You There Beside Me

Installation at Hearth, A Community for Contemporary Art and Sustainable Living.

A Collaboration with Quiet Life

I've been doing a bit of illustration work with Quiet Life -- a sweet group of fellows from back East who play exactly my brand of folk rock / Americana / indie music. The collaboration has been a terrific way for me to ease in to making art in Oregon being that front-man Sean Spellman and I have known each other since we studied together in New York six years ago. We've have since taken to a similar meandering path across America, living in California, and settling down in the same neighborhood in Portland. I share a house with Quiet Life's drummer, Ryan Spellman (Sean's younger brother) and lead guitarist, Craig Rupert. Most nights I sit and draw in the front window of our comfortable little bungalow in Beaumont while they rehearse in our basement. This weekend we're excited to collaborate on a video and album cover for the title track off Quiet Life's latest and yet to be released record, Big Green. The boys brought in Ryan McMackin of the Seattle-based band Widower to do the technical direction while I'll be covering the art direction. Stay tuned for the the video and more exciting things from this collaboration.

Inks and Water Colors

Of the containers one keeps.

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Where I've Been Sitting

I've been planning and carefully choosing

the place where I sit.

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There is precision of movement and in positioning of things.

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As one narrows one's perspective

to one more suited for the long term.