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Great opening today for ’s machine painting opening. Beautiful oils and exciting watercolor experiments. Andee had a fir...
12/13/2025

Great opening today for ’s machine painting opening. Beautiful oils and exciting watercolor experiments. Andee had a fireside chat with me and then talked with visitors via live video and it was very inspiring. His work will be up for another few weekends and it is selling so go see it while you can!

Had this neck ( #108) on the heaviest telecaster body and too heavy, never played it. Now look how pretty it is. I basi...
12/12/2025

Had this neck ( #108) on the heaviest telecaster body and too heavy, never played it. Now look how pretty it is. I basically put strings on it and zing, perfect. Light and pretty. Pups are stock and just ok, so between now and next time I change strings, will be on the lookout. Pickup recs welcome.

One of my favorite paintings in my collection by from 2002
12/07/2025

One of my favorite paintings in my collection by from 2002

Headed into the city for an artist lecture. Pretty sky at the Croton Harmon station
11/05/2025

Headed into the city for an artist lecture. Pretty sky at the Croton Harmon station

And this concludes this stage of the walnut ink creation season. Before I pack it into smaller jars I will filter it aga...
10/18/2025

And this concludes this stage of the walnut ink creation season. Before I pack it into smaller jars I will filter it again. Considering using the Spinzall to centrifuge it as well. Also… maybe I will try and create some rust and add iron sulphate to blacken it.

Great crowd at the opening of my Peekskill Change-Makers and Icons show at the Machine Arts Gallery. We had a short tal...
10/04/2025

Great crowd at the opening of my Peekskill Change-Makers and Icons show at the Machine Arts Gallery. We had a short talk by Peekskill historian . We were graced by the descendants of Hawley and Harriet Green who helped folks escape slavery by being a stop on the Underground Railroad in Peekskill. The goal of the art show was to feature inspiring local change-makers and icons from our local history that can inspire us to be brave today. The group of folks who showed up to the show were inspiring too! Photos by

Street photography in nyc is full of possibilities. Here to see panels about art foundations.
09/19/2025

Street photography in nyc is full of possibilities. Here to see panels about art foundations.

As a follow on to my portraits of artists who made their mark on Croton On Hudson (where I live), I’m starting a project...
09/15/2025

As a follow on to my portraits of artists who made their mark on Croton On Hudson (where I live), I’m starting a project to make portraits of folks who were change-makers and connected to Peekskill (where I work). Abraham Lincoln spoke at the Peekskill train station as he was stumping for election. I’m developing the technique I’m going to use for this series. I did a deep dive into the work of Leon Harmon who did pioneering work at bell labs around how decimated an image can be and still be recognizable. I decided my minimal threshold for decimation was that I want to be able to have it be as low resolution as possible and still see the kindness in the eyes. Tell me if you think it works.

This magazine is one of my favorite things we do. It is filled with artists that are doing cutting edge and inspiring ar...
08/20/2025

This magazine is one of my favorite things we do. It is filled with artists that are doing cutting edge and inspiring artwork. Live for sale on the website now! (Now with an option for print on demand to reduce shipping expenses internationally.)

The drawings I made of Croton Artists looking good at
08/07/2025

The drawings I made of Croton Artists looking good at

Getting all the artwork set up and framed for the show at this Friday at 7pm. These are all artists that have been conn...
07/29/2025

Getting all the artwork set up and framed for the show at this Friday at 7pm. These are all artists that have been connected to Croton On Hudson and their images are going up on banners around town and these drawings will be shown at the cafe this Friday at 7pm.

Stopped by the machine arts gallery to get set up for tonight’s class and just digging in on this work by Paul Cohen wh...
07/29/2025

Stopped by the machine arts gallery to get set up for tonight’s class and just digging in on this work by Paul Cohen which is very delightful.

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