When Marie and I first dated we house-sat a beautiful rescue king snake for a friend while they were on vacation. Marie herself was a human guardian to a rescue ball python at the time (named Sue) so she knew the ropes. My only experiences prior were a class field trip to Discovery Place in Charlotte, …
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Lately my son, Doc (The Wolfman) has been fascinated with obsolete technology. It’s not that he understands that it is obsolete, but it’s because they tend to be so mechanical. He is curious about opening and closing things. The ka-chunks, the clicks and the clanks. The whirring of spinning wheels and gears. I liken it …
Did you know that strawberry cake with cream cheese is my absolute favorite cake? I used to bake these all the time in college. Back then I remember telling a new friend that I loved baking cakes and they were humorously disappointed, laughing, when I busted out the Duncan Hines box from Kroger. Even though it …
Thank you everyone who tuned in last Wednesday over on Instagram for my first ever virtual live opening! It was an exciting evening where I chatted about the concept and process for each painting and the Confectionery Outcasts series as a whole. My amazing wife, Marie, acted as camera person as we walked around to …
A cluster of wires from yesteryear trailed and jumbled from hidden parts of the graffitied concrete structures and into rusted metal conduit. It was a common theme from the tour that stuck out like a rough in the diamond. It was a map that depicted every single route every human, animal, and vehicle had ever …
