GIVE THANKS

Every year at exactly midnight, I see tons of flashing police lights on 10th avenue and rush to the window to see what's going on. I am quickly reminded that it is the evening before Thankgiving and the floats are being escorted up 10th avenue to the upper west side where they will be assembled for today's events. Not the best camera for night pics, I still managed to hang out the window and snap a few quick pics.

Please have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving however you chose to celebrate. Be thankful for what you do have and think about those less fortunate than you.

Peace
David

OBAMABUG / BERUBE-BUG FOR NOVEMBER

OBAMABUG - FINAL PRINT/LINOCUT


Needless to say, probably the biggest highlight in the month of November was the elction of Barak Obama for the next President of the United States. In tribute to that occassion, as only I can see it, I've created a butterfly with a resemblance to Mr. President Elect who just happens to have stars and stripes on his wings. As Brandon pointed out, the butterfly, "a symbol of change".

TREE - ALICE PRODUCTION

Image to be divided into 3 19' x 4.5' panels.

NOVEMBER BERUBE-BUG / OBAMA BUG HAS ARRIVED

I just finished printing up the November Berube-bug, ( and yes, I am quite aware that November is almost done already ), although the actual printed image will not be dry and ready for scanning until tomorrow, possibly late tonight since the heat is cranking in the studio. I figured i would post the cut lino as well as the inked lino so you get a preview of what to expect. And if I don't do this now while i'm thinking abt. it and have a free minute, it's not likely to get done until some time in January. Busy is good, busy is good, busy is good.

CUT LINO (SCAN)


INKED LINO (PIC)

KITCHEN CUPBOARD - ALICE

Just a quick note, and back to the rabbit hole for me. Here's the latest piece being turned into a 19 foot backdrop for the Alice In Wonderland project.

BRANDON LACY CAMPOS - JOURNAL COVER

JOURNAL COVER - LINOCUT



This one slipped through the cracks. I had produced it the day before Brandon arrived for his visit on Halloween to be placed on the cover of a writing tablet I wanted him to have in order to write during his trip and any subsequent trips he may take. I'm a big fan of creating art while traveling and have been known to lugg 20 pounds of art materials up the side of tropical forest mountains so that I could visually record my experience. Having had taken a recent extended trip to the west coast with Brandon, I knew that he too found pleasure and inspiration in writing while vacationing and wanted to provide him with a personalized journal of his own.

FLAMINGO - CROQUET MALLET / FINAL

LINOCUT - FINAL

FLAMINGO - CROQUET MALLET / PROCESS

INITIAL SKETCH OF HEAD


FINAL PENCIL DRAWING


CUT LINO


INKED LINO


I just finished the next piece for the "Alice" project. This one is being reproduced approx. 4 feet tall for 7 dancers to use as props. It's my version of the flamingo croquet mallets that the Duchess uses.

Probably a little more twisted than other illustrated versions, but the way I looked at was that if you were going to use my head to hit a croquet ball, I probably wouldn't have a sublime look on my face either.

So, here's the process from original pencil sketch of the head, (which I really felt was the most important part of the illustration), to the inked linoleum. I'll be posting the final printed image in the morning after it's dry.

BABY FACE AND DOORWAY

I finished cutting and printing 2 more pieces for the "Alice" project. 2 down, a shitload more to go. ;0)

DOORWAY


CRYING BABY FACE

11.06.08 - THE VORTEX

VIEW FROM MY WINDOW THIS MORNING

HALLOWEEN 2008

For Halloween Brandon and I decided to head up through Central Park and make our way over to the Metropolitan Museum as he had never had the opportunity to visit the museum before and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to check out the foliage in the park, try out Brandon's new camera and show Brandon some of my favorite parts of the museum. Afterwards, we met up with a couple of his friends for a quick bite to eat and then headed back through the park towards the apartment where we quickly discovered that the place we were planning on purchasing pumpkins for the nights carving festivities was sold out. Lucky for us, as we passed Columbus Circle I remembered that there's a Whole Foods store in the lower level of the Time Warner Bldg.. Hoping that they would have pumpkins that were not some specialty variety grown on the mountains of the Himalayans and selling at $29.00 a pound, we stopped in and were pleasantly surprised to find that not only did they have pumpkins, but all sizes were $5. Needless to say, we ended up having to take a cab home because of the size of the ones we picked out. They were easily in the 40-45 pound range and by far the biggest pumpkin i've ever purchased.

As the evening progressed and our friends gathered, we enjoyed wine, dinner, and then promptly got right down to business cleaning out and carving our beautiful pumpkins. I'll be posting more pictures of the actual event and the end result as I gather pics from the others cameras.

BRANDON - CENTRAL PARK


CAROUSEL - CENTRAL PARK


RELIEF SCULPTURE - CENTRAL PARK


BRANDON - TEMPLE OF DENDUR / METROPOLITAN MUSEUM


TILDON - MIDWAY THROUGH THE PUMPKIN CARVING