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From Art Blog:

Sea and Silence

Sunday, Jan. 10 2010 UTC

Did a lot of drawing prior to and during winter break (and I may post some after a little more water goes under the bridge); but now the Sketchup itch has hit again, once again as a tool for potentially making large paintings.

Some experiments:

Landing Pad
Railhouse Bedroom
Opening Event

We shall see where it leads, if indeed it leads anywhere. If not, that’s OK too.

I kind of like the way these little mock-ups hint at narratives. Narratives that aren’t actually stories, but more like little dreams.

Another project (possibly related to what is rattling around with the above experiments) relates to a book of blues lyrics which my brother had kicking around his basement music studio. I like the idea of having the lyrics accompany some drawings—like comics, but without an explicit story.


I am broke and hungry
          ragged and dirty too
I said I'm broke and hungry
          ragged and dirty too
Mama, if I clean up can
          I go home with you.

                   -- Blind Lemon Jefferson.


Ohhhhh
        blood hounds are on my trail
Mmmmmmm
        blood hounds are on my trail
They want to take me back
        to that cold old lonesome jail

...

I know I've done wrong
        but he kicked me and blacked my eye
But if the blood hounds ever catch me
        in the 'lectric chair I'll die

                   --Victoria Spivey

Lyrics from The Blues Line—from Leadbelly to Muddy Waters, compiled by Eric Sackheim.