Hex House Photographs

Since I probably won't post new images for a bit, I thought I'd share some old ones, from my Flickr account. These are photos I captured while helping my friend Mike Zombek out with his documentary about witchcraft in Pennsylvania.

So, I finished up my first semester of graduate school in early May. I'm moving across the city towards the end of June, so most of my energy will be focused on packing for now. I am hitting the studio about three to four times a week, but I'm experiencing after-semester withdrawal and a minor case of the 'ol artist's block.

I have a few ideas for new work, so I'll post any progress as soon as possible. For now, I thought I would end with a really beautiful poem by the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, called

The Future

The future: time's excuse
to frighten us; too vast
a project, too large a morsel
for the heart's mouth.

Future, who won't wait for you?
Everyone is going there.
It suffices You to deepen
the absence that we are.

Ye 'ol animations

Here are two animations from way back in 2005. I made them as a senior undergraduate student. I'm currently trying to get a bunch more uploaded to youtube.

Bigger is Better

This is an ink wash over a working proof of my new copper etching. It is 22 inches x 32 inches. I raised the levels and contrast in photoshop a bit. It's a preliminary sketch for the aquatinting that I plan on doing.

The Eye's Have It!

This is a three plate color etching. I am currently working on a background for this piece.

Finite Etching, 6th State

Here is the 6th state of the previously posted etching. It's getting very close to where I want it to be. Once it is finished I will take a better quality digital photograph of it and post it.

Working Proofs

4th State

3rd State

Original Sketch

These are images of an etching that I have been working on. It's becoming somewhat of an experiment. I'll upload the 5th state soon. I was thinking about finality and the opposition of geometric versus organic forms when I first sketched this out.