New Year's Eve in the Driftless Area

In hidden gathering places of the Driftless Area...
within the hour between the Old and New Years...
unusually powerful energies can be seen without their facades.

the Religionator, Edition Variation 3, giclee 7/35

Archivally varnished, Giclee of hand colored collagraph print...

"Religionator in the Garden, Edition Variation #3"

with golden edges ...

words are hand printed on the back....

"7th in an edition of 35" written in pencil.

2.5" x 3.5"

Metro Elves...Santa's Helpers...a Holiday reposting.

One year I painted an "Elves Shop Here" sign for the local gallery/art supply shop
MetropolitanArt, which, sadly, no longer is.
The TownPeople were not believers and challenged such a statement....
so, I took pictures.
These are my "photographs" of the actual Elves that annually came from the North
to use the gallery as their workshop.
No one said another word.

"Jeb is pleased to see Elves use white gloves...leaving no finger prints on paper."

"These elves lost their shopping list...."

"Elves love cookies."

"Mega, (studio dog)........................................is a handy mode of transportation."

"Some Elves are too short."

"After a successful shopping spree...
Elves carry the last of their supplies out to the sleigh....(parked around the corner)."

Sardine Tin #16

It's smaller than the others..

I forgot to measure it...

but, will post it's size next time I come back from the studio.

After the Fall Art Tour

A slow computer on a dial-up/land-line connection
has been preventing more regular posts...
but, here's a quick update:
Victoria Lansford is including my spoon efforts in her new DVD about Eastern Repousse...
I'll announce when it's available.
Mary Machare wrote a wonderful piece about her visit to my studio during the Fall Art Tour...
If you missed the Fall Art Tour................
you can still "wander" through my studio...

I did finally make a proof of the woodblock in progress....

and will be posting it soon...

along with the wood prints done so far

in Booger's 40 day and 40 Night disappearance...

and I'm ever so slowly opening up an ETSY account....

SardineTins #13, #14, #15

Sardine Tin #13...6" high x 5"wide

Sardine Tin #14....4.75"high x 5" wide

Sardine Tin #15...7"long x 5" high

Art for Documentary

This is my latest project:

For Dave Erickson's documentary about the Lower Wisconsin River
the Paddlefish is one of the features...
the event and documentary for which this is being done is called
Rhythm of the River...
right now, my concern is this fish.............................................................................................................

"Dave Erickson...
award winning filmmaker...
starting with his first...Raising Crane,
which he made at the International
Crane Foundation
has won several national awards...
(you've probably seen it.. it's about the saving of the Sandhill Cranes...
it's a very cool...very wonderful film)
Dave has produced 40-50 films since...
Many of his films are funded by the Wisconsin Arts Board and the Wisconsin Humanities Council.
"He's excited about he $10,000 Humanities grant he's received for his current river project.

"It's my seed money."
He's trying to raise $30,000 more from corporations, businesses and private donations.
The Humanities Grant is from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
He's partnering with Wisconsin Public TV.
His films are picked up for airing all over the United States on public TV networks. "

Paoli Artisan Gallery Art Show

These were my auction offerings....
Sardine Tins #14, #11, and #10...
they have been sold.


SardineTin#14...sardine tin, copper, hand forged copper

SardineTin#11...(the Fishermen and the Serra), sardine tin, copper, leather, a little paint.

SardineTin #10....sardine tin, copper, aluminum

a Juried show,
"Featuring Art made with Found Objects, Construction Materials, or otherwise Re-Used Things"....

This is a month long silent auction...
bidding will happen throughout the month in the gallery, or on line...
at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore Website.

watercolor #2

It might be done...
needs flattening...
but, I photographed it anyway.

Wedding Procession 22"X30"

Drawing for watercolor #1...

WakeMaker...(drawing)...7.5"X8"

chased/repoussed copper spoon #3

I forgot to get its measurements...

I think no more than 5.75" long...

I'll get exacts and post them later on...

I'll tell it's story later...

right now I'm just wanting to get it up to keep going with a conversation.

more later..

Copper Spoon

I have made a functional item!

~My First Spoon~

chased/repoussed copper,5.75"long spoon on wall hook

The Fibulas

You can see all 8 of the pieces that were in the Mercury show:
Fibulas at the Mercury!

Quadrupedal 2009, Bike through S.W.Wisconsin

Here's information about the 2009 ICHS QuadruPedal Spring Century...
an excellent charity bike ride through the hills of SW Wisconsin...
35-100 miles...routes climbing from between 1500-9000 feet.
All proceeds from this ride benefit the animals at the Iowa County Humane Society.

................and the Quadrupedal t-shirt has CATS!

I wired up a couple pins..........
(cat on left: 4.5"high by 3.75" wide, copper and other wire, aluminum flashing, etching ink and archival varnish........ SOLD
cat on right: 5.25"wide by 4" high, glass eyes, copper and other wire, aluminum flashing, etching ink, archival varnish...SOLD.
The handmade velvet wall support is about 2.5" thick, and each with hook...SOLD)