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documenting works in the flat file.

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 For the last several weeks, I have been photographing the contents of my flat files, with two drawers done and three more to go. and then several boxes more to go.   In 1988 I printed for Landfall Press; that gig lasted for around 2 years. One of the early collaborations was with the artist Lance Kiland. We did a series of prints, this is one out of 4 that consisted of relief block prints dropped on top of colors printed via lithography.  What a challenge and a joy. This image remains one of my favorites.  While searching for information regarding Dupuytren's contracture, a condition I have, I came across an interview with a musician who has had surgery to relieve the symptoms and give him back some of the flexibiltiy needed to play guitar. He was talking about patience and not being in a hurry, letting go of expectations.  Somewhere in the reading, this popped up: "Violence is the last refuge for the incompetent." It is a quote from Isaac Asimov from...
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  I cut my fingernails, with my teeth, After reading “How to get Started” by John Cage- or rather comments about the process of indeterminacy, (Indeterminacy refers to the quality of being vague, uncertain, or not precisely defined, representing a lack of fixed meaning, outcome, or structure. It spans multiple disciplines, including philosophy, vagueness in language/meaning, and chance operations.) ↑Images are cropped and randomly placed, but then three layers of the same images run through the device. speed, contrast, Hue, and brightness modulated accordingly. Permission, layers, speed of image progression.  Discarding preconceived notions of what something is supposed to mean. The work these days is so heavily anchored with intention and meaning that they merely illustrate an idea - even if the two are not related. An image surface, redacted or crossed out. Erased in such a way that it then develops its own meaning.  And how does this apply to my own explorations, my o...
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Off Fifth

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 Off Fifth is the first video/image piece in which the work resides in that liminal space between a slideshow and a video, complete with soundtrack.  https://youtu.be/dg9_Wcxrya4?si=MmnYyHr-HL2joDyI Shadow in the Midst Hook and Ladder Both pieces are stills taken from the video/image pieces.The images are then printed as cmyk monoprint, on paper and then handcolored.
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Notation from Gridville 6780 Finds a Home

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Notation From Gridville 6780 monoprint w/handcoloring mounted on panel 40" X 60" c.2010  Several weeks ago, I attended a Halloween party at Dakini Healing  Arts- a very special place- one of the attendees approached me and mentioned how much he loved the piece, then purchased it.  I love that my work ends up in people's homes, that they want it in their lives.  The piece, as well as other works created during this time, will be included in an upcoming exhibition at the House of RAD
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About Shadows

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About shadows, the passing of time- one’s presence during the time, that split hair, a razor's edge of experience.  There are the family histories, the fables, and the rumors.  The Spectator, watching from the periphery, documents that passage. But not the significant events, but the ones that filed by, then, slipped away. Images that are comprised of dots, layers, specific colors, layered to become something illusory, shadow people, passing through time and space, until the light fills the shadows, leaving only highlights and glimmers of what was once surrounding the form. "Stepping Through" Video grab from The Device 10/2025
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Time Fragments Continued

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  Why make images? Why hope that somewhere, someplace, there will be a response of some kind. I've been making images of one sort or another for about 56 years. Some days I think, I hit that one out of the park, and then on others it's STEE RIKE THREE. Sometimes these feelings can happen in rapid succession, leaving me either exhilarated or thrashing around in a dark hole.  But still I persist, thinking that the next image will be the one that expresses what I think, or see, or feel. Apparently, I am not there yet.  But still I persist. The following images were created using a program I developed using MAX. Images continually morph using random chance operations built into the program. Think of it like using several slide projectors simultaneously to project images on top of one another.  "CliffHanger" 9/2025 mono print w/ handcoloring Cliffhanger was taken from the YouTube  piece of the same name. https://youtu.be/SVtTBeKd7r0?si=kE22dj6zqYuH9VY_   This gi...
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The Catch of the Century; Marilyn Propp

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I slipped a roll of film into the camera, loaded the leader onto the spool, and clicked the camera back shut. Then, I called my dog Zack to hop into the VW bus. We were going to San Francisco. I rarely went to San Francisco to photograph, but the day seemed as good as any other, so north to the city we went. The bus rolled to a stop on an unfamiliar street in the city. Zack waited while I got out and wandered around, taking photos of kids, trees, and city detritus. I remember the sky being bright but overcast, as it often was.  As I looked around at all the possibilities, a young woman rode by on her bike. Swoosh—she was gone in an instant. I didn’t think much of it at the time, and then returned to the bus to drive to a different area. Zack, it turned out, loved going for rides in the bus. In fact, when I left him at home for any length of time, he would howl and tear things up.  A few blocks later, I parked and got out to explore. Once again, the same woman zipped by, her h...
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