Of Men and Bulls (2007)

When it runs out, you can feel your breath suck in. Even from a distance there’s no getting around it, this is a big piece of meat. It bounds out of the gate like it’s been held back for a lifetime and let go. Three toreros, banderilleros, are waiting on the field, though don’t let…

War Memorial of Korea (2010)

Since 1993, the War Memorial of Korea has sat hulked beside the U.S. army garrison in Yongsan-dong, Seoul. At 3,000 won per adult head, it’s less than a latte with slightly more value.  Outside, exhibits make grand statements by grand design. Patton and K-1 tanks. A lone B-52. Korean test-pilot vehicles with frozen propellers, some…

Darth by the Sea

Crushing the Rebellion is a dark enterprise but just as much exhausting I suspect. Incompetent generals, poor throne-room lighting and regular humiliation at the hands of heroes with names like “Luke” and “Han.” Come on. Even a Sith Lord needs to take five. On this occasion, it’s via Maritime serenity along the Nova Scotian coastline….

The 6

I wrote a children’s book (unpublished) several years ago that featured these characters. They weren’t as confrontational in the story, from what I remember.

Leaves

Colors that might be, might have been.

Hands

The life beneath the skin.

The College Diet

As the last of three zines for Intro to Studio Practice, I photographed foods prior to committing them to the gut, then colorized the images in Photoshop. The resulting booklet was both a nod to color theory and what we (accurately?) assume is the college diet.

100 Smokestacks

NSCAD homework. The assignment was to collect a wack of images on a single subject, in my case smokestacks, then twist and manipulate them to the tune of 100 new ones.