Books

I've been cooking up a new art project that will involve drawing a bunch of book covers, so am revisiting my previous efforts in that direction to see what there is to see about them. Here is one.

Adriana Villagran

I am quite taken with the recent work of Adriana Villagran. Perhaps you will be, too? One of the big things I think about when I think about abstract painting is: how do you make shapes that aren't shapes? My own amateurish attempts at this art form always end up falling into the circles and squares and triangles I learned in preschool (and then again in high school geometry) -- so it always strikes me as a great gift when artists are able to offer shapes that aren't the shapes we know; shapes our brains aren't expecting. Add to that an orange and chartreuse and pink color palette and you've sold me, every time.

Color Poem #110

oh child you are a marvel

an ocher and hot pink and orchid and cobalt and forest green

marvel facing the ocean

Still Giving Away

Not to harp on, but I'm just going to put it out there: you've got one more day to enter the How Time Is On Your Side giveaway!

Giveaway! How Time Is On Your Side

I'm giving away 3 free copies of How Time Is On Your Side pre-publication! Just pop over to my Instagram post to enter the raffle between now and Thursday. Woo!

Onion Rings

I drew this tub of Burger King onion rings several years back when I realized I had several significant memories, emotional moments, and important trains of thought all anchored to them in my mind. In fact I've also written an essay about the significance of onion rings, and I may well yet write another.

Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle at SFMOMA

I always enjoy the biannual SECA Award show at SFMOMA. In the museum's words "the award distinguishes Bay Area artists whose work, at the time of nomination, has not received substantial recognition from a major institution" -- so you always discover artists you had not known about before. Of the three or four or five artists honored, I usually find that there's one whose work I'm particularly drawn to. This year, for me, that's Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle. Take a look and I think you'll see why. Just, wow.