Happy New Year..........................

...........and best wishes for 2015!

Season's Greetings and.................

...............Happy Holidays!    Created from a photo of my "house series" and processed via Pixlr.

Seasonal .........................

............Greetings. 

Square of Heavy..................

...Gravity.   Digital exploration sourced off one of my Tech Shaman creations.

@ the Halley Ford.......

........Museum today.  Wonderful exhibits.  Exceptional paintings and sculptures.  MMmmm a truly uplifiting and inspirational experience.

November Pacific................

....blues.  

William Stafford show.......................

.......opened tonight.  I was honored to receive 2nd place in 2D work.  All the entries were exceptional and I'd recommend seeing the show if you are in the area.

@ the bomb testing............

testing site.  Finalized and framed.  Ready to enter into the show.  painting dimensions 18x24-inches.  Wood panel with acrylics.

Inspired by the work of the same title by William Stafford.

New Show................

......coming up.

Happy ..................

Halloween!

At the bomb testing.........

.....site.  Interpretation of William Stafford's poem "At the bomb testing site".  18 x 24-inches.  Acrylic.  Finished! (which I've sworn at least a dozen times today..but it's just .....about there.).

Here is the LINK to the poem.

@ the bomb test

.....site.  Progression #5.  Getting there. One more weekend to go.

@ the bomb..................

.............testing site.  Progression.  Not yet finished.  Lizard begins to realize.

At the.........

.....bomb testing site....#2 in progress. 

At the..............

.........bomb testing site.      In progress.  I'm happy with it so far.  Roughly 24 x 20 inches on panel.  Acrylics.  Inspiration from the poem by William Stafford.

Late summer,........

Sights........the flowering of mechanisms to kiss the sky & whirl acolytes in an inquisition of faith........"have you truly no doubt, suspended in the aether?"

The End, My Friend...........

...........has gone and rolled around again.   Oregon State Fair.

Trekking .............

......the yard.  Remounted the SainSmart Ultrasonic module to the front of the unit and it works pretty well, though now I see a need for either a servo mount (to scan side to side) or several more units mounted at 45-degrees for 'side' vision.   Next up, edge detection circuitry.

Robot.................

...meandering.  The HC-SR04 ultrasonic ranging module isn't working at this time - the width of the 'beam' catches the battery pack, but it works in photovore mode (although best in low light levels).  Need to devise a more forward mount for the module.

The 114:1 gear ratio of the Tamiya dual gearbox works fairly well, but already I'm seeing a need for higher voltage motors....something along the lines of the Pololu 130 6-volt units.  They'll drop into the gearbox with no modification.

Untitled..................

painting......acrylic, roughly 10x10-inches on panel.

The Beginning.............

of the Robot Invasion!!!!!!!   Basic transport mechanism with the Arduino/electronics platform mounted.

The Walking................

....Beast.  Salem Mini-Maker's Faire..and JUST this was worth the price of admission.

website for the Walking Beast

Mask...plaster.........

and Styrofoam.........in progress.

Prayer...............

flag for Creativity. Make.  Do.  Create.

Created for Dayna Collin's Prayer Flag Project.

Untitled.........

photo editing of a new series of mounted masks.  Life sized, ceramic, bisque fired.

Lounging........

on Memorial Day.

Yet, Another Crow...............

...emerges from the mind.  Ceramic, bisque fired, acrylic finished. Life-sized.

Panoramic view of the Painted Hills........

....near Mitchell, Oregon.  This is the result of nine frames stitched together using AUTOSTITCH.

Cloud break over............

...
.the Wallowa mountains at La Grande Oregon.

Dreamship...................

......Voyage Beyond..........  Assemblage.  Roughly 14-inches x 9-inches x 2-inches.

Mathematics.........

......in progress of exploration.  12x12 wood panel. Acrylic and ink.

Collage on..............

 ......watercolor paper.  Mixed media - acrylic, latex, laser toner transfers, pencil, pen, pastels.  9"x12".

Guardian of Memory............

.....Shrine of Time.  Different view.  Same great taste and no extra calories.

Guardian of Memory.......

......Shrine of Time.  29-inches x 12-inches x 6-inches. Mixed media.

Awakening.............

................digital work.

Guardian..............

...of Memory, Shrine of Time.

Still in progress, but....close.  Assemblage/sculpture.  Wood, metal, ceramic. Working clock.

The Shop.............

..the Studio..in Snow. 

WAR OF THE...........................

....WORLDS.  The last valiant effort of the Thunder Child versus the Martian War Machines.  Painted by John Straub.  Approximately 32" x 20".   For those who are not in the know, check out Jeff Wayne's War of the World album and the song "Thunder Child"

Youtube link HERE

2014 ......................

............open for Possibilities!   It's a mite cold out in the studio...but my table in the utility room is loaded for bear.