In late May and early June I produced a 40 x 27 inch drawing in black and white ink pen on paper I’d painted gray. The drawing is of Carrie, Johanna, and Ross standing on my platform and I’ve always called it “Sniffing Armpit” because Johanna kept urging Carrie to “sniff my armpit” and Carrie, […]

In January, 2014 my then studio assistant, Carrie Riehl, walked in one morning wearing shorts (in January?) and showing off her new 2nd hand red, white, and blue leather jacket and I said, “let’s go photograph you right now!” In May I generated sixty drawing layers of red, yellow, blue, black, and white squiggles intended to produce a drawing […]

After Mom died, Dad moved back to Kansas City from Aspen where he’d lived since the late 1970’s. He invited several of his old friends to join him at my studio and then lunch at the vegan restaurant across the street, Cafe Gratitude. Morton Sosland is one of those old friends and joined us at studio […]

Hal Wert teaches History at Kansas City Art Institute. Hal was Vice President of KCAI in 1988 when students there asked me to teach them karate and self defense. I made an appointment and met Hal (he was wearing a business suit and tie). I asked whether the school would allow me to teach and […]