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Seiji Yabuki – Part 2

Seiji Yabuki – Part 2

In the previous post I wrote about how Seiji and I met when we were working at Atelier 17 in 1980.

In the summer of 1982, Annie and I returned to Paris so that I could continue working at the atelier in Montmartre. Seiji arranged a sublet for us at Le Bateau Lavoir, walking distance to Atelier Lacourière-Frélaut, where I had made Metro the previous summer. In earlier blog posts I have written about working at this highly regarded printmaking atelier, the art I made there, and some of the artists I met. Continue reading →

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Today’s Post is Brought to You by the Letter P

We Need PPE, Not Federal Tyranny! Olympia Indivisible Rally Stand with Portland, BLM, Wall of Moms

A non-violent protest to Stand with Portland in support of Black Lives Matter, Wall of Moms Portland, Wall of Vets, Wall of Dads, organized by Olympia Indivisible on Saturday July 25, 2020. This was one of the dozens of rallies organized by other Indivisible chapters throughout the Pacific Northwest.

PPE, Parking, Palpable, Pandemic, Peace, Persist, Portland, Pragmatic, Protest, Power to the People

Photos from this event can be viewed in my Flickr folder: Indivisible – MoveOn – Women’s+ 

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The Art Institute of Chicago – October 2017

The Woman’s Board Grand Staircase – Art Institute of Chicago

As I’ve written before, there is always something good, something exciting, something sublime, something challenging, to see at The Art Institute of Chicago. Since there is such a wealth of riches, Continue reading →

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Three 4 Seattle

Three 4 Seattle

Seattle Skyline 2014

Walking around, looking around (and up), finding shape and color in the urban environment. I like the way things fit in my compositions, all the little triangles around the larger one in the Seattle Skyline, and at the Seattle construction site, the primary colors, plus black, white, and gray. Somedays, things just fit in the frame perfectly, taking advantage of the confines of the frame, all the space on the film, or in this case, sensor.

Seattle Construction

This third image, added to this post later, and now included here: I just couldn’t walk past it, or ignore it, for several reasons. It just grabbed me; a hole in the wall, a broken surface, a simple, beautiful shape, on a gray textured field. As a source, it was located directly behind me as I arranged the elements of the picture included above in this post.

SeaShape

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Palimpsest II

Palimpsest II

Installation view of Palimpsest II 2014

An installation view of the paintings and photographs. This exhibition explores the relationship between my paintings, photographs, etchings and lithographs. Evidence of time is embedded Continue reading →

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