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Star for a Red Bird

Star for a Red Bird

Last year I made a number of ‘Star’ pieces. They were the coda to a body of work I’d made about the great Indian warrior Crazy Horse. Id always ...
Art Hobo Alphabet
The Spider Songs

The Spider Songs

I stopped making etchings about eight years ago.  I’d made a suite called the Autumn Etchings, and at the time I thought that was about as good ...
Art Chicago Etching Japan
The Winter Tiger

The Winter Tiger

In the past couple of months I’ve designed a couple of signs.  It’s kind of a natural fit because my work has a strong graphic component.  In bo...
Art Billboard Moth Signs
The December Moth

The December Moth

I found this moth in a book.  Startlingly and chillingly white, like the Angel of Death or the Eucharist of Winter, these elegant ladies seem to...
Art Firecat Gallery Instanbul Moth
The Messenger

The Messenger

Istanbul has stayed with me a bit.  Upon landing at O’hare we were told about the suicide bomber that detonated a bomb in Taksim Square, 150 fee...
Art Culture Instanbul Islam Muslim Taksim Square Turkey
The Apollo Moth

The Apollo Moth

“We die of cold, and not of darkness.“–Unamuno Hey– The first frost is hell on moths.  On window sills they lay, powdery and seized up, each a m...
Art Election Moth Politics
The Devil’s Moth

The Devil’s Moth

I recently gave up my studio. I’ve been there, on North Damen, for 17 years.  I decided after watching some artists that I admire getting stuck...
Art Firecat Hobo Studio
The November Moth

The November Moth

“Every Angel is terrible. . .” –RilkeThe Duino Elegies As a kid, I’d watch moths dance around the streetlights and wonder if they were angels. ...
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Broadway Beast

Broadway Beast

Few memories evoke as much giddy joy for me as Halloween.  For myself and the  collection of miscreants, juvenile delinquents and future felon...
Art Halloween
Cannery Row

Cannery Row

“Cannery Row in Monterrey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.” John St...
Art Hobo
The Black Moth

The Black Moth

I have to laugh when I hear the code words the Tea Party braintrust bandies about.  “Loud Tribesman” was Newt  Gingrich’s latest euphemism for t...
Art Racism Studs Terkel Tea Party
The Archer

The Archer

I have so much fun making the White Canary Samurai Chicks that I may make my own little army of them.  They are kind of based on the teenage gir...
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