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GASH WEDNESDAY #18

Today I am sick, yet determined to paint. I fear a career change that will land me anywhere but my studio so I find myself anchored to my green vinyl and black lacquered chair that faces a wall of half finished drawings, concept sketches, and prepared substrates ready for me to touch them with brush … Continue reading

The Perfect Day

I’ve had quite a few days that I’d lend the term “perfect” to. They don’t happen often, but then again, nothing perfect does. Saturday was one of those days. First Vanessa and I saw Inglourious Basterds. She doesn’t like Brad Pitt, and she didn’t have any interest in the movie. By the time the Bear … Continue reading

Getting Back on Track

Martin Scorsese’s new film Shutter Island has been pushed back from October 2nd, the heart of Oscar season and frequently my favorite month at the movies, to February 19th of next year, a dumping ground for low-rent horror flicks, Norbit-style comedies, and the occasional fun action flick. Good. Look, like all guys who got into … Continue reading

Ava(re)tar(d) Day!

I used to have a deeply-tanned, anorexic neighbor in her 60’s that filled most her days by sunning beside the apartment pool.  Every now and again, she would dive into the shallowest part of the pool and just sort of float on the surface; like a buoyant turd squeezed from the ass of a sea … Continue reading