Several art photographers and I were interviewed a while back by Art Business News on the current state of the fine art photography market. I’m a little slow on this, but the Sept issue of the magazine features the article. It also features one of my images (Alley 97, NOW) on the cover, which was […]

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I just watched “Dark City” for the first time - the great 1998 movie from director Alex Proyas. I can’t believe I hadn’t come across it sooner – its absolutely brilliant (Ebert named it the best film of 1998) and it deals with some of my favorite subjects, including Dark ominous cities and dystopic societies. In fact […]

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I’ve always had pets: cats or dogs usually… and I’ve always loved them…
But this is the craziest cat I’ve ever had, Frankie. And I’m talking evil-crazy. One day I’m stirring from my sleep - I was in college at the time. I open one eye and see Frankie sitting 12 inches away on my bed, staring […]

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My blog is not a political forum - its not the appropriate place. But I met someone at the Mill Valley show who showed me the most incredible thing: his credit card.  He then sent me his story surrounding this card (see below)

 
            On 11/10/06 I was on my way up to the Mendocino Art Center, about […]

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Ok, it was by 6 year old Jericho Cortina, who’s mother had just bought him his first piece of art, but still…

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I wish I had my digital camera, so I could throw up some pictures when I have nothing to say… like now…
Ok, one little thing… I went to the Chicago Westfest music festival last night with my friend Neil. The headliner was a band called the Redwalls who I thought were brilliant (they sound much […]

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Its time to hit the road again… after more than a month with hardly a minute’s break, yearning for a day off, I get three in a row in Ann Arbor, MI where I have many friends. Except I don’t know what to do with this time off, and so for the most part I end […]

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I saw WALL-E last night. Fantastic!!  The film is great on so many levels, but one in particular that relates to my art. The film is set in an apocalyptic future where humans have had to escape an Earth that they (we) have made unlivable. The opening scenes (which then run through half the movie) blew […]

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I’m now in St. Louis. The short stop-over flight from Des Moines went along the Mississippi River for most of the way, and along the path of its recent disasterous flooding. It was like looking at one long, sad car accident… entire towns, houses, industrial districts… all buried to the brim in the Mississippi water.
Shot from the […]

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Dave Chappelle was on my flight back home yesterday. He is a comic genius who seemed to suffer a breakdown at the peak of his career in 2005. In the middle of the third season of his fantastic and groundbreaking show, Chappelle’s Show on Comedy Central, he stunned his fans and the network by walking out, […]

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