Conceived in 2019, INSIGHT, is my primary multi-part project. Read about, purchase or view one of its series below.
My Latest INSIGHT
“I have been making art seriously since 1970. Whether working in photography, painting, drawings or video, the efforts are always done as a series. Though I was diagnosed with Stargardt’s Disease in the late 1990s, this did not affect my methods for another twenty years. Then, slowly, betrayal. With increasing visual impairment, my approach to making art required change. ” (Read more @ blog)
INSIGHT 5: HOPE is the Fifth opus of my INSIGHT odyssey, a visual ballad documenting my search for the Golden Fleece. Currently a work in progress, preview rehearsals with the crew. A tabloid size book (cover left) includes paintings, digital sketchbook and a “playlist.”
September 2024 UPDATE: Finally, HOPE has arrived. TAKE A LOOK and/or PURCHASE.
INSIGHT 4: EXPRESS
• 11″ x 14″ Wire-O binding
• 60 pages • Purchase $25.68
My intention is not to replicate my sight but to impress upon you my experience. That is, my frustration and my vulnerability but also my joy for what I do have. INSIGHT is my search for expression.
“I have an idea. (There’s nothing better than a NEW idea. . . in my book.) Let’s tell a story. There are Children’s stories, Young Adult stories. . . I know, let’s tell a story about an old man. It can be a Coming of Old Age story.”
INSIGHT 3: LEMONADE is a limited edition tabloid. .
See a Flip Book version here. (Hmmm. seems to take a few seconds to load.)
INSIGHT 1 and 2 Perfect bound 8.5″ x 11″ softcover • Purchase $14.99 • In 2020 I began searching for ways to make images using methods not restricted by my progressive macular degeneration. You can read more about that here. My first efforts were prints; a combination of free verse and past paintings or photos. I bound them in a softcover volume. Three months later, I republished it with additional explorations. Below are examples.
UPDATE: In 2023, I revised this series (named William Blake-ish) with short videos.
NOTE: there is a prequel. For years, I had been drawing on the iPad (Flora 2011 $12.50), mostly of nature. About 2011, when I realized my degrading vision was affecting my ability to draw, I shifted from nature to self portraits. KBS 2012 ($15..20) is a collection of this period with comments about my diagnosis.
Q: Where is INSIGHT 1? A: It is folded within INSIGHT 2. Initially, I expected INSIGHT to keep expanding quarterly as I added more content. Then, with LEMONADE, I changed formats so I could share larger images. Then, I changed the format again. And again.