Glass Domes for the Babies

Two of the hand blown glass Domes that Bobby made for me to put the Fetish Fetishs in once they are finished.
Up to 5 now and putting on the details, I will bronze two test ones to figure out the eyes.

The 2nd Annual Menagerie Benifit for the SPCA

When invited to exhibit at Modern Eden for the SPCA Menagerie Exhibition I was asked to create a piece with an animal in it. I thought about the disconnect that exists between man and animal and how it is this disconnect that allows us to over look the treatment of animals. But the disconnect is only an illusion. We are connected on this planet as if in a womb. We only need to really look to see. I have attached us in the most literal since as fetus's in the womb living off of one cord. On one side is drawn the human on the other the animal. While one can see the existence of the other if we look. It is only by waking to the whole that we fully see both and the cord that connects, if it is broken we both suffer. 

The three first wax babies...

The first was hard to remove and required a little surgery, but they have gotten easier.
Two may go back in the pot I need three perfect ones to start.

The mold

Getting his mold made.

He did not survive, but his mold did and thereby his image will go on.

There are 3 in wax so far.

Fetus Fetish

Working on a new series. say hi...
He will have friends.

Faculty Exhibition

The Boys visit Palomar Boehm Gallery.

Boys Playing, Cowboys and Indians; Martyrs and Infidels.

Claybone, I want this drawing!

Vicki, so fun to have the three of us in the same Exhibition.

Closing of the Discrepancy Exhibition

Going up for the closing Sat Oct 22nd hope to see some of you!

Feed back on the discrepancy Show in Napa.

Describing Discrepancy

Mark Van Proyen

Helen Wilson’s grouping of recent images titled Boys Playing Martyrs and Infidels Playing Cowboys and Indians seems to reach for the core of the matter, as if to say that the impulse to enact violent struggle lay within the deep psychological make-up of the human male. It seems to have the right kind of psychological distance for the way that we experience real conflict via mediated images, and it invites an ambiguous multi-dimensional reading that might be taken as a universalist apology for the bad decisions leading up to our troubled times.

Pagan Brooke

What an honor to see your drawings at the Napa Museum yesterday.

They were profoundly articulate, layered and powerful. The drawings them selves of course are stunning, but the way they told the story and carried the concepts was provoking and urgent. Thank you for a great experience.

Icons & Reliquares plus Couch Paintings & Coffee Table Books.

Finally some images of the opening.

About the skeleton...

I have been working with the image of the skeleton for over seven years.  The skeleton that we carry with us always (not simply at death), has been for centuries (and in multiple cultures) associated with Death as a Memento Mori.  The Skeleton also plays a part as structure. Especially when referring to architecture. Without this foundation we would collapse.  I use these multiple meanings in my art, first as a Vanitas and second as a reference to our foundations both religious and social. While death and its inevitability is an equalizing force, our beliefs about it affect our reality.

By using Velum (a transparent paper used in Architectural drawing) and placing two drawings back to back I hope to open up discussions on how our foundations affect who we become. Through the combination of being raised Catholic and the study of art history I understand the religious implication of illumination. The act of passing light through an image is a spiritual one. What becomes apparent in this action and what remains hidden is for me more of a psychological investigation into individuality.

For me personally, remembering my mortality has a very resent and personal meaning. I assisted my father only a couple of weeks ago. He died at home holding my mothers hand on August 13^th. While socially and culturally this time of life is predominated by myth and personally at times felt darkly dystrophic, the actual experience was an awakening one. Understanding more about death in the end affects how we chose to live and die.

Wendy Willis Printmaking: DISCREPANCY: living between war and peace Opening

Wendy Willis Printmaking: DISCREPANCY: living between war and peace Opening: "DISCREPANCY OPENING RECEPTION What a night is was! The show looked amazing. Elegant. Powerful. Beautiful. There were artist statements..."

Napa Valley Museum Show

Oh what a night! This was a great opening and the show is fab. If you  have a chance you need to make it up.

Lynn visits San Francisco

The Dry point etching entitled Lynn will be on exhibition at Modern Eden in San Francisco throughout June.