The Chicago Project

Over the past few weeks I put up an exhibition of the work I have been doing over the past couple years at Bridgeport's Co-Prosperity Sphere. It was a big space and I put up a lot of work. I got great feedback and have left feeling pretty good about the show and those folks who made the trek to see it. Some of the work will now travel to the Hyde Park Art Center and the Southside Hub of Production.

Dave

Todd

The Railroad

These three woodcuts are the beginning of a series inspired by my relationship with an etching my father gave me while in College, The Omval by Rembrandt van Rijn. I loved it right away (it was the first thing I framed) and loved Rembrandt, but was incredibly intimidated. I mean you don't get any more old-mastery than him, and abundant and overwhelming skill is what I thought you got from the old masters. A few years ago, while researching for a Fullbright, I returned to Rembrandt and the rest of the Dutch Old Masters, and to The Omval after many years. My understanding of him now is more of a very smart BennyHill-character, hiding people having sex in the bushes, dogs pissing and elaborate boob jokes. He's hilarious. I love him.

Enlarge these. See what you find.

The Forest Bridge

The flood begins

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