I’ve been thinking a lot about summer lately. Although it’s been a very mild winter I am still longing for the warmth and comfort of summer life in the country. This animation (along with the collage that it was made of) will be on display at the Armory Show at the piers in New York in the Wetterling Gallery booth.

This animation shows the construction of one of my new paintings. It will be featured in my show this month at Baldwin Gallery in Aspen Colorado opening over Thanksgiving weekend. There are at least 837 pieces of paper used to make this image. This painting is titled Isca and the Boys at the Stone Steps.

Caroline and Jorge are truly amazing people and musicians. I was lucky enough to work with them during the recording of my record Alibi Coast. It is amazing how much I learned from Jorge about music and production. He was made to make music and Caroline is his perfect match. Both are so natural as performers and have an incredible depth of understanding about how to make incredible music. I am so happy and grateful that they were kind enough to contribute to my record. 

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The vinyl version of my record “Alibi Coast” arrived at Rare Book Room Records yesterday. The record comes out on Tuesday July 20th, 2010.  The cover is a painting by my wife Isca Greenfield-Sanders, it is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.  Luckily I happened to be at the studio working on a B-side for a new single so I got to see it (and shoot it!) as soon as it arrived.  Here are some pictures.

I just finished another of my collage portraits. This one is of Chris Keating. Chris is the singer of the band Yeasayer. I have known him since he was a little kid. We grew up in the same neighborhood in Baltimore MD and we were on the local swim team together. Not in the same age group though. Anyway, Yeasayers new album Odd Blood is really amazing! You can check out some of there songs on myspace.

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This is a new animation of one of my collages. It is a painting of Isca and Hudson walking towards our studio upstate after a swim in the lake. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. xo