A Wooden Block

A Wooden Block. A blank canvas. An ideal starting place for my Kindergarten series.


Think alphabet blocks.

Call it a reality-based alphabet block.

Telling a story with no words...

The Gas Station Table
Bench Beneath a Tree
The Beach and the Sea
Rain on the Roof
101 Blues
The Gnarly Tree

The Gas Station Table

The Gas Station Table. Nothing better than a 24-hour gas station with an outdoor patio. And coffee.

Bench Beneath a Tree

Bench Beneath a Tree. I had to drag the other bench over about three feet to get the right view. Which is when I realized that I had forgotten my pencil. Which is when I dragged the bench back to its' original spot, walked back to the car, found my pencil, walked back to the two benches, and dragged the other bench over about three feet. Again.

The Beach and the Sea

The Beach and the Sea. No greater textural contrast than a rolling ocean meeting some salty sand.

Rain on the Roof

Rain on the Roof. Interstate 95 Southbound to Petersburg. August 2008. I like watching the droplets of rain move like organisms up the glass.

A random street in London. You can tell it's raining because I'm holding an umbrella. September 2008.

Just a few minutes later and I'm still walking in the rain. But you can't tell because the droplets were almost not big enough to be considered particles so I thought that I was sliding through a continuous mist.

Back to the Fan, Richmond, Virginia. August 2008 again. Vertical lines left trails in the night before landing light and liquid in my eyes. Then, there were puddles. And the droplets were discrete entities and I wanted to catch them all.

101 Blues

101 Blues. Fabric. Pencil. Pen. Ink. Marker. Paint. Plastic. Chewing Gum. A rainbow of blue.

The Gnarly Tree

The Gnarly Tree. Notice the approach.

An alley in Richmond, Virginia. One sunny day in August.
This tree eats things. One of its' trunks is hollow to the bottom.
But, at least this particular gnarly tree is nice enough to return objects once it's done devouring them.