It’s nice to do a show close to home, like I am this week with the Union Street Art Festival. I’d better enjoy it while it lasts though, because starting next weekend, I have a show every week until September or October somewhere far, far from home. Last year I enjoyed a similarly insane schedule, […]

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This is an email I received from Earl Hamner. We should all be surrounded by great spirits such as his…
Dear X,
     I have read your entire blog and i am stunned by it.  I have always felt that if one were talented it might express itself in many different fields, and now I see I am right […]

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Its Monday morning, and its been a full weekend with no time to post. Friday night I hung out with one of my best friends, Steve Wagschal, in Bloomington, near Indianapolis. We grew up together and I see him and his family whenever I’m in Indy. Saturday night I went shooting alleys with Dave Evans, […]

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I have many, many alley images sitting patiently for their turn. I came across this Seattle, WA picture (below) on my laptop yesterday. Most of the images are not even scanned yet (from the original negatives) - I have a backlog of maybe 25-30 shots.
I did this shot in July of last year in Seattle […]

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Kansas City is one of the country’s best-kept secrets. Its at an interesting crossroad: its where the rust belt ends, meeting up where southern hospitality begins. So its an old gritty city with history and beautiful architecture like any mid-west or eastern city, but the people speak “southern,” and they are just as friendly as […]

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I’m a few minutes from heading off to Brookside in Kansas City, my next show… 11 hours of driving without a stereo… aaaahhhh! and then 11 hours back… aaaahhhh! The insurance requires that I wait for their stereo “voucher.” But one of my best friends, Mary Ellen Lloyd has loaned me her boombox, and I have my […]

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I’m thrilled to announce that the ex-President of Mexico, Vicente Fox, will be receiving one of my pieces (see below) at the annual Hispanic Gala in Richmond, VA, tomorrow, April 15. The event is organized by The Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Over 800 attendees are expected including Latin American Ambassadors, Governors, Senators, locally elected officials […]

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This afternoon I’m heading to the Studio Shop, a gallery in San Mateo which is just south of San Francisco. This gallery’s been around since 1915!!
I have 5 pieces (24×30 alleys) in a group show that opens today, which means wine, cheese and a room full of art lovers! 
While we’re on the subject of art lovers… my […]

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This is another night shot from my early days… probably while I was taking my Photo 101 class in 1983.
My friends, Roger and Pedro, and I, were likely doing something illegal while exploring Mount Royal, the great mountain right in the middle of Montreal. But I had a camera…

(Mount Royal… Montreal…. hmmm… )

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While searching for a location to shoot, I pull into a small industrial complex that looks like it was drop kicked a few times, then left to bake and rust. I immediately feel good about this place, so I stop and get out to look more closely. Hobbling toward me is a homeless man who asks me what […]

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