Diving For Jack's Lagan

Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;

Those are pearls that were his eyes:

Nothing of him that doth fade,

But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.

Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.

Hark! now I hear them—Ding-dong, bell.

Charles Dickens's Two Hundredth Birthday

If you know me at all well then you know that I adore the novels of Charles Dickens. I've read all but one of them; and that one's the last one and it's unfinished. I like some more than others, but the only one I think is mostly bad is A Tale Of Two Cities. My present favorite is The Old Curiosity Shop; and the selection of illustrations that follow here are from those that appeared in its first edition. Crude as they are, these pictures were clearly approved by the author and, as they are presented in their proper order, should convey some sense of the spirit of the thing. This, of course, is all done by way of homage to the great man on his two hundredth bithday.

In Situ

It seemed the proper time for me to show some photographs of a few of my old paintings and a photograph in the collection of my friend, Max Schumann. At some point in the future I must photograph a bunch of his work to show here; but first I will need to get his permission. (It is appropriate that I should make this post today because Max has taken down our show at Max Fish today very much on his own, and I am sorry that is the case.) I like these works and will show some more of my old stuff very soon; but for now it is enough to show these ones pretty much as they are now (as opposed to how they appeared when they were first made.)

The Flower Show

These are paintings by Max Schumann and me that are still pinned and stuck to the walls of Max Fish for at least the next few days or so. They've been up there for the last month; so you might want to see them before they're gone, because they look a whole lot better on site than they do on this blog post; and please read the texts, as they are essential elements within the works.