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The Rider Song
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January 20, 2013

I don’t know how I’ve gone so long not realizing that two of my favorite contemporary musicians Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have collaborated on many musical soundtracks. I at once dived into them all and was not disappointed. This song off the soundtrack to the move The Proposition is so amazingly sublime. read more
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Columbo Girl
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September 26th, 2007

Lately I’ve gotten really into the seventies television show Columbo. About a brilliant detective who pretends to be inept in order to trap criminals into exposing their crime. The show is awesome. read more
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Prime Character Paintings
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December 4, 2012

I‘m honored to have a few of my character paintings in 3D Total’s new art book set “Prime”. read more
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Art Tests
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October 12, 2012

I‘ve been in talks with a number of different game companies over the last three months about positions ranging from art director, 3D environment artist, concept artist, texture artist etc. read more
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Recent Paintings
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October 18, 2012

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Maurice Sendak RIP
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June 19, 2012

Maurice Sendak RIP
“Oh please don’t go-
we’ll eat you up-we love you so!”
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No Talking Tuesday # 235
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March 27, 2012

This Tuesday found me back in Kyoto staying in a youth hostel. read more
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No Talking Tuesday # 234
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March 20, 2012

Greetings from Japan! This Tuesday found me traveling from Kyoto to Nagano with my Friend Kazz to stay with his parents in his family home. read more
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Japan!
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March 14, 2012

After seven years of meaning to visit Japan, I’m finally doing it! read more
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Six Month Stickies # 8
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January 16, 2012

As usual the tracks of music that got stuck in my head in the last six months, in order.
* Click image to download a ZIP of the compilation: read more
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Six Month Stickies # 11
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march 01, 2013

As usual the tracks of music that got stuck in my head in the last six months, in order.
* Click image to download a ZIP of the compilation: read more
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Little Pieces
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November 02, 2012

Little Pieces read more
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No Talking Tuesday # 233
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March 13, 2012

This Tuesday found me back in the screening room at work for another movie night. This time we watched The Mill and the Cross, and Chimes at Midnight. read more
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No Talking Tuesday # 227
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January 31, 2012

This Tuesday found me back in the screening room at work watching the Criterion blu-ray of White Material. read more
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No Talking Tuesday # 225
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January 17, 2012

This Tuesday found me back in the screening room at work watching the blue-ray edition of Jacky Brown. read more
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No Talking Tuesday # 230
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February 21, 2012

This Tuesday found me back in the screening room at work watching Alan Parker’s Midnight Express. read more
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Gay Pickup
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January 03, 2012

A few months ago, while on lunch break, I was walking to a small park to eat lunch. read more
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No Talking Tuesday Year End Wrap Up End of Year Four
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November 15, 2011

Impressions of year four:
The fourth year of my no talking Tuesdays has come and gone with little to say for itself. Continuing the trends of year three, I hardly ever write to communicate, and have become further entrenched in my comfort with staying silent and observing. read more
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Sketches
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May 05, 2011

Iwant to keep my skills sharp in the mediums I have a bad habit of neglecting. So here are a handful of sketches done with video, sculpture, writing, music etc. It’s fun to shake things up every now and again. read more
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No Talking Tuesday # 218
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December 12, 2011

This Tuesday found me at yet another movie night at work. This time with a double feature by two foreign directors. The first was the Iranian film Close-Up (نمای نزدیک), by director Abbas Kiarostami. The second was Yi Yi (二) by Taiwanese director Edward Yang. read more