HELP -- COMMENTS
I have tried to add the capability for visitors to add comments on my website. So far, no good. If somebody is in the mood for helping me, please contact me. (I do not know if it is possible.) I am using Adobe's Portfolio service, which is free to me because I use some of their software. I know I can use the <embed> HTML construct, which I am not familiar with.
NEWS-- 2 June 2025
After a several-month lull, I am writing again. Soon (perhaps this week), I will be submitting a new short story to literary journals, "The Aide to the Pope Should Have No Secrets." Let me know if you want to be a beta reader; I prefer that you're able to turn around comments within 1 week. (It shouldn't require line edits, just reading for content, holes, etc.)
The submission process is slow: search for journals, submit to their weird rules, wait for weeks or months, read rejections, repeat. Hopefully bingo sometime. I also am working on a novella that I had stuck in a drawer for awhile. It's good. No hints for now.
A friend of mine has been hosting a small workshop teaching 5 of us the Photogravure process. This is one of the oldest methods to print a photograph. It is a complicated process that, in the end, creates a photograph image using an etched plate and a printing press.
I am exhibiting in three art venues right now. I'm sort of overwhelmed by the number of opportunities that are available to me.
1. The 2nd Fridays series at the Santa Barbara Tennis Club is showing my "Water Glass." It is a sort of abstract photograph, printed on art paper. (In fact, it is a photogravure. See an image of it to the right.)
2. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Santa Barbara had an open call for the community and are hanging my "Electric Kool-Aid Joshua Tree #03" in their summer show, Arte del Pueblo. They did this last year, too, and it was a great community show.
3. Finally the Santa Barbara Visual Artists have a pop-up gallery in Paseo Nuevo. As their guest, they are exhibiting 3 of my works using manipulated X-ray images. One of my pieces is hanging in the window (see to the right).
1. The 2nd Fridays series at the Santa Barbara Tennis Club is showing my "Water Glass." It is a sort of abstract photograph, printed on art paper. (In fact, it is a photogravure. See an image of it to the right.)
2. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Santa Barbara had an open call for the community and are hanging my "Electric Kool-Aid Joshua Tree #03" in their summer show, Arte del Pueblo. They did this last year, too, and it was a great community show.
3. Finally the Santa Barbara Visual Artists have a pop-up gallery in Paseo Nuevo. As their guest, they are exhibiting 3 of my works using manipulated X-ray images. One of my pieces is hanging in the window (see to the right).
Water Glass (2025) -- 8x8" photogravure
