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Life On Hold
  LIFE ON HOLD charcoal over a fine art print edition ©2009

  A series of 36 works on paper (28"x 26" or 26"x28") created in Fall/Winter of 2009, using charcoal, water, and chalk (sometimes gesso)
  with gesso around the edges. The paper, Arches hot press, is the same repurposed art edition that I used in the Wonderscapes.
  The design underneath these works is a montage of previous work made from color copies of slides. Life On Hold sits on top of
  several generations of my own history.
  This body of work was completely satisfying. It represents a very clear voice and interpretation of how I digest the world. It captures
  a shift and became a series that caused me to make a firm declaration. This series is wrapped up and put away in storage labeled
  "Not of Sale."
  Declarations are nothing; holding true to them is the ticket that moves me forward and builds not only character, but also a unique path
  to uphold. The series is called "Life on hold" as a play on this.


  

  Collage3 original 33"x 39" collage and gesso

  LIFE ON HOLD
  If we break the perfect circle it is hard to get it back
  I don't know where I am going and I am fine with it
  The diving pool is small but always full
  She jumped off her soapbox to follow her own path
  When I see my blood I don't want anyone’s to spill
  I could live in a redwood circle
  The last fish to see
  We may not get to where we think we need to go
  I love this feeling
  This lantern works
  I let the snake oil expire
  Some things can be done without you
  This vase has sat on this hill since 1682
  Time will tell what is fake
  They thought it was a good idea
  All the good stuff I saved for you
  Down is that way
  We watched the water fall off the moon
  It is hard to believe that we are told what is a necessity
  Something beautiful made from sharp teeth
  I have grown used to life as a little flame
  I will do it
  It took many seasons to be noticed
  Things that are locked are open with a feather
  I use to trust everything like a homemade muffin
  All things that fall add to the story's end
  I can't stop thinking about the hole in the sky
  I hate that they have bombs that are ready
  Once again, I was supposed to go but didn't want to
  I wait, patiently (crossed-out), for the things that are stacked to crash
  Sometimes for things to rise you need equipment
  Too often it is a long haul to the watering hole
  Stepping back and covering your ears may be the only way to get through it
  My bone did not break but it broke off and was taken
  One snag a day is ok, more than that I just unravel and disappear
  I pray for you



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PAINTING
1991-1995
1996-2000
2001-2005
2006-2010
2011-2014

MINI-SERIES
1990 Peppers, Seeds, and Rotting Vegetables
1996 What I painted when I could not paint
2005 For the Birds
2007 Butterflies are free
2011 The Year The Permafrost Softened

WORKS ON PAPER
1988-1989 Chairs
1989-1990 Umbrellas
1991-1998
1997 The Chase
1998 Dismantled Sketchbooks
1999 Ragdale Series
2000-2004 Collage Art
2002 Charcoal
2000-2004 Figure Drawing
2000-2005 Project Art
2000 Spinning Plates
2002 Fan Collages
2001 Screaming In Places Where I Can't Be heard
2004 Wonderscapes
2005-2006 The Story of the Universe
2008 Buddha Was Here
2009 Life On Hold (NFS)
2010-2016 The Demandments (NFS)

MIXED MEDIUM
1995-1998 Sectioned panels
1997-1998 White Paintings and Furry Work
1998 Red Dot Series
2001-2009 Wax, Wire, Gold, Globe, and Glass
2001 How Things Pile Up
2002 Retablos, oil on metal

OBJECT ART
2002-present Project Items
Historic-present Fane Items
1550-1560 Ancestral Figure Drawings

INSTALLATION
2002-2016 Paradise
2006 Negative to Positive
2007-present Four walls*
2008 Found
2010-present Teacups for Reading Tea Leaves
2011-present Waterworks*
2000-present My Crates

PERFORMATIVE
2004 White Sands
2006 Blue Clouds

LIBRARY OF BOOKS 2000-present
Painting Inventory
Book of Days
Whitewash
The Ragdale Book
Brain Book
Ransom Magazine
Box of Tears
Pocket Full of Cries
Europe
Mongolia
Flower Book
Retablos: How I Got From Here to Here
The Fane Pamphlet
Scroll of Influence
The Story of Red Trees
Red Trees History
Red Trees Chronicle
Red Trees Prayerbook
Red Trees Kakemono
Book of Leaves
Elemental Communion
Found: Journals from the future
Symbol Book
Books of Sense
Organ Origin
The Wedding Program
The Wedding Book
I Must Go
Ladder Book*
Book of Stairs*
The Studio Visit Playbill*
Flower Book 2*
...continued

STUDIO PRACTICE
Studio 1: Dayton and Blackhawk
Studio 2: Hubbard and House
Project scouting and on location
Works in progress
Exhibits, happenings, homes
Studio clippings and announcements
Artist

WORLD RIVERS PROJECT overview
World Rivers: Curtain
World Rivers: Participants
World Rivers: Rivers
World Rivers: Cloth
Visit the River Log

TEXT ARCHIVE
Artwork
Installation
Books

* documentation is forthcoming
This archive is a creative history spanning two decades.
The documentation is comprised of many technological
formats ranging from slides, 4x5s, photographs, and
straddles the introduction of digital formatting of the time.
The goal was to preserve images, whether high or low resolution.






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