A Poetical Interlude

Around this time of year, I most always find myself feeling a bit poetic and into poetry. Recently, I keep thinking of this poem, http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=181986 (my apologies for only having the link here: didn't want to print it without authorization), "Atlantic Oil" by Cesare Pavese, that I first came across about a year ago. Probably I should memorize it (the words), but the visual imagery and the feel of environment and people is what keeps coming to mind. I'd forgotten there is a mention of Fall, which perhaps reminded me of it; the time of the poem itself, I picture as Spring or perhaps even Summer. Of course, Autumn always makes me wish it were Spring or Summer again already.

Also of course, I hate to have an entry with no picture: "Bigelow Brawl," 30 x 24 inches, acrylic on canvas, one of the old Tea Paintings. These fellows have probably had too much wine, themselves. At any rate, I recommend hopping over to the poetry foundation site to check out Mr. Pavese's work: most all of his poems have the distinct sense of time, place, and (annecdotal) event; and the manner of writing that has the immediate, visual presence I most enjoy (in writing).

I seem to be enjoying parentheses as well...

The Current Body of Work - installation one

I though it might not be a bad idea to make an entry of my current body of work, or rather the works of which it so far consists... True I still need to get my website up and running, but, in the meantime, here they are and of course the images can be viewed larger when selected. My apologies for the very vertical fromat. Also, I'm still working on photographing (digitally) the dark background paintings without glares and glints - not a problem when I photograph them for slides - but you'll get the idea well enough for now, I hope...

Rather than add another entry titled something like, "Are they or aren't they," I decided to include this set as a sort of appendix of work that is more closely related to the most recent work than to the previous work. Ah, 2008 was an interesting year... Most of the year's work is over at the Libertine site and to preface the erratic look of it: ambitious program that was to include many works interconnected came to naught... Also, there's the previous set of works proper...