Sep 7, 2022 | Architecture, Design, Drawing, Film, History, Masterclass, MCM, Old Time Music, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Sound, Teaching, Thoughts, Wireform
5 years ago This is not a Gofundme ask. Kista Cook started the relief effort when I was busy bailing water and loosing my mind. I have not looked at this video in 5 years. I didn’t want to look. It’s just to remind me of what can happen and the people I... 
Aug 31, 2022 | Design, Drawing, Food, Painting, Sound, Teaching, Thinktank, Thoughts
Shot – Oil on Panel 5″x7″ …and now a word from our sponsor, the left side of my brain.I am attempting to do a breakdown of the costs associated with a painting which might prove helpful to the aspiring artist and collector alike. Some of these... 
Aug 23, 2022 | Design, Drawing, Film, Food, Masterclass, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Sound, Teaching, Thinktank, Thoughts, Wood Carving
Hazel and Loy I used to think muse only meant a beautiful naked model that artists needed as an inspiration to create. It can also mean a creative relationship with another person who is a beacon of light in the darkness of doubt. Kista Cook is a creative who seems to... 
Aug 17, 2022 | Animation, Architecture, Film, Masterclass, Museum, Sculpture, Sound, Thinktank, Thoughts
Copper Box Chas Smith will tell you he is a welder. He is, and a good one. I hired him do do the structural work on a 60′ tall sculpture I was in charge of fabrication for artist Jonathan Borofski. We became friends and as I got to know more found out he was... 
Jul 28, 2022 | Architecture, Food, History, Masterclass, Old Time Music, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Sound, Teaching, Thinktank
It takes a lot of work to be quiet.I once asked a very prolific artist how he managed to create so much work. His reply, “You have to learn to shut out the noise”.He is a metal sculptor with a studio in a big city so I assumed he was speaking about the cacophony of... 
Jul 23, 2022 | History, Museum, Painting, Sound, Teaching, Thoughts, Uncategorized
In 2007 I inherited a partial interest in a parcel of land in East Palatka on the banks of the St. Johns River through the death of my father, a Florida native. On this parcel was a 2 story “L” cracker house, a barn and a “boat house”. In the house were stacks of... 