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This playlist is a companion to my 80s coming-of-age novel, Your Silent Face. Stuart Page is a protagonist obsessed with 80s New Wave and Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Divison. All of the tunes and bands in the playlist get a mention in the novel. The novel is available on Amazon.
1989
2020 has been such an emotional rollercoaster, and the rollercoaster is going to take us right into 2021. I am hoping 2021 is better.
I am thankful for the opportunity to continue to work, reflect and try to grow during 2020. Thankful that my family and friends have remained fairly safe and pulled through some bad moments. Sad that some of them have had some serious struggles and unfortunate outcomes, and sad and angry that so many other people have been experiencing the worst.
I am hoping that science can save us from the worst this pandemic can unleash upon us. I am hoping that more people can continue to lean into changes which result in equality and equity for everyone.
I am thankful for each and everyone of you who has visited my website, browsed the pages, stopped by the store. I am thankful to everyone who has been genuinely interested in my work, and my message, and supported those efforts with purchases. Many, many thanks!
I thought posting this image would be a nice segue into 2021. This painting has stalled over the past two weeks. I like where it is, but I haven’t decided where I want it to go. And so, instead of being the last piece I create in 2020, it will become the first piece I finish in 2021!
And so, here is wishing you a Happy New Year! Be thinking of you.
Unfinished, 36”x24” on canvas.
I’m learning a lot about my camera. My equipment is limited, but when it is used to its fullest, I can capture a good image. I am learning about lighting, as well. The right lighting can make a big difference. Through some research and conversation with other artists, I am learning how to maximize what I have. And if I can capture images of my paintings that are significantly better than the ones I am already using on the site, I will swap them.
Now Streaming, 2020, 20”x16” on canvas provides a good example. Without the original painting in front of you to use as a reference, the images just look like two slightly different images. But the newer version is truer to the painting, and that is what I am after: an image as true to the painting as possible.
Both versions were taken with the same camera, but the new version was achieved through better lighting and formatting (new knowledge).
Knowledge is power.
*Of course, the image I post and one you see also depends on your monitor and display settings. So many things!
New Version
Old Version
I was lucky to meet Zé Kielwagen while the artist was working on an MFA at Michigan State University. I was directing SCENE Metrospace at the time, and Kielwagen was featured in several exhibitions.
These ceramic chicken wings were always one of my favorites. This holiday season, a friend snagged them from Lansing Art Gallery and gave them to me for Christmas. It was a fantastic surprise!
The wings look great on top of your upright piano which has been in the family for generations.
Art is so good for the soul.
I’m looking forward to a time when cafe life can resume. When it comes to writing, the atmosphere of a cafe combined with noise canceling headphones really helps me level up.
I am having a hard time reading, and watching films. The concentration isn’t there; the ability to detach from reality and enjoy the narrative.
Here is another Spotify playlist!
Enjoy.
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These works of art found new homes in 2020!
Day of the Lords, 2020
Year One, 2020
Beyond Yet, 2020
Back to Front, 2019
BLM, 2016
Joy & Shit, 2012
Unfriended, 2011
Joy Shit, 2010, 1 of 2
Joy Shit, 2010, 2 of 2
Joy Shit, 2010
It Takes Balls, 2009, 1 of 3
It Takes Balls, 2009, 2 of 3
It Takes Balls, 2009, 3 of 3
I sold these two paintings a long time ago, back in 2006. But for some reason, I didn’t take a photo of the black, brown and red one. Didn’t matter, though, because the pair was hanging in the home of a good friend, and we met regularly for coffee and bull sessions. Then the pieces were moved to my friend’s Chicago pad. And then my friend moved to Illinois. For some reason, I thought the pieces were handed off to his daughter who lives on the East Coast. In short, I thought they were long gone. Thank you, Bill, for the photos!
These smaller pieces are part of the Lamb Series. I think that series has meant different things for different people, but for me that series captured the frame of mind I was in after we invaded Iraq in 2003.
Been a while since I posted a playlist. So here goes…
Follow me on Spotify. I’ve transferred the art of making the mixtape from the 80s to the art of compiling the playlists of today.
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This playlist is a companion to my 80s coming-of-age novel, Your Silent Face. Stuart Page is a protagonist obsessed with 80s New Wave and Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Divison. All of the tunes and bands in the playlist get a mention in the novel. The novel is available on Amazon.
