island myths and mysteries...

unclad 2008 stanwood

2007-12-30T16:50:00.002-08:00

the deadline is coming up for gallery by the bay's unclad show.still tweeking this image.feeling pretty
satisfied with the composition and still exploring the texture and color interplay.i'll be interested to see this printed. possibly on canvas, definitely on a textured paper.

glastron run around camano island

2007-09-18T06:05:00.001-07:00

took the "nancy sinatra"[ my 1969 glastron v 143 jetflite] out for what may be the last run of the season and got the material for this photo illustration of one of my favorite houses on camano island. too late to enter it in the show gallery by the bay show in stanwood,washington this fall but i may tweek it for a card this christmas.still going back and forth about doing the camano art association mother's day studio tour next year, we'll see.......
looks like a photo of mine will be in a project house through
going green at the beach, the piece they are interested in is on my website titled "boathouse" it was taken at lake chautauqua last year and further manipulated through adobe photoshop.

are you in there?

2007-07-21T18:48:00.001-07:00

mother's day studio tour on camano island

2007-04-05T06:56:00.000-07:00

the posters and brochures are in for the camano art association's mother's day studio tour on camano island this may.and now time to toot my own horn... the cover image this year is one of my originals all composed with adobe's photoshop. the image is of the old eide farmhouse, now recently removed to be rebuilt somewhere in arlington, washington.while looking for houses before moving to camano
i became attached to the house by some strange connection, not quite sure what. i photographed the house over the last several years hoping it would be restored or turned into a community center or something. seems a shame that it is gone.i haven't been back to the site since it was removed.maybe this summer.
a good friend, rodney brandt, made a few archival injet prints for me that i will sell atmy home studio during the tour.one has been donated to the camano art association's scholarship fund headed by my friend patricia fey.

unclad to camano island studio tour

2007-03-18T20:33:00.000-07:00

unclad in stanwood is over and now the show moves to portland.getting ready for the camano island mother's day studio tour in may. got to get moving. i seem to be heading in to a sepia phase. the colors were getting away from me, might add a little as i go. "shrunken wings" a concept i carry with me from gino vannelli's "pauper in paradise" suite .wish i could find the lyrics.

healing

2007-02-06T06:32:00.000-08:00

took a nasty fall the 14th of january and landed up in providence hospital in everett, washington for 4 days.while the hospital is no resort/ spa , i was truly impressed with their level of professionalism and dignity. i have to wear a back brace for 6 months but i still am counting my blessings. it could have been a lot worse. during my 3 week "house arrest" i came up with this image "healing".
three of my pieces were accepted for UNCLAD in stanwood, washington put on by "gallery by the bay".
my giclee [archival inkjet] proofs for the image of mine that was chosen to be the poster for the camano island studio tour poster/ brochure coming up on mother's day came in yesterday and ,wow, they really came out great.gotta get some other images ready for the tour.

2006-12-02T21:14:00.000-08:00

i think this one is finished.dropped out and pulling back from the camano arts association.getting away to seattle last weekend made me realize that things here are so small and the rest of the worls is out there.gearing up for unclad and the camano island studio tour. on my terms.heading to 50 and stepping on the gas.

saint george

2006-11-04T10:12:00.000-08:00

while recovering from a small surgery, i had a chance to finish this image of saint george.first time i hit a gig on a file size.i think this saint thing is really working for me.i have three hanging in local galleries this week.one at the stanwood house and two history of the world gallery on camano island.i will be interested in hearing the critiques.the rest of the time i've been watching brini maxwell vidcasts and taking frequent naps.

san rafael guizar valencia

2006-10-15T16:20:00.000-07:00

i'm feeling a litany of saints coming on strong.maybe it comes from contemplating my mortality as i near my 50th birthday...at this point i am working on an image of saint george.the mother's day studio your is not that far away and i hope this year to be a little less rushed by trying to pace myself over the next several months.this image will be at the "honey, i shrunk the art "show at the history of the world gallery on the south end of camano island.there will be a big opening on november 4th and 5th for all the local galleries[gallery by the bay,stanwood house gallery, etc.]

lamb of god

2006-10-15T10:16:00.000-07:00

here's another iconic piece i did from component digital parts and a lot of painting in photoshop .it is currntly hanging in Stanwood House Gallery in Stanwood Washington in the camano arts association's member show called "off the wall". the title "lamb of god" speaks to me of the innocent slaughter of what is good. we see that too much these days on many levels. i may continue in this vein for the camano island mother's day studio tour. we'll see...

Edison Eye Invitational, "Making Peace"

2006-06-14T01:13:00.000-07:00

Letter to the Skagit Valley Herald, written by Dana Rust (owner of the Edison Eye Gallery)... to quote Dana: In the letter I speak of this country needing to 'make peace' rather than war. After consideration I thought: 'Is this possible? Who is going to do this?' and I thought that the only real humans who can start this process are the artists. Hence, this exhibit. Now I realize that this is quite schmaltzy, but we're going to do it anyway...

Dear Sirs,

Marty McNett, this is my response to you, as you requested in our argument at the Cafe the other day. There are three reasons for this war: George W. Bush (and his cadres') use of Empirical Power. Oil: which runs this Power. And perhaps the most diabolical: Vengenance.

Vengenance begets vengenance on both sides of an issue. Anger is created. Ultimately this anger fuels the terrorists. The whole world's psychology is affected.

If Bush (and his cadre) had not made the decision (based on the outright lie, WMD) some hundreds of thousands of people, killed or maimed by their decision (400,000, plus and counting) would likely be here today. The is not insignificant. These are people who have children like yours and mine. How would we feel? How would our families feel if they were affected by something like this? The United States, as far as I know, has never instigated war on another country. It's not in our persona. We are not Genghis Kahn! This is not the Crusades! It is nine hundred years later than the Crusades. It's not the same world. We need to thin globally. Instead of making war we need to be known for making peace.

Mr. Bush (and his cadres') record on how we a country treat this Earth that we live on and his record on how we treat the Poor, are equally as heinous as this despicable war. But that deserves other letters.

I think it is bad luck (since we are saddled with this Tyrant) that we don't have a smart one.

This said, Marty, I think you have to ask the questions: Who would Jesus bomb? Who would Mohammed bomb?

My guess is no one.

Dana Rust, Edison Eye Gallery

QNB

2005-12-31T12:41:00.000-08:00

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD A VOICE THAT INSPIRES YOU TO CREATE?

honey i shrunk the art.....

2005-11-14T11:47:00.000-08:00

yesterday i dropped off six new pieces to the "history of the world gallery" on the south end of camano island for saturday's opening of the 16th annual "honey i shrunk the art" show. karla matzke was busy getting the mailer done and greeting people as they got a peek of the show before it was hung.

i'll be at the opening party saturday, the openings are a hoot, great group of people and a jazz band to keep the mood going

this morning i got up early as usual and started working on this piece to be incorporated later in a vintage border.the afternoon will be spent matting small pieces for the camano artist's association studio tour.

dance of narcissus

2005-10-25T07:50:00.000-07:00

yesterday another artist [richard bulman] and i had a joint model shoot at his studio in bellingham.i had a chance to get off of camano island and hob knob with a fellow wizard.so great to get someone else's perspective and work in their environment.. the models provided by jim were very easy to work with and i came home with enough images to keep me busy for some time.up at 4:00 a.m. as usual i started working with images from yesterday's morning session. the result is this piece. "dance of narcissus" i still need to get that chautauqua feel, the feel that the chemicals are still developing.....

back to it

2005-10-17T08:01:00.000-07:00

yesterday i dropped off a piece for the edison eye gallery's next show "Tails...Tales..." opening october 22 5-10 p.m. 5800 cain ct. edison, washington 98232 360.766.6276. not to be missed, their last opening [my first] was a welcome relief from the usual.the piece i just entered was taken of the miller bell tower at the chautauqua institution on lake chautauqua in new york. it has been modified greatly to give a more 1930s romantic/ bed time story feel to it, reminds me of the art hung at my maternal grandparents lake house at point breeze beach on lake erie when i was a child.
another show coming up is the 16th annual "honey i shrunk the art" show at the "history of the world fine art" gallery 3311 south camano drive, camano island.opens the 19th of november [gala opening 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 through january 29. great holiday shopping.
i will have 6 pieces[ still narrowing it down] all miniature versions of my diverse works.psyched. should be a very strong[ as usual] show.

back to the organizational man

2005-10-11T07:02:00.000-07:00

the hardest part about creating art is staying organized enough that you don't waste precious time yet still not spending all your time organizing.
balance is the answer
yeah, right.
can great art emerge from balance?
i always believed that moderation bred mediocrity
the image of saint anthony is a bit of a long story.suffice it to say he is now my new fav. the patron saint of finding things lost is an artist's best friend

monday,monday

2005-10-10T05:59:00.000-07:00

spent yesterday cleaning up the studio and a few hours of drumming with friends.
projects whirl through my mind.
after a morning workout, time to honker down.
time to change the music.
time to change direction
having my computer crash last summer[and the boat sink] put things in perspective.

a halloween offering...

2005-10-03T15:54:00.000-07:00

summer softly left,
from utsalady bay

the wind's gentle rain,
drove the tourists away

we know of the danger ahead
but we stay

when the vampires return
to spread their decay

a hawks steadfast sentry
of the port susan sky

as triton patrol
the bay's passers-by

i aknowledge with strangers
dead in the eye

as the vampires return
for the winter is nye

a precedence of minion
'neath a duvet of fog

dredge a network sarcofagi
in the steamy slough bog

They then mark each gravesite
with fir driftwood logs

to accomodate cadaevors
who'll rot there like dogs

we head home at dusk
and stay 'til the dawn

they reign in the night
and they feast and they spawn

secure in our fortress
unless we invite

the one's who we fear
who bloodlust in the night

i stand in the dark
at the edge of my deck

and wish for a lover
to feast from my neck

my life now half over
i can't afford to ignore

so i seek out night's children
to supply me with more

then i think i hear something
and look toward the skies

a figure descending
with bloodthirsty eyes

fear overcomes me
i bolt for the door

and lock it behind me
to dream immortal no more

so i close fast the curtains
and i sneak off to bed

I keep grandma's rosary
close to my head

so heed me this warning
for at dusk they take flight

and no one survives
the vampire's bite.