I’m goiing to an sfai lecture tonight so I stopped by one of my favorite cafes, justa bite on columbus for some cappucino and pumpkin cheesecake. Gotta study a couple chapters on postmodernism for tomorrows class.

I am taking a break from art making today and doing some studying in the library. It was an exciting day. I sold a piece, registered for spring classes, and tried to get some of my transcript problems worked out. The good news is so far it looks like I do indeed have just one…

…Getting the entire walnut out of the shell without breaking it.

I’ve been dreaming of graphite drawings ever since I saw a large one at the Libby Black show at Hea5ther Marx gallery. So today I made this one. It’s 15″x19″ and it’ll be at my open studios next weekend all nicely framed. There is something very satisfying about graphite on paper.

OK SFers, shop lets show the country how easy it is. LightsOutSF is asking for people to turn off their lights for 1 hour tonight between 8pm and 9pm. So get out your candles and deck of cards and have a romantic night. You might have so much fun you keep them off for longer.

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich – William L Shirer The Hive and the Honey Bee – Dadant and Sons Tales of Ordinary Madness – Charles Bukowski Serge Gainsbourg: A Fistful of Gitanes – Sylvie Simmons A Field Guide to Getting Lost – Rebecca Solnit Wanderlust: A History of Walking – Rebecca Solnit…

Please join me for Open Studios 2007. The time is approaching quickly! October 27th and 28th 1777 Yosemite Place Ste 290, stomach SF CA (Off 3rd St.) 11am – 6pm Yosemite Place Website Yahoo! Map to the studio See more of my work

Hal Foster “The Expressive Fallacy” 1983 In his 1983 Art in America article, store Hal Foster tries to expose how expressionism cannot be a pure expression of the self. He does this by examining the works of contemporary artists who have chosen in their work to critique the authenticity of expressionistic art, In the first…

Alanna Spence Contemporary Issues CCA Fall 2007 Clement Greenberg – Avant-Garde and Kitsch This article, ambulance written in 1939, seek attempts to describe the role of avante-garde artists and the emerging phenomenon of kitsch art, check which begins to gain momentum with the expansion of capitalism. Avant-garde artists begin to emerge during the scientific revolution…

I like this style of poetry. Just a single line stanza, as long as you want. Narrative and short. Like a very, very short story. I’d like to pair them with the little 4×6 paintings I’ve been doing. New Treasure I see you from across the dusty warehouse. Shiny and silver. In a sea of…

We went to California Carnivores in Sebastapol on our way back from the Ken and Amy vow renewal thing. That place is really amazing. We ended up buying a couple plants and they feel like new family members. You should go there if you ever get the chance. The guy who sold us the plants…

Hi, I had a little too much fun this weekend and am taking a rest day. I have lots to say, just no energy to say it with. I have photos. Here’s what my fun looked like. Try out the link below. You stare at a design and after a while, when you look away,…

Look! Its on the shelf again at Stacey’s! Maybe it can limp along enough to make something of itself.

I love Bob Ross. I mean I really love him. I spent a summer in New York with a bad knee, here watching Bob on TV and trying to keep up with him with my pastels. We formed a tight bond that summer. You can get all his tv shows on dvd but they are…