September through November 2024


Mark at his show at Various Artists, LES
Jason watching Mark’s piece
Mark, Matt, Rebecca
Our dear Rucky.
One of the greatest to ever do it.
Matt out on the scaffolding balcony
Matt and Pepi, my two favorite high school wrestlers- in front of the new Beverly’s
Edgar (looking very stylish in what Matt described as a Canadian Tuxedo), Jason, Matt at Jason’s show ‘Incidental Container’ at PWA
Owen!
Dinner at Neal’s
Out with Vinnie, West Village
Adam (left) working on a piece, and Michael, Industry City



  • When I got back autumn’s roll, I immediately made the decision to retire the dinky point and shoot I shot it with. A handful of the shots were infuriatingly out of  focus. Whatever I could salvage is here. Quality is trash. The memories are good though. This was the last hurrah of being out and about in the city before December would ring in my annual hiberation period. Matt and I squeezed in a couple of good openings- Mark (Fingerhut) and Jason’s (Isolini) most notably. Mark’s way of thinking and his way of making art with a computer is human, funny, romantic. Seeing his work is very much, “I laughed. I cried.” As for Jason, his work makes connections so seamlessly and cleverly. He is a machine that never stops moving.

  • By the fall I’d also realized that, on my end, painting was at a standstill for the foreseeable future. At the moment I just don’t have the space to paint nor the gumption, really. Retiring my junky camera, I knew the way forward was more photography and better photography. What I also deeply wanted was to dialogue with my work in restaurants and the people I’ve met working these jobs. Perhaps the first of what (I hope) will be a series is the portrait I took of Rucky on one of his last days at work. More to come. And with a new piece of hardware I’m very excited about.