FALL EXHIBITIONS

 Books and collages are winging their way cross-country for several exhibits this fall:

Narragansett, an accordion-style book created from cardboard drink coasters, and Geometry, an altered book with "exploding" geometric forms, will be part of the "Art of the Book & Paper 2026" which runs October 5 - December 31, 2026, at the historic Central Library in downtown Rochester, NY.

"Geometry"

2026 altered book/book sculpture 9.5"h x 8"w x 2"d when closed

"Narragansett"

2025 4x4" accordion with 8 panels, opens to approx. 24"

The Book of Shadows, an artist's book, is on view in "The Book As Art v. 14: Ghosted," which runs September 11 - October 24, 2026, at the Decatur Library in Decatur, GA.

"The Book of Shadows"

2028 11.75"h x 9.25"w x .75"d, 22 pgs.

Making its way back east is also a collage piece I call "The Inauspicious Quilt," a quilt-like collage created from sewing pattern pieces, tissue paper, and rubber stamping.  It will appear in the 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition of the National Collage Society, October 28 - December 18, 2026, at the Kingsborough Art Museum, Kingsborough University, in Brooklyn, NY.

"The Inauspicious Quilt"

2026  28"h x 30"w

Oh...

 

I feel much better now.

The Scorpion Farmer

 I'm thinking about writing an allegorical story about the declining status of an unnamed superpower, which descends into tribalism, fascism and ignorance in a startlingly short period of time after the election of an anti-democratic, misogynistic sociopath to the highest office of the land.  It will be called "The Scorpion Farmer" and I'm visualizing the last chapter -- the cruel farmer lies writhing on the dusty ground, having finally been toppled by millions of the irate, stinging scorpions he has mistreated and misled over the years.  In a rippling wave of pain and death, they swarm the screaming, prostrate figure, extracting revenge for all of the destruction and death caused by the cruel, sociopathic farmer.  Final scene:  the farmer's old red hat lying battered and torn, the only thing now visible on the hard, rocky ground.

Or maybe not...

The War President

Narragansett

Instead of my usual snarky new year's poem, I'm starting this year with a gentle little book.  This is "Narragansett," an accordion-style artist's book I created from cardboard drink coasters, some left-over scraps of nautical maps, and document repair tape in late 2025.  (4x4," opens to 24"). This book is travelling to Kalamazoo, MI right now, to be part of the annual Illustrated Accordion exhibition at Kalamazoo Book Arts Center. 

I was thinking about the sea.

Salud, 2026

 New Year's Eve, the last day of a bitch of a year.

Good riddance 2025, you were painful in many ways,

evil and banality in high places,

greed and tribalism in abundance,

dear ones gone too soon.

Salud, 2026!

Please be kind.

Music Box

 A friend requested that I do something (no specified requirements!) on a large tintype.  He has collected a number of these from artist friends -- he supplies the tintype, with his only stipulation being that only the background can be worked on, not the central image.  I originally considered painting some wild, Rousseau-type "wallpaper" on my tintype, but no...this lady had a story to tell.  So we told it.

"Music Box" watercolor pencil, paint & collage on tintype, 2025