work. since fostering a dog these walk/runs have become customary...it suits us both.

eXistenZ

2010-10-28T12:25:00.000-04:00

nothing to do tonight? feel like a movie? maybe a fantasy? want to step through the veil into another place? well may i recommend the movie, 'eXistenZ'? capital X. capital Z.
this sci-fi show will transport you and your multi-dimensional selves to a place down in the back and around the corner. after a comfortable while you may find returning to your place of familiarity may not seem, so real. like a lucid dream that becomes more and more convincing, your body self may feel less and less, tangible, leaving you questioning where and who you are with genuine attention for what is reality anyway?

Autumn BooK

2010-10-27T23:07:00.000-04:00

been working exclusively in my drawing journals as of late; accumulating imagery, thoughts, gathering courage... the immediacy and comfort of working in transient mobile handy dandy object format has been suiting me. admittedly i'm wanting immediate gratification in the studio, quick, hurried results. if i'm not liking something, turn the page, i can always come back to it later..which i do with unabashed hacking and chewing usually.

one of these days soon i feel i may put my sights to a piece of paper not already folded or part of my journal...i'm going to cut into little pieces.

In Dreams

2010-10-20T23:55:00.001-04:00

In 2037 an Alien spacecraft hovers over Western Arizona absorbs 23 humans around dusk taking lucky travel party on cosmic whirl wind extravaganza sight seeing exotic new terrain never before conceived. The abductees wine dine lap of luxury butter lace plush spread deep breath massage panorama terrace endless viewscapes waterfall sun showers best underground films you've never seen or heard of transported to another galaxy 10 million light years away and brought to live on Alien planet and honey lovers. Here the humans are taught many extraordinary things which they could not do on Earth like how to read a book by putting it up to your cheek and closing your eyes Or how to bake a cake in the shower and eat it to.
They lost track of time and fell into the magic night.

High OrDOOR

2010-10-11T21:19:00.000-04:00

That's good

2010-10-10T22:32:00.000-04:00

in case you didn't know DeVo has a new album after 20 some years. that's right , you know em', or you don't, as the band of 'whip it' fame with the plastic ziggurat head gear from the 80's. yep, they made a new album that kicks butts. seems they came back together to whip our psychic head gear back into shape. lost our way, again?

sharpen your ears & listen up, they're not just jerking us back and forth. they have a message...and they make artsy mindful videos.

Astral Waiting Room

2010-10-05T22:23:00.000-04:00

THe Faces In The Paper

2010-10-04T22:11:00.001-04:00

I think it was Michelangelo who talked about how he would see 'the figures' he sculpted out of the marble already being there, that he merely had to free them by chipping away the marble block.

ConnecTED

2010-09-24T13:43:00.001-04:00

TED has many many fascinating lectures available to inspire and thoughtfully provoke your brain and provide one with hope that we actually can make it together on this planet despite what one might be perceiving if all the 'news' one knew about was what they were ingesting from the mainstream 'news'. (I always cringe when I think fear, rape, famine, disease, gun violence, fear is noted as 'news'. What about all the positive things being discovered everyday by people around the world? Wonder?)

This one I just watched and was particularly moved by it. I'll let you experience her topic for yourself.

I feel it's something powerful to keep in mind.

Been working on scattered things in the studio. Not keeping my usual routine. Decorating in three dimensions. Details coming.

Hallelujah

2010-09-17T10:21:00.000-04:00

One of my favorite songs Sung by one of my favorite voices ...

=chills.

Air. Fire Water

2010-09-15T20:49:00.000-04:00

Siesta Key with Fam

2010-09-08T23:18:00.000-04:00

Enjoyed a too short but fun trip down to Florida with parents and sister who came over from CA for the full effect in the house. Got to canoe around mangrove islands and sail Apollo Beach on the 'Wind Ketcher' (Thanks Ed and Gil!!)

(Credit Mom for all photos)

Enjoy

That last one is our family Christmas Card, put in your orders now for that hot collector's item!

AOS

2010-09-07T22:57:00.001-04:00

I still kick myself for not buying that Austin Osman Spare book I looked through in some small occult bookstore somewhere in Atlanta so many years ago. I had only heard of him at that time but never seen his work printed before. I was mesmerized by his line work and imagery and felt affinity beyond his name; for his vision. His art beckons beyond the material, into spirit worlds, and returns with magnificent manifestations of his invocations.

Over the years I've noticed an increase in available material of his work both online and print. When before I barely found one website featuring a couple pieces of his work, to now there being several poor youtube slideshows and a modicum of websites. Now I can't afford the nice books they print of his in the United Kingdom. I hope to find some used in some small remote bookstore someday, somewhere, ...somehow...someway...(segue into song)

For more about >>AOS

Scanner As Camera

2010-09-05T23:18:00.000-04:00

time move fast like cheetah

2010-09-04T00:18:00.000-04:00

Wow I'm back in one piece and that trip was too short! I know that's what we always say when we return from a vacation get away from the day-to-day, but no really, that was too short...where'd it go? Sun + Fun and time is like a cheetah with eyes on the prize in open safari. . . Had I not forgotten my camera at Los' place night two I would have some pictures to show you right now but as I seem to be a absent minded, (hey it was the morning and my brain was two steps in the ocean) scatterbrain, no such luck for you. Don't cry, I have other sources. My Ever reliable Mother shot the shots to ease your curious eyes with her camera constant...you just have to wait till she gets back to work, which I can attest, she won't be rushin.

Moving on, checking through some of the sites I frequent I see there's lots of exciting shows coming up in NYC soon that I'm humming to take a trip for including one by my very coordinated dance partner and who knew, artist, Christopher Davison, sharing the bill with fellow distinguished UCF alumni, Kristopher Porter. Hope I can make the opening guys!
Also sure not to miss shows are, one of my favorite artist's who I've never met or danced with for that matter, Fred Tomaselli at Brooklyn Museum. and just found out about this artist Lori Field but damn if you don't see me jotting down the dates for this show in my planner rrrright now.

those that See

2010-08-27T22:56:00.000-04:00

its been a good month of posting my friends but now i must bid you a fond farewell...well for a short while. i'm off to meet my makers, soar the sky, sail the sea, and probably put my hands in sand.

i hope to share my experiences with you upon my safe return.

blessings.

BoB the cat

2010-08-26T22:36:00.001-04:00

If A > B then B = out of luck

2010-08-24T23:21:00.000-04:00

poSSeSSion

2010-08-23T22:46:00.000-04:00

clUSTER

2010-08-22T23:53:00.000-04:00

where disparate remnants and unrealized idea's go to talk about the future or the way things used to be, or whatever, potential new-pieces talk about when they're put together in wasteland congregation.

animals

2010-08-22T00:12:00.000-04:00

Bought these ready made animal masks, commence massacre..

closeup of pegasus

2010-08-19T21:52:00.001-04:00

In the inside

2010-08-17T23:09:00.000-04:00

Did you ever know that you're my hero?

2010-08-16T22:11:00.001-04:00

"The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune."

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward."

"...decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying...."

"Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done."

-all quotes by Amelia Earhart

they have a life, they have a soul.

2010-08-15T22:17:00.000-04:00

Different Dodson

2010-08-15T22:13:00.000-04:00

this keeps coming up and it keeps on making me laugh,...inside,...in that, 'oh my god this is horrible..lee funny' kind of way. thanks goodness people can make fun of such horrible...lee awful things to make them seem less horrible...for the mean while.

the interpreter's have other renditions of socio-political affairs that need attitude adjustments here >
the gregory brothers

when words fail to express

2010-08-14T22:27:00.000-04:00

2010-08-13T23:37:00.001-04:00

you look funny when you think you're being serious

2010-08-11T22:14:00.000-04:00

IT's always funny. ALL WAYS!

P.P.

2010-08-11T22:07:00.000-04:00

2010-08-10T22:48:00.000-04:00

Centerfold

2010-08-09T22:16:00.000-04:00

In2 IT

2010-08-08T22:38:00.000-04:00

Reminder

2010-08-08T19:23:00.000-04:00

2010-08-06T22:27:00.000-04:00

Such a forbidden sight did our hero see
that he was turned into a evergreen tree

Shout Out

2010-08-05T22:50:00.000-04:00

Dear PBS,

I think you're awesome. You're always putting out great stuff. From Mr. Rodgers to Quantum Strings, you open my world to so much.

Thank you,
Austin

Civil War Scrapbook

Nod

2010-08-05T22:33:00.000-04:00

A little something I worked on today pertaining to Sphinx Fox.
*
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Joy, they beckoned for color.
*

ps. I hope your trip is coming along...joyfullE. Send my Love to BRi

persona

2010-08-04T21:21:00.000-04:00

"Give a man a mask and he'll tell you the truth"

Lapdog

2010-08-03T22:13:00.000-04:00

In an effort to get back to what this blog was originally intended to be about, I'm planning on posting more regularly things I'm working on each day.

These may not be any epic, realized, master works here, it'll be more about the day to day, the dailies I'll call them.

Clairvoyant

2010-08-02T19:19:00.000-04:00

The front cover for one of the drawing journals I'm working in.

Seriously

2010-08-01T22:07:00.000-04:00

Bringing It back

2010-07-31T10:21:00.000-04:00

Yes making I'm art still.

laying been Just low.

If You're Happy and You Know It Raise Your Arms

2010-07-19T14:16:00.000-04:00

Syd's Sun

2010-07-17T18:26:00.000-04:00

My friend over at snapbamsplat just posted a song video that I think is really great. . .

in that wayfarer reflecting on the heavens kind of way...

Cuba Libre

2010-07-05T22:30:00.000-04:00

During this time of recognizing Independence in our country I got to thinking about the little island just off the southern coast of our beloved continent, Cuba. My mother was born and lived in Cuba for the first 10 years of her life and like so many others, left when Fidel Castro took over.

I am very proud of my Cuban heritage and hope one day to visit this mysterious and largely unknown to me island I have only heard stories about or seen family pictures of.

My Uncle made a video recently for a family reunion and in it he included this touching little diddy with Andy Garcia narrating about his love for Cuba. For me it was enjoyable to live for a moment in false memories of a place I feel connected to. For you, it might not, but it goes in accordance with the theme of this blog post to ponder this place of neglect and isolation, that has been cut off from the world for such a long time, during this festive time of remembrance of our own freedoms.

I wonder what will happen with Cuba as a place, a heritage, a culture when its current regime is gone?

warm house

2010-06-30T22:34:00.000-04:00

so i had a housewarming party last saturday, the 19th, and my friend jim c. of soupcooler fame made a tripped out video compilation of the event.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9BKmP6UPxA

thanks jim. i have idea's of how to furthur use that camera filter...

Guard

2010-06-30T22:28:00.000-04:00

i've kind of been keeping my ear's pointed for any available, cool, dogs (i mean four legged kind) to give a loving home to. i have loads of space around me now for it to roam and be a dog, and although i probably couldn't afford it anyway, i've been looking at bred dogs. one thing i haven't seen brought up in any of my searches however, and am curious about because i'd really like it is, if you're looking for a dog from a reputable dog breeder and the dog you really want has three heads, do you get charged for three dogs or is that one dog price? cause i'm looking for a three headed dog to guard over my place when i'm sleeping.

it'd be extra cool if at least one of the heads could blow fire from its nostrils! if you hear of one let me know. i'd even drive out of state for a three headed dog with the fire option.
this is a advertisement.

Pan Diario Pages

2010-06-28T22:08:00.001-04:00

Was working in a smaller book this time, about 5x7x1', cutting and pasting found images from old national geographics and random stuff I found around. Here's some scans of some of the pages. I call this one, Pan Diario.

you're riding in a car, southwest usa. grand canyon to be exact...

2010-06-20T21:55:00.000-04:00

i've always enjoyed old radio show broadcast's, especially the spooky ones, with wind, and creeky hinged door sounds. the ones where they'd create the sounds using handmade or constructed objects. ie. a real person walking over gravel to imitate a person walking over gravel, shaking metal sheeting to conjure thunder..

it was a time before television, when the listening, (not necessarily watching) audience were forced to use a bit more of their imagination; to fill in the moods and atmospheres suggested by mere dialogue and sound effects.

i was reading a bit from one of my journal entries recently, something i'd reflected on, about a family vacation some years back. feeling a bit melancholic, with the company of a couple glasses of white wine, i got to wandering about recording my voice. it was a rainy sunday, mid-afternoon, so i started reading aloud..

zSHARE - rainy sunday 43.mp3

garLic tIts

2010-06-15T21:34:00.001-04:00

Earlier this year I initiated a collaborative accordion style drawing book with mi comrade, Gabriel Turner Bryne upon his return trip (first one) from Germany. We worked on it for about six months during intermittent visits to our Local 44 or during drawing sessions with assorted company.
Upon his second departure we called it quits on the project feeling pleased with the ground covered.

I recently scanned it for commemorative sake. It measures 5"x118". double sided.

Here's the long and...

...short of it.

RE:cipe

2010-06-06T15:50:00.002-04:00

after my previous post the ever talented, ax and apple axed in a comment, 'what kinda cookies?'. i thought i'd go ahead and provide you all with the actual recipe handed down to me from hands in the sky.

*what you will need to make austin cookies:

flour.
baking soda.
baking powder.
oats.
bran.
butter.
brown sugar.
2 eggs.
chocolate morsels.
raisins.
sliced almonds.
big sun-glasses or purple wig.

*to make austin cookies:

preheat oven to 350 degrees
3 parts flour (i use a 1/2 cup scooper so each 'part' will mean 1, 1/2 scooper)
3 dips oats ('dips' also mean 'parts'')
1/4 bran
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of baking powder

~mix them lovelies together with some sort of spoon or relative mixing device, a banana would probably work fine. whatever you have around that's stick like. nothing with lead at the tip though.

~insert a stick of butter into your microwave for 55 seconds. it helps to cut that sucker into sections so it will melt down easier; like 1/4 inch slices.

~once out of the microwave add 3 scoops of brown suga to your bowl. mix it in real good with the butta. this is your money maker right here. this is where the full flavor comes from. make sure you sing to it. i've found my best cookies prefer elton john songs. guess that's why they call it the blues or daniel. wear big glasses if you have them too. not necessary though in a crunch.

~get two eggs outta your refrigerator and mix 'em up. beat those eggs like you're angry at them; to a pulp.

~pour your butter and sugar mix into the dry mix and stir all the while. go ahead and pour in those battered eggs for the hell of it.

~after you have a nice conglomerate of stickiness and beautiful texture you're gonna wanna add in some chocolate and nuts because all good things come from the transcendent union of chocolate and nuts.
really you could add as much chocolate as you wanted, of any kind (semi-sweet or milk chocolate ,whatever) just make sure it's at least 3 scoops for mary's sake. who's mary? i don't know.
i add about 2 scoops sliced almonds.

~add about a scoop and a half of some raisins, both dark and golden if you got'em. goldens are a nice surprise.

that's about when you're going to need to stir all that wonderfulness together. meet and greet those ingredients. roll out those morsels of bliss in whatever imaginative shapes you want.

i usually can get two dozen full bodied treats from this ratio in two baking pans.
you should butter the pans before putting down the spoonfuls of your mixture to avoid any sticking.
bake for about 10-12 minutes.
if you have any chocolate left over you can heat it up a bit in a pan and drizzle it over the cookies with a spoon for extra chocolate goodness. let sit for a couple minutes before spreading them all over your faces.

repeat as often as you like.

Where I'm At

2010-05-31T22:41:00.000-04:00

maybe you've wondered to yourself, 'what's austin doing?' well i'm about to tell you.
to put it plainly, i've relocated and taken on a full time position as property caretaker of a community arts center (cac). as you can gather this means lots of packing, taping, labeling, lifting, moving, organizing, re-situating, moving, and time... but it's great for cleaning out non-benefiting accumulation or 'serving no purpose any more clutter'. moving can be a rejuvenating process as can starting anything new. my new job allows me residence in a lovely town called wallingford, also known as nether providence township. it's a small place you won't find on many maps, not even maps consisting of delaware county label it. living in a place starting with 'nether' i find curiously fitting for myself. it's about 15 miles southwest of philadelphia so it's not a long trip back to the city if i have a hankering for the bustle of pedestrian traffic again.

luckily my new responsibilities have kept energies i usually put towards my studio practice in constant use so i haven't felt too much anxiousness in needing to get back into a routine, although recently it's coming to a head.
part of the delay in getting my new life in order has been because i took it upon myself to strip the old paint off the front room floor to reveal hidden wood underneath. the process has taken longer than imagined but it's finally finished and i'm loving the rewards. now i'm able to move things into that room and out of the room i've been using as storage, which will serve as my studio.

this weekend has been very productive for me in getting things settled and organized to a near comfortable living situation...hence the reason i am able to sit here and type this explanation out to you, my faithful and interested readers. and i thank you for your patience and interest. i'd send you home made cookies if i knew they'd get to you before they turned into hockey pucks.

i'd like to take this memorial moment to thank those prior and current who serve(d) for the cause of america and to wish happy birthday GTB. (look forward to seeing you soon)

but all of this life adjusting stuff hasn't completed deterred my creative urges. nay, i have managed to dabble here and there in my ongoing project 'sphinx fox' which i keep with dear philly friend, joy payton. we've been working on a collaborative book for quite a while now. i just handed it over to her but before i did i photographed the pages, albeit blurry and not photoshopped, but they should serve as proper teaser fodder for you.
here's some choice our d'oeuvres:

i love you all and think of you often. Each of you.

separately,...

and sometimes in group situations,...

but really it's the thought itself that matters right?

QUE? St. Ion.

Remedios Varo

2010-05-06T23:22:00.000-04:00

Moving into a new space place. Thinking of interior design as living sculpture.

While this artist, who I've been fond of, has made herself known to me again..

Thank you Jim D.

Taffy

2010-05-05T21:51:00.001-04:00

The Dailies

2010-04-28T22:45:00.003-04:00

'Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.'

Astronomy Picture of the Day

WO Super man

2010-04-26T16:52:00.005-04:00

Are you familiar with the work of artist Laurie Anderson?...no, not Louie Anderson, the comedian, yeah, no...not Loni Anderson the actress from 'WKRP in Cincinnati', (don't start singing, those things are written to stick) no I'm talking about LAURIE Anderson, the spoken word performance artist. She writes provoking, often humorous, insightful, and poetic work about all kinds of things.

Here's some motivational morsels to go along with your morning muffin and chai...

ps. If you feel up to it, play the first video, wait about a minute, then start the second one. Wait thirty seconds into the second one then start the last one. Now all are playing at the same time...Insta-art piece about the over saturation infiltration of mass media; hey, at least it's healthier than the Nightly News, Married With Children, and Reality TV coming at you?

Western Light

2010-04-25T19:54:00.000-04:00

Had my hands in a tray of water, rubbing pulp off a gel transfer, when I noticed the dance between water and light being projected onto the wall...