Oh the Places You Will Go NOV - DEC 2017

Clearly Misunderstood was an Art show (Oct 7, 2011) at Ian Miller's "The Eye" in Des Moines, Iowa. I had two TV's playing in his shop windows that faced the public sidewalk. The premise is "What is Iowa became a state during the Iraqi war." It seems like the Mexican - American war was incorporated into Iowa county names. What would it look like if modern war was incorporated into county names? It must be noted I created this project as a Democrat and I am now a Republican. This is a great country.

Oliver Stone released the film W about President George Bush. I believe there was a 'Mashup Contest' of some sort. Here is my entry. Still need to find info on the contest.

October 2016

Photos of me and personal stuff

I like to look at my left hand for drawing practice.

A St. Louis radio station ran a "Pop Art for Pop Mart" contest for U2 tickets. I submitted several items in a see through poster holder. I won tickets and took my then girlfriend to the show. I threw away all of the art entries. I recreated two of the submissions at the bottom of the page. One was a drawing of Max Beckman's woodcut portrait. Maybe I thought they would think it was Bono. I also created a monkey to man thing from U2's own designers. Take a look at the videos of the show from Mexico. The opening is similar to a prize fighter entering the ring.

Vanity Fair publishes an author's theory that Van Gogh was shot instead of committing suicide. I respond. I received an email from Teio Meedendorp. I need to add my response and Teio's.

I drove to NYC the day after the attack, had vehicle trouble in Ohio, and drove back to Iowa. I took a bus out Thursday and arrived in NYC on Friday 9/14 to take photographs. After a short stay, I returned and began sending 364 photo post cards to random New Yorkers expressing Iowa's support for them. I received over 45 emails, cards, and letters in return. All photos with the I love NY motif were setup by me.