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Pick of the week, May 28

May 28, 2012 by Chris | 2 Comments

“this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees & for the blue dreams of sky & for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.” ~ E.E. Cummings

 

Mile Marker 275, 22"x34"

 

Post Rock

May 24, 2012 by Chris | 1 Comment

Post Rock

One supposes something should be said
about these rows of earthen posts–
stones only in composition, stretching sandstone-yellow red

as far as wire strands will lead them, hosts
along some prairie pasture, or down deserted tractor lanes,
hunkered up against the snow and wind, lost

out in fields of swishing grain,
not rock or post to the untrained eye,
rather an innuendo of both; the plain

truth is how alone the sky
can set them off the best.
After a rain perhaps, their rich brown dye

infests the air around them as if to test
the theories of application. Whoever thought
that quarried limestone could bless

this flattened landscape, then wrought
stones from the earth and fought them–
each a squarish, irregular gem–into place . . .
his mark the winds have not erased.

Jeff Boyer

 

Jeff and I met last summer while I was doing a show here in Kansas City, and we had a great conversation about art, literature and the Kansas Flint Hills. Thank you Jeff for sharing your work with us – it is beautiful.

 

Have you seen post rocks? Are they used anywhere besides Kansas?

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Pick of the week, May 21

May 22, 2012 by Chris | 0 Comments

ma·jes·tic

[muh-jes-tik] adjective

characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand:

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Mile Marker 281, 35″ x 51″
Why do we reserve this word for mountains?

Pick of the week, May 14

May 14, 2012 by Chris | 0 Comments

“Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.” Henry David Thoreau

 

MIle Marker 230, 23" x 35"

 

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Show hangover

May 10, 2012 by Chris | 2 Comments

You can probably imagine what the days leading up to a show look like.

Something like this:

Preparing for shows

or this:

loads of artwork

And you can probably imagine what the days after a typical show look like.

lots of miles

But one of the glorious things about doing a hometown show is that the days immediately following (which we call the “show hangover”) look something like this:

Great meals

a clean desk

a good book and a comfy hammock

and the muses

 

But as of today I am back in the studio, the desk will be messy soon enough, and the muses will have to tough it out on their own. So if you need me you know where I will be.

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Pick of the Week, May 7

May 7, 2012 by Chris | 0 Comments

“To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few.” Emily Dickinson

Mile Marker 280, 35" x 51"

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Pick of the Week, April 30

April 30, 2012 by Chris | 0 Comments

“The wideness of the horizon has to be inside us, cannot be anywhere but inside us, otherwise what we speak about is geographic distances.” Ella Maillart

 

MIle Marker 237, 23" x 35"

 

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Pick of the week, April 23

April 23, 2012 by Chris | 0 Comments

“Is the spring coming?” he said. “What is it like?”… “It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine…” ― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

MIle Marker 266, 11" x 14"

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Signs you’re in Texas

April 19, 2012 by Chris | 0 Comments

It's a lie about the driving.

Kyle and I crossed the Red River into my home state Tuesday night on our way to the Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival. And though I haven’t lived here since I was a small child, and I often hear, “You don’t seem like a Texan” I was definitely raised as one – complete with the Texas flag flying in front of our house on holidays…in Missouri. So while I know instantly when I have crossed into the “Holy Land”, as my grandfather called Texas from the pulpit, for others it might not be so clear.

Some Signs:

  • You can hear a horse whinny from your hotel room…at the Hyatt.
  • There are images of barbed wire along with your room number outside your door.
  • The two pair of cowboy boots tucked away in your suitcase seem inadequate.
  • The glasses of iced tea are bigger than your head.
  • The state flag is everywhere you look.
  • You hear the words “boot” and “scootin'” used together in a sentence.
  • The stars at night are big and bright.

*signs may vary – there might be a few others

Some Visual Signs:

Babe's ChickenTractor seatsFancy tractor seatSouthern foodDessert? Who raised that cowboy?Lots of feet have walked those stockyard bricksHog and sheep buildingThey are everywhereLonghorns

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Pick of the week, April 16

April 16, 2012 by Chris | 0 Comments

“Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!” ~ Sitting Bull

MIle Marker 258, 16" x 22"

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