Peter Lorre clock

I forgot to watch Arsenic and Old Lace over Halloween.

Fun with hand coloring:

I bought some old records a while back and found this one fun to color. I think I'll do a bunch of these but am not sure what the final product will be. A clock? Or maybe a functionless art piece for the wall.

Ship clock...

Golden Ladies

A couple of ladies that have yet to sell.

Soon to be in Texas...

Manhattan Holiday Market

Apologies due to lack of posting. Been a very busy couple of weeks due to preparations for the "Gifted" holiday market presented by Brooklyn Flea in Manhattan. It's happening now at Lafayette Av and 4th St and we'll be there Saturday and Sunday. Had a successful Friday and are close to selling out of clocks but after inhaling too much spray paint, gloss, and Coney Island beer tonight we'll be providing some new items for the last two market days. Only one shoplifter...a hipster who jacked a painted journal...but I find that to be halfway flattering.

Brooklyn Flea Blurb

There's a little blurb this weekend on my sister and I at brooklynflea.com. We'll be selling miscellaneous handmade items (clocks, flasks, magnets, maybe some journals and jewelry...) under the name "Welles & Graham" at the Sunday flea in DUMBO and will be out there a couple more weekends later this month if all goes well.

More from the wedding...

Seattle Wedding

Photographed a wedding for a couple of friends in Seattle recently. They made a very dapper pair. My first adventure to the West. I'll post more in a day or so.

Gray Seattle Morning

more Products...

1979 yearbook, old monster comic, dinner with cat, Stravinsky.

Alice in Wonderland

A summer at Marlboro completed...

Flasks, pt 2

Anyone want a flask? Above are Dvorak & Shostakovich flasks from a music related series as well as Wonder Woman and a scene from the Alligator People. There's a lot more where those came from - all hand colored, painted, and glossed.

Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2009

Coney lives!

At The Zoo

Marlboro feature in the New Yorker

There's a nice big article on the Marlboro Festival in the New Yorker this week by Alex Ross, who I've become a big fan of. I'll be up at the festival via bicycle in about 2 weeks. Yeeees!

Weekend in Texas, a preview.

Coming Soon: YANNI

I may have passed my deadline for a nice Yanni post for Quiet Color but I'll muster up something for this blog in the near future. Bigfoot shoot will be up later as well, I just think I need to get the rest of the images from the series finished before a proper post can be made. I've acquired a new studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn that I'm pretty enthusiastic about. Shoots will be happening. And items will be made for purchase.

Times Square

Times Square is a wonderland of imagery and cheap tourist entertainment. This is something that I often forget when looking at my digital camera sitting in the corner of my room. After the Yanni concert at Radio City Music Hall (an in depth posting accompanied by photographs is coming very soon) I aimlessly wandered the streets and found myself in the center of this ridiculous phenomenon of Manhattan. Lots of pictures were taken...this might have to be a two-parter.

ÓLÖF ARNALDS @ Union Hall

Saw a very charming Icelandic singer last week. The show was incredibly pleasant in all ways. A review/interview by Duffy and photos by me can be seen here. I highly recommend listening to the sound clip.

Last Night's Dream

Last night's dream went as follows:

My friends and I are in the apartment when there's a knock at the door. It's Barack Obama. He explains that he's trying to get more in touch with the people by stopping by houses at random and hanging out with whomever's inside. We all try to act nonchalant about this to make him feel more comfortable.
Obama goes into the kitchen and decides to show us a recipe he has for a tasty treat. He puts frosted wafer cookies in a pot over a heated stove and starts mixing them around. He tells us, "We need sprinkles." I frantically rummage through the cabinets and offer to go out and buy them from a nearby store but he says that isn't necessary even though he continues to stress the importance of the sprinkles. I do find some old sprinkle canisters on the top shelf but they rot and turn gray when I pour them into my hand to check for freshness.
Obama then tries to tell us something but his speech slows and slurs, I think he's having a stroke. Ends up he's just sleepy and goes to my room for bed. It's only 7:45pm but we all decide that it must be very tiring being President.

the End.

Dark Was The Night

A nice Chris Duffy illustration can be seen attached to the Dark Was The Night concert review for Quiet Color featuring Feist, Sharon Jones, and the great Mr. David Byrne.

Yanni concert = success. Pictures and review to be compiled in the next couple of days.

Burlesque: Lady Rizo @ Highline Ballroom

Photographed a burlesque show on Saturday with my sister and got a few rolls backstage. Never thought I'd shoot any more of that action again, but the show was pretty fantastic. Really good live music which I don't always associate with burlesque performances. More medium format to be uploaded as it's scanned.

And this isn't an X-Rated posting, those breasts are covered. That woman is also incredibly pregnant.

Kristen @ Coney

Halloween: Wolfman

Marlboro retrospective, part 1

I'm getting a little itchy feeling for my second stint at the Marlboro festival. Ahhhhh. Three more months to go. These pictures are a repeat, posted in a Facebook album a long time ago - but room organization has been accomplished so scanning will resume. In the process I found some rolls from the festival that were never developed. And there's a lot of medium format that needs to be scanned.

New things.

Due for an update. Forgot to post a link to the show I shot for Quiet Color which can be seen here. I put any additional shots up on flickr.

My Big Foot image was shot yesterday. I temporarily destroyed my living room and soiled my hands with dirt and moss in the process. Then I relaxed to The Sound of Music on the TV which was quite nice and very much needed. This was all after a large batch of chocolate chip pancakes with strawberries was prepared and consumed. My room is due for a deep session of organization before I go through the images and post something on here. That'll take place in a day or two. I think that will also lead to the scanning of many recent but neglected negatives.

Just got back from the premiere of Ashes of American Flags, the new Wilco concert/documentary film. They make me really, really happy. I found it difficult to not jiggle around in my seat.

Yanni photo pass granted.

Brooklyn bike ride

Took my new bike out for a spin on Saturday afternoon and discovered things around the corner from my neighborhood that I didn't even know were there. I love bike rides.