Category: Contemporary Art

Progress

Here you can see some of the hundreds of pilings that are being added which will eventually support the main structures which I’m working on now. Using blueprints, the idea is to mimic in a relatively accurate way the construction of sections of a large gravity dock such that are found on the Great Lakes.

New Project

4′ wide by 6′ tall on canvas. Another 3D work which will incorporate built wooden structures based on industrial scale docks as once found on Lake Superior. I’m utilizing hundred-year-old blueprints for their construction. This work will focus on time and to some extent, cycles.

Personal Structures – Identities, Venice Biennale 2019

I’m so honored to be participating in Personal Structures – Identities in Venice, Italy next week!

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Art For Charity

If you’d like to acquire one of my paintings, there are a number of them available Pablo Center. There are no prices. You set the price and 100% of the proceeds go to Beacon House, a homeless shelter here in Eau Claire. Please spread the word and help do some good.

Inquire at buyart@pablocenter.org.

Belknap Street Yards, private collection

Personal Structures at The Venice Biennale

I’m very excited to announce that I have been invited to participate in PERSONAL STRUCTURES organized by the GAA Foundation and hosted by the European Cultural Centre in Venice Italy during the Venice Biennale, 2019.

This small work was chosen:

Triptych
In Broad Daylight – Foundations Near Hughitt Slip – Łódź. 12″x12″ each.

I want to express my thanks to all involved, especially to artists Jo Ellen Burke and Terry Meyer who took it upon themselves to organize this Go Fund Me page on my behalf. Thank you all who have contributed!

Thank you to Volume One for this writeup.

And a special thank you to Al Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio for this interview.

More about this soon…

 

 

 

 

 

Flowers

In progress. I’ll now focus on completing the building.

painting with flowers

Sinking and Burning the Boat

Very excited to be at this point in the painting. I prepped & “sunk” the boat last night. A beautiful day at 46°F to spend under the sky. I have my work cut out for me now.

Video can bee seen at my Instagram.

Boat Hull Taking Shape

Things are taking shape. Of course, finishing the boat is just the beginning. Once completed I’ll then ruin it, set it in the painting, and then begin salvaging/repairing it.