Angling Art in Print

“Night Heron”, Linocut, 2008

 

“Four Pheasant Tail More”, Linocut, 2007

 

“Heron”, Linocut, 2007

 

“Prince Nymph”, Hand Painted Linocut, 2008

Angling Art Revisited

“Batik Fly”, Watercolor Batik, 2009

 

“Four Count Rhythm”, Watercolor, 2007

 

“Spanish Fly Box”, Acrylic, 2005

 

“Streamer Sketch”, Watercolor, 2005

 

“Flybox”, Acrylic, 2005

 

“Room With a View”, Watercolor, 2008

 

“Trinity”, Watercolor, 2006

 

“Crappie”, Mixed Media, 1991

 

“Sunny”, Mixed Media, 1991

 

“Carol’s Ludington”, Watercolor, 2007

 

“Hendrico”, Pottery Decoration collaboration with James Freeman, 2008

 

 

 

 

AIT Process sketch 5

A.I.T. Process 2

Sketch 2

 

Sketch 3

 

Sketch 4

A.I.T. Process-1

Concerning the Art in Transit project, I thought I would keep a journal of my thoughts and ideas.  After reading the prospectus for the project I spent a few days researching hispanic figures in the civil rights movement.  The Flint Arts Council provided me a list.  Of all the people on the list I like Dr. Hector Perez Garcia the best.  First of all I was drawn to his name…not that his surname was Perez, but that his name is Hector Garcia.  It is also the name of one of my favorite uncles who past away this past year from cancer.  Both Dr. Garcia and my uncle lived in Corpus Christi, TX.  After reading about Dr. Garcia I was 100% certain about my decision to portray him in stained glass.  That’s because Dr. Garcia’s parents and many hispanic families I know, including my own, believed education to be the key to success in the United States.  

My first sketch before I met with Pat Deere was a representation of Felix Longoria, the Mexican-American soldier who was killed in the Philippines and later denied burial in Three Rivers, Texas because “the whites wouldnt like it”.  Dr. Garcia petitioned then Senator, Lyndon B. Johnson to redress the issue.  Johnson secured Longoria’s burial in the Arlington National Cemetary and became the first Mexican American to be buried there.  This sketch only represents about 1/7th of the window and has been revised since it was created last week.

Art in Transit

I’m pleased to announce that I have been selected by the Flint Arts Council to design a stained glass window for the MTA Transfer Station in Flint, MI.  I am collaborating with the talented stained glass artist Patricia Deere from Tecumseh, MI.

Here is a short blurb about the project….

“Our theme for the MTA Downtown Transfer Station is the Civil Rights Movement. It is the intention of MTA to name the facility after Rosa Parks, who in 1955 refused to give up her seat on the bus at Montgomery, Alabama. All works of art must interpret, in the style of each artist, some facet of the Civil Rights Movement.

Funding for this project is made possible by the United States Department of Transportation “Art in Transit” program.”

I have decided to depict the civil rights efforts of Dr. Hector Perez Garcia, who lived in Corpus Christi, TX.  There were many hispanics who were involved in the civil rights movement, but I chose Dr. Garcia in memory of my Uncle Hector Garcia who recently past away from cancer.  

Smoky Mountain Dreaming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I officially started dreaming of the Smoky Mountains today.  I started by rummaging through some photos from last year.  K took this one on top of Mt. LeConte.  Then, this afternoon I cross country skied the Hiker Trail at Hidden Lake Gardens and it was by far the BEST day of Winter so far.  It was 35 but it felt like 75.  There’s nothing like being in the woods on a warm winters day.  Another thing that reminded me of spring was that I heard a “cheeva, cheeva, cheeva” and a “Feee Beeee”.  You birders know what I’m talking about.  Birds stop singing in the winter.  Singing is used by birds in the spring and summer for breeding and marking territory.  But in the winter they stop singing and only use call notes.  BUT, today I heard the song of the Tufted Titmouse and the Black Capped Chickadee.  Apparently the warm weather was making them feel a little frisky too.