Found and constructed objects. Charms for making, to keep the connection between hand and heart, to inspire a light touch and unburdened memory, a simultaneously focused and detached response to a wild flow of ideas and an overwhelming abundance of materials. Finishing a work of art is all about letting go.

Patin’d silver metal bezel and chain and vintage charm. The image is a hand painted paper tile is an original work of art comprised of vintage paper, ink, and oil paint glaze to resemble the palimpsest of illuminated manuscripts.

The fiery flowers of pineapple sage, young radishes in a driftwood bed, one last rose before winter, the sun shed at sunset, and an alchemical androgyne.

The Divine Hermaphrodite

It seems that amulets and talismans are in the ethers lately, which makes perfect sense. It’s the times. These times are strange aren’t they? This is my experiment in jewelry making with tiny versions of my paintings as the jewel. They are one half inch to one inch square original works (not prints) that I have made into charms and pendants.

This ouroboros intrigues me. I admire the mischievous look in his eye.  The others are under 8mm teeny tiny mixed media paintings set in sterling silver bezels. This was fun to do.

Columbia University Press has just released a book called “Stalking the Subject: Modernism and the Animal” by Carrie Rohman. The cover was designed by Milenda Nan Ok Lee, incorporating the miniature painting “Pisces Logic” into the illustration. Here is the Columbia University Press link to the book.

This is another experiment with working dry. I “painted” the surface with composted endpapers by ripping it strategically and hand-stitching it to linen. Then I drew on the paper (ink, pastel, crayon, pencil) and embellished it with embroidery.

Two new tracks are included on Webbed Hand Records latest ambient music compilation. “Beltaine Frost” is my first solo recording, released under the project name Oil of Haemony. The piece is acoustic and abstract, composed using samples of the same 3 note melody played on an autoharp, ukulele, and banjo ukulele. I’ve also used my voice to repeat the notes and layered it to create a drone. “C plus A” is a Djinnestan recording. Free to play or download from Internet Archive. Left click to play. Right click to download.

Download or play free mp3 : Oil of Haemony – Beltaine Fost

Download or play free mp3 : Djinnestan – C plus A

The entire compilation : String Ambient.

Saluki Regicide is sometimes described as soundtracks for weird dreams and is my favorite background music for painting or sleeping. I made a small contribution to this one track. Left click to play. Right click to download. It’s 3 minutes and 20 seconds long. I don’t happen to have 55 monstrous pictures to illustrate with so the photograph of a boy with his accordion, reminiscent of C.P. McDill will have to do.

Download free mp3 : Saluki Regicide – 55 Monstrous Pictures

A horse is a horse of course of course but this isn’t really a painting about a horse.