by Gary | Apr 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Devil’s Blues.” This was one of many images I created to illustrate posters for the Osceola [Arkansas] Heritage Music Festival. All of those posters were among my efforts to find ways to animate a square composition, 1:1 aspect ratio. The point at...
by Gary | Apr 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Self-Portrait as the Head of John the Baptist.” I imagined myself not as John, but as an actor playing the role of the Baptist. Salome hovers over my face, a strand of her hair kissing my cheek like the bite of the serpent in the Garden. Half of...
by Gary | Apr 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Dr. Grissom was a heart surgeon. He was riding his Harley southbound on Rodney Parham Road in Little Rock when a driver turned left in his path. He was killed by the collision. This is the cover we developed for his novel that was never published. The story is based...
by Gary | Apr 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Dutchman,” 2019. I made this a couple years ago, never been printed. I’m interested in the idea of creating outdoor still life compositions. Notice how the gesture of the sprig in the jar echos the split trunk of the tree beyond. The berries and...
by Gary | Mar 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
Here is a print of my triptych “Nautilus” displayed in the New York home of one of my collectors. I won’t say who, that wouldn’t be right. I think they did a great job with the matting and framing, better than I did myself. Let me ask you, what...
by Gary | Mar 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
2003. Twenty years ago. Then Governor Mike Huckabee attends an exhibition at the Arkansas state capitol featuring a display of some of my music related designs. Clockwise from top left: T99 Blues, Red, White & Blues, Five & Dime Blues, Highway 61 Blues,...
