New York Town
I caught the subway and went downtown. Helvetica lettering pointed the way. Passenger cars rocked, rattled, and clanked in the dark, and a platform musician sang Country Roads. People smiled on the boat to the Statue of Liberty, and Manhattan’s mountains rose above the harbor, where I later walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, picturing it as I would in a dry, dusty town.
Pecos
Mile-long trains dashed across a desolate plain. I sat in our 70’s Buick Skylark, listened to Hank Williams on cassette, and let derelict buildings fill my eyes. My mother accepted a teaching job in Pecos during the eighties oil bust.
New Monochrome
With a print, I’ll sit with a two-dimensional surface and see tonal variations throughout. I’ll eye lines and shapes and bring meaning to what’s constructed inside my mind.
Corrugated
Rust covers metal as a blacktop marks an arid plain, tubbing stretches over powdery caleche, mesquites surround valved pumpjacks, and a pickup passes roadside debris outside town.
Pre-2000
Film photography was a folk art. People wrote with light, and shutters drew simple moments into dark boxes.
More Art
It takes a beginning to end and ending, and in the end, there’ll be even more.
Standing at the center of it all
Stone clock towers, arched windows, and decorative ornamentation—courthouses center rural counties.
Head, Foot, and Eye Protection Required
Art galleries come and go, yet artists remain open for a lifetime. There’s no positive answer to my work because it looks like pictures of stuff and is often written off as easy, but it’s thoughts on image assemblage.
Generation Loss: Image Making in an Age of Over-Saturation
In analog media development, the term “generation loss” refers to the modification of content and reduction of detail when duplicates or multiple generations of copies are created. "Generation Loss" takes the pulse of photography in an age where everyone is a photographer. The show highlights the work of 11 innovative photographers, printmakers, painters, and collage artists utilizing and interpreting photographic content as a primary source for their work.
8x10 View Camera
I shared my 8x10 view camera with people at the Odessa Art Association’s booth at Mural Fest and answered questions. For many, it was their first time seeing a camera like this up close. The camera is fun and laborious, and my job is to prevent the work from overtaking what’s enjoyable.
Tire Art
Tire Mart’s letter M went missing.
Orla
A tall cylindrical gas pump stands outside the small wooden building covered with flaking paint. Inside, a concession stand waits beside mailboxes at the last stop for gas, cold drinks, snacks, beer, and ice, a long way to anywhere from Orla Grocery.