In the stars

recent developments...

Another Birthday.

Continuity

a new triptych in my former style.

Suitors (2011)

Less than ex-static process

Hi there, those of you out
there,somewhere. Possibly.

Not been posting lately
as there has not been
anything really post-worthy
happening 'round these parts.

I do have a few pics from wandering though:

The Alexander McQueen 14th Street Window.
Tuesday I will be going as a guest to the
preview of the McQueen Retrospective at
the Met. That will be a post worthy event.


My Mid-century finds on stage at Benefactors at Theatre Row.


Scenic painting for Tomorrow Morning at The York Theatre.
Making Home Depot grade plywood look like Laminate is
an undertaking I'd rather not relive. Ever. looked good though.
That and standing atop 20 foot ladders painting inch wide, inch
gapped planks of slatted lumber.




The Monsters chandelier and The Townhouses stairwell.


Spring comes at last to Madison Park


A Steinway Grand on stage at an Alesio Bax recital at Lincoln Center.


Africa or Midtown? Flashbacks at the Annex Flea Market in Chelsea.
Yes, Chelsea.


Vintage delivery Bicycles at Sea Breeze Seafood Market in Hells Kitchen.


The Music Inn in the West Village.
Imagine a small room, two small
rooms really, filled floor to ceiling
with all the fine equipment used to
create ambient world music. Beautiful.
Also there were two guys downstairs in
the workshop making violins when the
owner took me down to hunt for the
single tone chime I was looking for.

Its been a minute....I know.

I was unemployed for so long (2 and a half months)
and then suddenly I have three jobs, all wanting
my time. I'm doing a properties scavenger hunt for
Benefactors which opens way too soon at Theatre Row.
I'm scheduled to do some scenic painting at the York
Theatre soon, though what I have no idea.
And perhaps best of all, I am in concept design stage
for what looks to be a fantastic, demanding, arduous
and breathtaking spectacle whose name I cannot release
yet. I very much want to take a home office pic and
post it but I'm certain that is a no no. For now.
I will say that is loaded with fur and sequins and
there is hardly a straight bit of tailoring save for
a tuxedo. That is until I figure out how to adapt it
to our needs. Mink crinoline anyone?

Some things that have been on my mind recently:

1. What are you?
I get asked this constantly, and usually in a seeming
non-threatening way. However, asking this question to a
person of mixed heritage usually makes us feel like you
are asking us to qualify ourselves. I am a person first
and foremost leave it at that.

2. Theory and Practice:
To truly excel at art, just like sports or law, you
have to work at it tirelessly and daily. Talent may be
something we are born with but it requires upkeep or it
becomes stagnant and rots a little. A few of my friends
are having this issue having taken jobs out of school that
don't really call for drawing or painting capabilities, just
long hours that leave them unable to make any work due to
exhaustion or apathy (her word, not mine.)

3. The end of an era:
What a sad end to the tenure of John Galliano.

4. Asshole Magnet:
That would be me, Ladies and Gentlemen. I managed to
fall for the fleecy exterior of yet another wolf in sheeps
clothing. I believe the deciding factor was on the third date
when he tells me, after I voice a few concerns of mine that he
might be a player and how I don't need that,
"It will sound arrogant, but I've been avoiding calls from
a twenty-one year old boy tonight. I've been ignoring him
to be with you." Am I missing something? Was this meant to
somehow reassuring or complimentary? Where HAVE all the good
men gone? I need some gaurds, all my friends are too busy
with decent relationships to make sure I don't fall in the well.

Some pictures:

At The Demolition Depot in Harlem.
Four floors of the accumulated insides
of Manhattan Mansions Past.



Atop some two by fours rests an enormous oval miracle.



Rain outside the theatre, sideways. At night.

The Menu @ Julius NYC.


This man will get you drunk. Beware.



mon lit. il me manques.

je travaille...

I'm not going to type anything
for fear of jinxing myself.

But this could be huge.

Potentially life changing huge.

Between a rock & a hard place...

...have pen and paper handy.





Out of my present adversity a
new creative vein has opened.
Is it fueled by stress?
Perhaps uncertainty?
All I know is that something
opened up and I can suddenly
draw again in a way I think
is decent. It's not quite
polished yet, but if I can
keep it going I can get it there.






It also heralds the return of
giant sewing needles. Odd.

File under Nonsense.

10 years ago:
I was majoring in Costume Design, working during the summer at
the Santa Fe Opera as a costume crafts technician. Lots of shoe
repair and beading in the outdoor work spacewhile listening to
the singers and orchestra rehearse.

8 years ago:
I was living in Orlando, working as an assistant tailor, managing
God knows how to live on a stipend of 100$ a week. I met some of my
dearest friends there who now live minutes away here in NYC.

6 years ago:
I was back in school, continuing my study of Fine Arts, looking ahead
to eventual placement in a MFA painting program.

2 years ago:
I found myself in an MFA Theatre program in New Orleans studying Set
Design. I fell in love with the city, found a family of friends and
a whole new life track.

Five yummy things:
1. Roasted Brussels Sprouts
2. Peat Whisky
3. 99 cent Country Boules from Whole Foods
4. Porterhouses
5. Tea with Ribbon Cane syrup

Five songs I know by heart:
1. Ne Me Quitte Pas by Jacques Brel
2. Venus as a boy by Bjork
3. Sous le ciel de Paris by Juliette Greco
4. There is a Light by The Smiths
5. The Way You Look Tonight by Frank Sinatra

Five places I would like to escape to:
1. Paris
2. Santa Fe
3. Zanzibar
4. New Zealand
5. The Lower East Side

Five things I would never wear:
1. Anything with a Logo on prominent display
2. white socks
3. puffer vests
4. Denim jackets
5. Motorcycle boots

Five favorite TV shows:
1. Weeds
2. Pushing Dasies
3. Modern Family
4. True Blood
5. Absolutely Fabulous

Five things I enjoy doing:
1. Eating
2. Cooking
3. Dancing
4. Traveling
5. Reading

Five Favorite toys:
1. Prismacolour Drawing supplies
2. BFK papers
3. Photoshop
4. Band Saws
5. Paint

Five people who I am tagging to fill this out:
I'll leave it open ended.

A New Direction

A little inspiration from Sylvia Ji & Erin Kelsey
has possibly given birth to an odd little series.

Evenements Recents

One day,after buying a steel bar cart
at a flea market and wheeling it
20 blocks to another flea market
my dear friend Leah and I
waited 2 hours for a van cab
to appear. Specifically, an empty
van cab, unfilled with single
costumed people from Comicon.
While wrestling it into the back
of the van, the silvered glass
top toppled to the street, simultaneously
shattering and freaking out the driver
who demanded we remove oue cart and let
her get on her way to pick up
some solitary superman somewhere else.
This is where we decided to suck it up and
haul our dear meter high by meter wide
cart into the subway. During rush hour.
This is what my life has been like
for about two weeks.

I've also become aware that I'm on
a new diet that involves
walking 80 blocks a day and
eating one high calorie meal a day
with several cups of tea.

and now...Pictures.

The aforementioned bar cart.


The old Shake Shack in Madison Park.



Diet food.

Moet & Chandon with Moroccan street fare.


Very attractive gay nerd on N train.


The best Antique shop in Chelsea, Olde Good Things.



At MOMA,
the screaming installation.


Turntable goodness


The Cinderella Table



Got Pork Slapped at Rudy's


Opening night of Love Divided at Theatre Row.
Joel Gray attended wearing a red D-Squared Blazer and cargo pants.


A T-shirt illustration for the It Gets Better campaign.


Vintage Italian guns at Wallenberg rehersal


Glow Vigil for Gay Suicides at Washington Square Park.