Recently….

So, this is the label for the Hog Wash wine that was made from one of my paintings, it was part of a lot auctioned off by the High Museum.

Pretty cool ain’t it?

This is the pig Linton Hopkins was cooking in the La Caja China roasting box. It was part of the High Lot as well.
















We saw this guy a few weeks ago, you can see the finished product roll Tuesday, 2/24/09, in beautiful downtown Mobile, Alabama.

Mr. Big Stuff

I don’t know much about the artist Julian Schnabel. I know he is a big guy, I know he does big art, I know he likes big old antiques, I know he likes to wear silk robes and I think he is into wine. I have seen magazine spreads on him and his habitats and dogs and bla bla bla.
Julian Schnabel

So I watched his film “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” today and as little as I know about Julian Schnabel it reminds me of what I do know about him. The film has his style all over it. It’s a big film in an understated way. It opens with visuals that are made from x-rays which sets the tone for the over all feel of the film. It is shot so that some scenes are just a single image. One shot of a wheel chair bound man, on a platform in the surf is beautifully done. There are many scenes that remind you who is shooting this movie.

It’s also a good movie, even if ya only watch and don’t dissect movies the way I do. It’s a story about a guy who had everything going for him and then had nothing but his left eye going for him. I like movies that tell one story and don’t run in a different direction with love triangles and other bull shit that can just ruin a movie and is usually irrelevant. It’s a singular, simple, easy to watch movie. So watch it.