January. The month of new beginnings, of hopeful restarts, of resolutions…and of cleaning the closet. Have to. Every January. This year I bought a nifty bamboo shelf for the “shoe problem” and assembled it all by myself with no directions (well, VERY sketchy directions, anyway.) I saw such a thing in a magazine…though MUCH more […]
Category: Modern Life
Jack Portland on Louis Bunce, Blackfish at 35
To Portland yesterday to see a nice show of work on paper by Louis Bunce (1907-1983) at the Laura Russo Gallery. R has begun the long and interesting process of researching the life and work of Louis Bunce for a show at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in January/March of 2017. There was a […]
Cabinet of Curiosities
Opening tonight of a nice group show at SAA’s A.N.Bush gallery featuring various spins on the theme “Cabinet of Curiosities”…drawings, cabinets of stuff, photos, stuffed animals (taxidermy is very big these days) 9 or 10 artists, nice work, too much to meaningfully photograph. Better go take a look as it’s up until February 22. What […]
And So a New Year Begins…
Every year since 2004 I’ve had only one resolution…”Have More Fun.” I’ve stuck to it faithfully. This year I ‘m adding a few things to the list… Get the Hull archive in order: Sort my own work, including these boxes of work on paper that just came to light: Consider getting a few very old […]
Four More Days!
Well, it’s true. the week before Christmas isn’t the “bloggiest” time of year. Life takes over and examining the life comes second or maybe 15th on the to-do list. Here’s what the week looked like…Carwash… kitchen retro-fit… Fruitcake! Christmas… We’re almost ready! You?
Catch-Up
There is nothing more numbing than a long narrative of what somebody else has been doing…sort of like an over-long Christmas letter…but images, well, always good for some of us. So, images only, this is what my week has held…
Black Friday….
Well, definitely gray Friday, anyway. Snow and chill predicted to be on the way… The other day a white pick-up pulled up in front of our house and two young persons jumped out, raked up all the leaves in front in the street, and drove away. ?????Composters? Neighborhood helpers? A new eau de vie? The […]
Playing With the House
What a nice day today. For one thing, it started out sunny with the light streaming in… …and a few fun things were on the schedule…home things… Back in 2012 at this time, I was getting ready for ankle surgery and being off my feet for three months. R put lights on the trees outside […]
Archives (and Mushrooms)
Of course archives and mushrooms are not related, but when there is so much dark and rain …. it is astonishing what you start thinking about…? I got in the car to go to the store and saw these…on a tree… and then the mushroom theme emerged once I was there at Life Source… and […]
Trying to Fit it ALL in…
Phew…it was a race this week, but we managed. Martha and I blasted to Portland on an errand yesterday and got to PDX just as Ryan Wilson Paulsen was in the gallery and gave us some chat about his current show with his wife Anna Gray (up at PDX until November 30th). I’ve admired their […]
On The Way 