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Boonville and Kevin Sisemore

Copyright Kevin Sisemore

Last week I received an email from Kevin Sisemore about my Boonville project. Turns out Kevin used to hang out in Boonville, MO as a child. This is the second random Boonville, MO connection I have made in the last month. Also, a few months back I received an email from a German reporter living near Boonville, CA (you can write from anywhere these days).

Kevin Sisemore is a photographer living in NY. The above image is from his Zoo project. From reading his blog he seems to be quite an ambitious photographer.

- A few years ago I started a project entitled “Parks and Recreation.” The idea came to me after reading an article about New York Cities 1700 parks. Every week I set out for a new park. -

Copyright Kevin Sisemore, Randall's Island

See his great hunting series here and be sure to check out the rest of his blog: Site Under Construction.

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Artist of the week - Jason Covert

Jason Covert drawing Laura, Catskills, Nov. 2006

Jason and I both moved to NY in the year 2000 and met shortly after in early 2001. We bonded over hating a certain photographer we both worked for - J was a studio manager and I was a freelance assistant. Jason and I have been close ever since. He has been a very important influence on my own art work - he was the original character featured in the "Boonville Project."

About 4 years ago J and I started an annual photo excursion. Last year we rented a cottage in Woodstock and Jason shot his Fairy Tale Series, one of my favorites.

The above image is a portrait I took of Jason just this past weekend while in the catskills.

The drawing Jason is finishing up in the above portrait is part of an exercise he has been working on. The rules are that he cannot look down at the paper nor can he lift his pen or stop his hand movement until the drawing is finished. For almost two weeks now Jason and I have been sending Postcards with drawings on them to each other. I am sending really crude drawings and old 4x5 polaroids with sketches and text on the back. Jason is sending old postcards with drawings created in the way I just explained. I am really into these drawings and I hope he keeps it up - see some of them below.

Postcard, Woman, 2006

Postcard, May I Ask A Question, 2006

Postcard, Frank, 2006

View more of Jason's work on his site and be sure to check out his blog Clogvert. . And here is a picture of Jason in their kitchen just before he made us a killer burger

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Halloween in the Terrace...

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Edward draws me a picture...

On Wednesday I posted about Edward Jinn, a homeless artist living on Manhattans upper east side. I met with him again last Friday. Because I was running late for a meeting we only spoke for a few minutes but before I left I gave Edward the PBJ I had promised him along with a mini snickers bar. He then drew me this picture.

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Artist of the week - David Opdyke

A few years ago I added myself to almost every mailing list in NY. This morning I received my first email from Bravin Lee Programs. This new gallery is located in Chelsea on 26th street. Their upcoming show will feature the work of David Opdyke.

All of David's work is extremely political, but their is an initial beauty found in his drawings and sculptures that allows you see the art before you suddenly see his frustration. He blends them both very well. See his drawing 'An Outing' below and then look close to find his frustrations in the detail image. Below that is 'Achievements'.