Xmas in Waterloo

Mark trims the Xmas Superhero Silver Tinsel Tannenbaum.

Thor is, of course, an absolute angel.

Cute Mugging

Wow, are they super cute, or what?

Matt & Kimber in NY, November 2015.

The Art I Saw in Buffalo, NY 2015

A tiny Georges Seurat Study for La Grande Jatte from 1884-5. At the beautiful Albright-Knox Gallery.

Vassily Kandinsky's Fragment 2 for Composition VII, 1913. Also at the Albright-Knox.

Jim Hodges' Look and See, 2004. In the courtyard of the Albright-Knox, it reflects off of, and provides vistas through to, the original museum structure.

Jaume Plensa's Laura, 2012. Albright-Knox.

Star Gazer by Charles Cary Rumsey from the turn of the last century. Found at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. Like Laura it's made of luminescent, glistening marble.

The Trickster by Bill Stewart, terra cotta, glaze, and mixed media, 2013. Part of the "Art in Craft Media 2015" exhibition at the Burchfield Penney Art Center.

An untitled porcelain sculpture by Erin Furimsky, which is also part of the "Art in Craft Media 2015" exhibition at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. Erin will participate in a UNI Gallery of Art exhibition titled "Women's Work: An Insight into Nature, Beauty and the Domestic Object" during January and February of 2016.

Horizontal (Vaakasuora), a six-channel video installation from 2011 by Finnish artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila. The artist's retrospective exhibition "Ecologies of Drama" at the Albright-Knox is an amazing immersive experience.

Thanksgiving in NY, 2015

Kimber, Matt, and me at Thanksgiving dinner.

Our Thanksgiving table courtesy of the lovely Anello family of Newark, New York (near the famed Erie Canal). Kimber's mom Donna is seated closest to the camera, Matt and Kimber are seated to the right, and Julia Hope-Anello wearing a flower looks on. I had a wonderful time!

At the Hargreaves Exhibition, Hearst Center for the Arts

Speaking with Jeff Hargreaves at the Hargreaves brothers exhibition, Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, IA, Nov. 2015. Photo by the lovely Emily Drennan. A gorgeous show featuring Jeff's and Greg's work side-by-side. Jeff is a realist in the tradition of 19th century academic still lifes and Greg is an abstract realist in the style of mid-twentieth century illustrative landscape. See the Courier story.

Incredible Art at the UNI Gallery, Fall 2015

 Elissa Cox Wenthe and John Siblik: Gather the Folds of This Veil and Scatter Them

  Elissa Cox Wenthe and John Siblik: Gather the Folds of This Veil and Scatter Them

 Sarah Krepp: BLOW-OUT II and Garry Noland: Unorganized Territory

 Sarah Krepp: BLOW-OUT II and Garry Noland: Unorganized Territory

The brochure contains an essay by art curator and author Lynne Warren of Chicago.

 Department of Art Faculty Exhibition 2015

Foreground: JoAnn Schnabel, Background: Angela Waseskuk

Roman-roamin', a UNI Permanent Art Collection exhibition co-curated by Dr. Charles M. Adelman and featuring ancient Roman glass on loan from UNI Museum.

Meeting Mikey Renker

Here we are in San Antonio, TX in the summer of 2015. Mark is holding 3 month old Mikey. That's mom, Sophie, below and dad, Ross, to the left. First grandbaby!

Pride (not 2015 unfortunately)

A little Pride (Iowa City) from 2014 since I will be missing a Pride event this year. I don't seem to be in the right place at the right time in 2015. Me, Mark, and Sammy.

Irish Fest 2015

Me and the lovely Bev McCusker at the 2014 Irish Fest in Waterloo, IA. At the 2015 festival wonderful bands played (Screaming Orphans, Gaelic Storm, etc.), friends were made, and kilts were inspected Well, not really, but that's fun thought.

More pics from New York 2014

Cosplay at New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2014.

"Sexy Finn" from Adventure Time. This is handsome artist Aedan C. Roberts of Brooklyn, NY. He was being mobbed by adoring fans when I snapped this phone photo.

Two Fionas flanking a Marceline - another Adventure Time reference.

My first visit! Matt & Kimber are seen debating the menu. I think Matt had a two-scoop "Bea Arthur."

My first full day in the Bowery finds me with a massive Belgian at the Waffles & Dinges Restaurant. For me, this meal was an homage to my boyhood visit to the 1964 New York World's Fair where I believe this dish was first served to Americans.

Selfie!

Me, Matt, and Kimber at NYC Comic Con 2014.

Jeremy Endsley and me, Nashville Pride 2014.

 

Mark and me, Iowa City Pride 2014.

Americans for the Arts Conference, Nashville, summer 2014.