The Shop

Tesla..............................

2012-01-08T22:26:00.001-08:00

.....shrine donated to Salem Art Association's Clay Ball.

Trans..............................

2012-01-02T17:40:00.001-08:00

..............ference 2.0: Cosmic Absorption..............

Eagle..........

2011-12-27T18:53:00.001-08:00

...........in Winter. Digital drawing via a Genius 6x8 tablet.

Easter.................

2011-12-11T12:43:00.000-08:00

.........Island Christmas Head.

Season's.....................

2011-12-09T18:52:00.001-08:00

........Greetings to all and sundry from the Christmas Crow. "Ooooooooooooooooo...shiny thing!"

MORE Vacuum..............

2011-11-24T16:53:00.000-08:00

.............tube-ular guys....wee ceramic masks approximately 4-5 inches tall (with tubes). Ceramic, bisque fired with acrylic glaze/varnish.

New Vacuum...................

2011-11-23T20:47:00.000-08:00

..........tube mini masks. Roughly 5-inches tall (including tube). Ceramic, bisque fired, acrylic glazed.

Happy Halloween!

2011-10-31T20:50:00.001-07:00

AI lurks.............

2011-10-22T07:45:00.000-07:00

among US!

Vacuum...................

2011-10-01T18:13:00.001-07:00

....tube amplifiers. The top image is a Bell & Howell projector audio amplifier. Lucked out in a surplus find. Dismanted the unit and sprayed liberally with DeOxit. Applied power and She Lives! The volume pot was scratchy -- but another liberal dousing of DeOxit fixed that issue. This unit needs no pre-amp, has volume and a multi-stage tone control with external speaker options. I think it'll make a great guitar amp with little modification.

The working side of the Bell & Howelll amplifier. Nice and clean.

This puppy is a tube amplifer from a 60's Capitol record player. I was asked to fix it by one of the baristas at the coffee shop I frequent. After much GOOGLE searching, I determined the 25L6 tube heaters had been powered in series with a (now missing) motor. Since the 25L6 heaters are 25v, this necessitated a 90v drop at 300 mA...but no matter what I did, I could not get the tube to fire up. Finally applied 24v to the tube heaters and found the tube was dead. Dug through my stash of old 'dead' tubes until I found some 50L6s -- same pinout, but with a 50v 150 mA heater. After a bit of trial and error, I found a 1.2K and 690 ohm 25w resistor in parallel gives me 49 volts at the heaters in operation...and the amplifer works. I very much doubt it's really suited as a guitar amp -- it definitely needs a pre-amp and the overall wattage is very low. The real issue with an old tube amp like this is that it's VERY unsafe -- there is direct connection to 120 without a transformer - so if the capacitor fails....the chassis becomes hot. Or..if the wall socket is wired wrong (I did attach a 3-prong plug to it)...the the chassis becomes hot. So...quite unsafe, but interesting to tinker with.

This has been my first foray into vacuum tube electronics since the 70s and quite a learning experience....but diverting and amusing.

Salem Creative............

2011-09-29T21:47:00.000-07:00

..........post by uber photographer Nathan Smith. Nathan came over in June to photograph yours truly for a segment of his "Salem Creatives"....and this is the result. I'm honored to be chosen.

>>>>>CLICK HERE for the link

The home point of his site is HERE.

VAST Open Studio................

2011-09-18T20:08:00.001-07:00

Day Two.....a few more images taken about the shop/studio.

Added a "Beach sign" I'd done a few weeks ago to the beach shrine at the shop entrance.

New Steampunk mask finally completed today. Fused stained glass goggles.

And it's official..the 2011 VAST Tour is over....was a lot of work, but enjoyable... Thanks to all who attended and well wishers.

VAST Day 1............

2011-09-17T17:05:00.001-07:00

..............the shop as it NOW appears.....after a month of clean up. Had about 20 visitors - was a good first day. Thank you to all that showed.

Oh yeah........

2011-09-16T20:26:00.001-07:00

a Leopard Skin Fez........feel free to feel the awe.....the fear......but I am the same person as always beneath this Hat of Power. Thanks to Niels Nielsen for this induction into the Vacuum Tube Collective.

VAST kickoff .................

2011-09-03T22:31:00.001-07:00

reception at the new Rountree Gallery tonight. The Visual Artists Studio Tour begins next weekend for Polk County.

vasttour.com

Upon .............

2011-09-01T20:21:00.001-07:00

the red
sands of Mars
we built houses
upon houses, houses
and houses
to bury
mystery and wonder
beneath concrete
then we felt safe, again.

Mixed media concoction. 10.75" x 22.5".

Beneath the Moons...........

2011-08-30T19:21:00.000-07:00

.......of Saturn we built
sturdy houses
upon fired stone
and released crows
into the sky
to hear
their laughter.

Mixed media composition on birch panel. 16" x 16".

New Painting.............

2011-08-08T20:15:00.001-07:00

in progress - first layer of paint. Acrylic. Approximately 18" x 11".

New Techshaman..............

2011-08-07T22:12:00.000-07:00

............creation in progress. Tentative title, "Speed of Thought".

Crow...................................

2011-08-03T21:45:00.000-07:00

on plaster....finished. Now hanging at the Rountree Gallery. 18x21-inches. Acrylic/mixed media.

Update: sold 8/6

Crow on..................

2011-07-26T20:08:00.001-07:00

.............plaster (Flex-All) background. In progress. 18 x 21-inches.

Turning a new..............

2011-07-17T21:15:00.000-07:00

leaf...............Six new raven Shamans ready to take to Rountree Gallery this week. I've gone with vine maple leaves as cowls for several of the new pieces.

Shrine of ....................

2011-07-12T21:32:00.001-07:00

............Improbable Gravity. Removable tin in the center. Led candle. Approximately 17" x 9". My entry into AIA's "Outside the Box" silent auction at the Bush Park Art Fair.

Fire und........

2011-07-04T22:24:00.001-07:00

....gunpowder.....

Entropy...................

2011-06-30T19:48:00.000-07:00

& the Square of Crows. 16" x 16". Mixed media. Submitted to the Art^2 Salon at the Bush Barn Gallery.

Redux......................

2011-06-26T21:18:00.001-07:00

..............a la Raven Shaman, eh? Oui! Approximately 6-inches tall, acrylic glazed. These will be in the July Ceramics Show at the Rountree Gallery in downtown Salem (as well as the Crucified Series).

Crucified Series Expands............

2011-06-25T22:09:00.001-07:00

by one additional supplicant. 7-inches tall. Ceramic w/acrylic glaze.

Another New Raven..............

2011-06-23T20:07:00.000-07:00

............shaman emerges from the fire. Approximately 7-inches tall. Bisque fired, acrylic glazed.

Yet Another Raven..............

2011-06-19T08:48:00.001-07:00

.............shaman. Approximately 6-inches tall. Bisque fired ceramic with acrylic glaze.

The Crucified recruits............

2011-06-18T19:54:00.000-07:00

.........yet another tortured soul. Bisque fired ceramic, approx 8 inches tall. Acrylic glazed.

The Crucified..................

2011-06-11T20:13:00.000-07:00

........series revisited. New clay twisted into a semblence of maddened humanity - shaped as we shape ourselves - half god/half beast. The series will be on display at the Rountree Gallery Ceramics Show in July.

Current work at...............

2011-05-21T20:21:00.000-07:00

.......the Rountree Gallery.

A new Geisha..........

2011-05-20T07:41:00.000-07:00

.......in progress by Hiro Glover at the Rountree Gallery.

Pacific City..............

2011-05-19T21:02:00.001-07:00

.......with nary a cloud in the sky.....well....small 'uns.

Codex..................

2011-05-13T21:30:00.001-07:00

...........of Crows. Mixed media. 20" x 20" wooden panel.

Burl bowl...............

2011-05-08T18:18:00.001-07:00

....emerges from a chunk of wood. Uploaded three views since the grain changes with slight rotation of the bowl. I'm pretty happy with how this came out - it's the best one so far this year. I'm not positive, but I think this is Pacific Madrone. Bowl is roughly 7-inches in diameter and 4-inches high.

Myrtlewood..............

2011-04-27T07:54:00.000-07:00

.........bowl. 7-in diameter x 4-in high. Oil/wax finish.

Snippet.................

2011-04-25T18:39:00.000-07:00

of a new painting in the Reduction series. Acrylic.

Spun.................

2011-04-24T21:15:00.001-07:00

.......off the lathe - first bowl of the year. Dogwood. Roughly 7-inches in diameter, 5 inches tall. Linseed oil, turpentine and wax finish.

Trial Mockup..............

2011-04-05T18:26:00.001-07:00

of a fictional album release. Paint Shop Pro X.

Changing of...............

2011-03-12T16:26:00.001-08:00

artwork at Rountree Gallery. Pulled a few pieces and subbed in ceramic masks. My paintings "1.Reduction" and "Constant of Crows" as well as the Gigantic Lit Shrine of Faith Amplification are still on show. I consider it the darker side of the carnival....the shadowed side-venue off the Mainway....where the Alligator Boy and Bearded Lady cavort in unrestrained glee....and all for a nickle.

Here is your ticket....

The FINAL Emerge ................

2011-03-05T07:07:00.000-08:00

......Oregon show occured last night, although one does not know if the show shall be Ended for All Time - stranger things have seen resurrection beyond the final breath. During the past year or so, Emerge became one of the rare definite "things I do" and I shall miss it and the opportunity provided to meet other artists.

This is what's great about this show. The above piece by Aaron Molinsky helps me put my own stuff in perspective......meaning, I often ask myself WHY I make what I make...but at least I'm not making full sized figures. So, he's obviously far more mad than I. Now I feel normal again.

Last...but not least -- Jonathan Boys - Founder and Drive behind Emerge. He's put a lot of effort into the show over the past 2 years and well, it sort of shows in this photo. But he's still rocking. And not ALL that rocking is from mis-matched limbs. Mostly.

Link to the site for Emerge

The Shrine ...........

2011-02-28T19:21:00.001-08:00

of Faith Amplification -or- "The Shrine of Saint Tesla". Complete with 'arc welder' circuitry for the top vacuum tube. lit vaccum tubes on the sides and flickering LED candles. 38-inches tall. 10-inches deep. And yes, the mili-amp meter displays the current of the 'arc welder' circuit.

Millicent............

2011-02-27T17:49:00.001-08:00

......digital drawing.

The Faith.................

2011-02-21T19:53:00.001-08:00

.......Amplifer LIVES! I near completion after 4 months of design and construction. More to come as I progress.

Curious............

2011-02-19T07:23:00.000-08:00

........as a crow upon a stroll within the city. Digital drawing.

Crow..................

2011-02-16T22:00:00.001-08:00

in flight.

Wall Street..........

2011-02-05T16:53:00.001-08:00

........crow. Digital drawing.

More.............

2011-02-02T07:55:00.001-08:00

crow scribble.

Progress continues...............

2011-01-31T18:50:00.000-08:00

on pieces in progress......just not quickly.

The Mona Lisa............

2011-01-29T23:32:00.001-08:00

as Crow. Drawn with a tablet.

Strolling.................

2011-01-24T12:27:00.000-08:00

.........crow. Drawn with a graphics tablet.

Quizzical...............

2011-01-19T07:27:00.000-08:00

.........crow. Drawn with a graphics tablet.

2011 Takes..............

2011-01-01T13:52:00.000-08:00

............wing. Happy New Year! Digital drawing with a graphics tablet.

Prison................

2010-12-31T20:17:00.000-08:00

of Regulated Thought. Received, processed and fed into the box we occupy.

Mixed media. Approx 15-inches high x 5 inches wide x 4-inches deep.

Gull............

2010-12-30T07:57:00.001-08:00

.......drawn in Paint.NET with a graphic tablet.

Merry Christmas............

2010-12-25T09:48:00.001-08:00

and Season's Greetings. Ho HO HO!

The King .....

2010-12-21T07:28:00.000-08:00

........of Yesterday at About 2PM. Ceramic. 9-inches tall.

A constant of................

2010-12-20T11:45:00.001-08:00

........crows. Acrylic & mixed media on panel. Approx 22" x 22".

Conceptual piece based on Euler's Number.

Procrastinator's Bizarre Bazaar.........

2010-12-18T07:05:00.000-08:00

............at the Coffee House Cafe this Friday & Saturday.....noon till nine.

Art, Craft and Miscellaneous Makings.

Shows...............

2010-12-11T16:08:00.001-08:00

............current and upcoming:

Currently I have pieces in the Something Red exhibit in downtown Salem. My work is in the Wild Pear Restaurant and in the Calusa Gallery.

I have work at the Rountree Gallery Holiday Market -- look for the strange little ceramic masks. The market is on the first floor to the right. Link to the gallery's web site HERE

January 7, 2011: Emerge Oregon. 6-10 PM at the Coffee House Cafe on Liberty Street, Salem.

January - March 2011: I shall be exhibiting pieces in the main downstairs area of the Rountree Gallery at 241 State Street, Salem. Opening is slated for January 15th.

Dancing LEDs......

2010-12-06T19:33:00.000-08:00

via the good old 555 & 4017 ICs. These circuits take forever to make doing point-to-point wiring.....but was going for a small circuit footprint. Constructed for a friend's in-progress Steampunk piece.

Something................

2010-12-01T20:21:00.001-08:00

..............Red, the annual (mostly) AIA-sponsored downtown art show debuted tonight. The juried work certainly lived up to the show and many wonderful pieces are currently hanging in various downtown locations. My pieces are at the Wild Pear Restaurant ("1.Reduction" - honorable place winner in the show) and at the Calusa Gallery (shrine, "Door Beneath Tomorrow").

12/2: photos from the event are posted HERE

Also debuting tonight is the Holiday Gallery at the Rountree Gallery Upstairs. My mini-masks are available at the Holiday gallery. I'll be participating in the gallery proper (downstairs) in January.

Raven Shaman............

2010-11-26T16:15:00.001-08:00

#2 for 2010....and joining the unkindness of the larger raven Shaman clan.

Transference.....................

2010-11-22T15:57:00.000-08:00

.............Shrine. Approximately 18.5" x 9.5" x 2.5". Mixed media.

My transcendental circuitry
has shorted once again;
thin ribbons of smoking Godhood
escaping hotly heavenward
in an excommunihalation

Raven Shaman.........

2010-11-21T14:12:00.000-08:00

.....the first I've managed to create in 2010. More to come if I'm fortunate. Sold.

When Santa's Elves.............

2010-11-19T19:59:00.001-08:00

..............go bad.

Something Red..............

2010-11-19T07:15:00.000-08:00

show upcoming on December First Wednesday downtown (which happens to be December 1st). I've entered two pieces - "1.Reduction" and "Door Beneath Tomorrow shrine". The show runs the month of December.

A Multitude of Mini.............

2010-11-13T07:56:00.000-08:00

Masks awaiting firing....

And fired, but awaiting acrylic finishing.

50 Interesting Facts............

2010-11-10T20:59:00.001-08:00

About pi.

http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/07/03_pi.html

pi

pi
pied
pie-dog

3.14159...et cetera
stuffing E Fudd stuttered
and never quite
quite pinned, you
know, like the fabled
butterfly of chaos
in a blue killing jar

no. no. yes.
indeterminately irrational
gleefully grimaced

the only cross borne
betwix, between,
beyond the eyes - this
bearing of responsibility
too holey
alone
within the stations
of unwritten circumference
plotted, r² plodded

an orbit eccentric, elastic and
pie-dog howled
to pied stars unseen

pi

Myriad Masks........

2010-11-07T18:04:00.000-08:00

assembling for roll call.....built a display stand for the Holiday Gallery coming up in a few weeks.

More Mini................

2010-11-06T16:25:00.000-07:00

............Santaesque masks. 3-4 inches high. Ceramic & acrylic.

Emerge Oregon.........

2010-11-05T21:59:00.001-07:00

...........work shown. New "Transference Shrine", "Murder in Our Town" and the collaborative Circumference.

Emerge................

2010-11-04T08:03:00.000-07:00

Friday, November 5th at the Coffee House Cafe. 7 - 10PM.

http://www.emergeoregon.com/

Wee little Santa..........

2010-11-03T08:13:00.000-07:00

heads/masks. Roughly 3 - 4 inches tall. Ceramic and acrylic. Getting ready for the Holiday show at Rountree Gallery.

Collaborative............

2010-11-01T13:36:00.000-07:00

effort....by Hirofumi, John Stromme, unknown others and myself. Added all the white bits, signature "house" shapes and a bit of the scraping down. I have no idea if it's going to be worked on further...but at this point I title it "Circumference".

Happy Halloween............

2010-10-31T20:18:00.001-07:00

....

Magdalena.............

2010-10-27T20:53:00.001-07:00

Warrior Princess, Ninja of the Night, feline friend. 2002 - 2010.

Layers...............

2010-10-22T18:39:00.001-07:00

of a sunset. Cape Lookout State Park.

Sunrise..............

2010-10-20T21:15:00.001-07:00

....it's all in the light.

Roadside Attraction......

2010-10-20T07:17:00.000-07:00

found unexpectedly. Fortunately there was no traffic, so I had time to change lenses.

A sign.........

2010-10-20T07:13:00.001-07:00

handy for all occasions. This particular one is located just beyond the mid-point of the Cape Lookout trail.

New Gallery..............

2010-10-16T16:08:00.000-07:00

.............in Salem. The Rountree Gallery at 241 State Street between Commercial and Front streets (downstairs).

Tranference.........

2010-10-03T16:40:00.001-07:00

........study in acrylics. Roughly 8 x 10 inches on board. Destined to be larger yet.

VAST 2010..........

2010-09-19T21:32:00.000-07:00

Yoda.....self designated Greeter for visitors to the studio. We did convince him to give up his lightsaber and rely only on the Force.

Sundry work by yours truly.

The tour was a success in all ways. We would like to offer a sincere thank you to our visitors for their comments and support.

VAST 2010............

2010-09-18T17:19:00.000-07:00

....Hiro working on floorcloths.

.........entry into the studio (left side).

Visual Artists.............

2010-09-16T20:34:00.000-07:00

..........Studio Tour (VAST). I'm partnering with Hiro Glover in this open studio tour on Saturday and Sunday (18th and 19th of September).

2970 Phipps Lane NE • Salem, OR 97301

See the website for details.

"Echoes .........

2010-09-16T20:30:00.000-07:00

............of Green". I have two works in this juried show at Enid Joy Mount Gallery in Keizer, Oregon. Through the 29th of September.

"Shaman Vision" and "Shrine: Lodge of Lost Summers".

"Shaman Vision" has been awarded 2nd place in the show.

Murder.........

2010-09-05T19:18:00.000-07:00

In Our Town. Work in progress -- snippet of left panel. Acrylic on panel.

New Story.............

2010-09-04T16:10:00.000-07:00

.........by my good friend, TG Browning at the World of Myth web-zine:

The Fourth Trickster

Crow Place...........

2010-09-03T21:48:00.000-07:00

.....Like Home. Acrylic & collage on wood. Approx 9 x 5 inches. Sold.

This Friday...............

2010-09-01T19:01:00.000-07:00

This Friday Sept 3rd, in CHC's warehouse the Emerge Oregon Art Series will host an interactive art installation called, "The Silouhettes of Salem". The display will feature spotlight created silouhettes to demostrate the art concepts of light, shadow and dimension. Come create fun shapes on our walls using markers and chalk. Enter our raffle $1.00 per ticket, to win original art by Salem artists Bob Dodson and Mark Bethel. Live music by DJ Broken.

As always this show is free and open to the public! Invite your friends.

More information: www.emergeoregon.com or call or text Jonathan at 503-798-0771

Miscellaneous................

2010-08-30T20:00:00.000-07:00

and sundry mug shots of recent masks.....most around 6-inches in height. Ceramic.

VAST......................

2010-08-28T07:42:00.000-07:00

Coming soon: Visual Artists Studio Tour 2010

September 18 & 19th. All information is presented on the link.

Crow & Houses.............

2010-08-09T15:31:00.000-07:00

............II. Acrylic on panel. 18" x 24".

Bush Park Art Fair.............

2010-07-16T14:35:00.000-07:00

...........Artists In Action silent auction, "Outside the Box".

Auction..............

2010-07-14T18:08:00.000-07:00

At the AIA booth during the Bush Park Art Fair. "Outside the Box"

I've donated "Soul Box" and "Shrine #7" to the cause.

More...................

2010-07-07T18:27:00.001-07:00

fireworks. Typical store-bought Oregon-legal fireworks photographed @ F/22 on Bulb (exposures around 10-plus seconds).

The Dance..........

2010-07-04T22:36:00.000-07:00

..........of gunpowder.

EMERGE OREGON..............

2010-07-02T18:14:00.000-07:00

art Show tonight at the Coffee House Cafe on Liberty....downtown.

6:30 to 10-ish.

Soul Box, crow painting, shaman masks, Atomic Tom......