A Painting for Zuzu

Here is a painting for my little friend Zuzu.  She is super cute and likes to giggle.  It is funny, I never thought I would be surrounded by so many babies. It has been kinda fun watching all the craziness surrounding my friends becoming parents. I really like doing the little paintings for each new baby.  It brings my normally dark mind out into the  light and to the world of the innocent.

 

Come and See: A Projector Performance

I just wanted to tell you all about an amazing film show coming up on this Sunday, February 21st.  My friend Kerry Laitala is part of a amazing show at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco.  Kerry is an award winning experimental film maker who's work will astound you. She does everything the old fashioned way, by hand, and is one of the most talented and dedicated artists I know.

On Sunday Kerry will be showing a piece called, "Legerdemain" which is the last film in her "Muse of Cinema" series.  She will be collaborating with artist Michael Proft who will be the shadow caster/puppet master for the evenings performance. I, too, will be on hand trying not to screw things up as the shadow casters assistant.

I've always loved the experience of watching Kerry's  films  and being transported back in time. I can imagine her being truly at home in the very beginnings of the film and photography world where the shadows danced and light bounced around a smoky magic screen. Her work is dark and eerie yet always lovely.  She also has an awesome sense of humor always seeks in somewhere during her shows.

I'm excited about a night squished together with Avant Garde fun.  The other filmmakers screening on Sunday night are Abject Leader(Sally Golding & Joel Stern) from Australia and Bruce McClure from Brooklyn, NY.

This event is Part 4 of a weekend long series called Apparent Motion from SF Cinematheque.

Come join us at:
Victoria Theatre
2961 16th Street (at Mission)
San Francisco, CA 94103

Show starts at 6pm.

Cinematheque members $5.00/non-members $15.00

See you there.

Happy Valentines Day!

I hope you spent it with someone you love. I did. Thank you, Damon, for a wonderful day!

A Little Mellow Darkness with Tom Waits

In my perfect world, I would walk down a tiny alley to a candle lit bar with my honey and listen to Tom Waits sing. I love every bit of his grumbling voice and the way his songs always transport me to this other world where everything is darker, richer and more pungent. Here he is in 1977 singing one of my favorites, "Waltzing Matilda"  AKA "Tom Traubert's Blues".  Enjoy!



Ok, I couldn't help it, I needed to add another one. Here is "Come on Up to the House" which is pretty uplifting and gives me goosebumps. The video by Andres Lovgren is pretty cool too.