LUNES DE PASCUA, EL TRECE DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
EASTER MONDAY, GUY IN A COFFIN (WORK IN PROGRESS)

SÁBADO, EL ONCE DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE POSTS ARE A COUPLE OF DAYS IN
ADVANCE AS I'LL BE AWAY FROM MY COMPUTER UNTIL SUNDAY*

VIERNES, EL DIEZ DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
PART ONE OF MY ENTRY IN SEEN THIS CENTURY BY WARWICK BROWN

JUEVES, EL NUEVE DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
PART TWO OF MY ENTRY IN SEEN THIS CENTURY BY WARWICK BROWN

MIÉRCOLES, EL OCHO DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
REFLECTION OF....PART OF MY RECESSION TIME-PIECE, A 3-D FOLD-OUT BOX.

MARTES, EL SIETE DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL!

LUNES, EL SEIS DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
THE NEW WARWICK BROWN BOOK 'SEEN THIS CENTURY' ARRIVED IN THE POST THIS WEEKEND
IT'S A GREAT SIZE, GOOD PICKS AND AN INTERESTING READ

DOMINGO, EL CINCO DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS OF TWEAKING, MY EX-VOTO SUBSITE IS READY TO VIEW.
ABOUT 150 EX-VOTOS ARE COMPILED CHRONOLOGICALLY, STARTING AT NOVEMBER 2006.

FRIDAY, 3RD APRIL 09
I FEEL AS I'M HAVING ANOTHER BOUT OF WHATEVER IT WAS THAT I HAD IN LAS VEGAS LATE MAY LAST YEAR AFTER THE MID-WEST LEG OF OUR USA TRIP...TOTALLY RINSED

"It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory."
The Crack-Up, F. Scott Fitzgerald.
*FROM AN ARTICLE ABOUT FACEBOOK BY MATT LABASH AT THE WEEKLY STANDARD

2/4/09 STILL THINKING ABOUT SAN MARCO, FLORENCE
(THE ANTI-CHAMBER ROOM FRESCO BY FRA ANGELICO AND GOZZOLI)

WEDNESDAY, 1ST OF APRIL, 2009
A PHOTO OF JAMES ROBINSON AND I SITTING ON BUCKETS AT HIS OPEN STUDIO AT THE START OF MARCH.
TOMORROW NIGHT, JAMES' TYLEE COTTAGE RESIDENCY EXHIBITION 'THE LIGHT' OFFICIALLY OPENS AT THE SARJEANT GALLERY, WANGANUI. HE ALSO HAS AN EXHIBITION ON AT MARK HUTCHINS GALLERY IN WELLINGTON.
(PHOTO BY JK RUSS)

THE LAST DAY OF MARCH, 2009
A MOVING EX-VOTO ABOUT SHIFTING.
THIS ONE WAS PAINTED JUST AFTER WE MOVED OUT OF TYLEE COTTAGE, WHANGANUI.
I'M OVER SHIFTING, HAVING MOVED THIRTEEN TIMES MYSELF, PLUS ALL THE TIMES I'VE HELPED OTHER PEOPLE SHIFT.

LUNES EL TREINTA DE MARZO DOS MIL NUEVE
NOT MUCH STUDIO ACTION AS WE HAVE JUST SHIFTED

SUNDAY THE 28TH OF MARCH, 2009
A YEAR AGO TODAY (28-3-08), STUDIO EPHEMERA, CNR DREWS AVE & RUTLAND ST.

...ONE IDEA THAT DID MAKE IT, BUT...
SMELL MY FINGER
2005
PENCIL ON PAPER, MOUNTED IN BLACK VELVET
415mm x 310mm (INCL. FRAME)
PRIVATE COLLECTION, WELLINGTON
(P.S. THIS POST IS FOR FRIDAY, 27TH OF MARCH)

THURS, 26TH OF MARCH, 09
A COMPOSITION ARRANGED ON PHOTOSHOP FOR A DRAWING OF DARWIN, KUBRICK AND A MONKEY SMELLING ITS FINGER, NEVER COMPLETED.
2004
COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGE

WED, 25TH OF MARCH, 09
NEW STUDIO LAYOUT

HOY ES LUNES EL VEINTICUATRO DE MARZO DOS MIL NUEVE
PHOTOGRAPHING TWO DOGS (LUNA ON LEFT, MARCO ON RIGHT) IN LAS VEGAS, APRIL 2008
AND AN EX VOTO OF LUNA BARKING AT BIRDS ON THE TELEPHONE LINES
DATED THE 25TH OF APRIL, 2008. (PRIVATE COLLECTION, LAS VEGAS, USA)

MONDAY THE 23RD OF MARCH, 2009
MY ONE AND ONLY SQUARE FORMAT PAINTING:
THE ORIGIN OF WAR
2006 (SEPTEMBER)
OIL ON CANVAS
400mm x 400mm
THIS PAINTING WAS PART OF 'THE ART EVENT' AT THE CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THIS PAINTING IS.

SUNDAY THE 22ND OF MARCH, 2009
RAW MATERIAL SUNDAY:
LEFT: A WEED BESIDE THE KEMP MONUMENT, PAKAITORE (MOUTOA GARDENS, WHANGANUI)
RIGHT: THE SAME WEED, PAINTED, ON TOMB PAINTING

SAT, 21ST MARCH, 09
BUSY, (BELOW: WITTGENSTEIN LOBOTOMISED)
*ALSO ON THIS WEEKEND IN WANGANUI, ARTISTS OPEN STUDIOS*

BACKTRACKING III: 16TH OF MARCH, 2009
SPANISH COLONIAL VERONICA'S VEIL
COMPLETED MARCH, 2009
GRAPHITE ON PAPER SUSPENDED WITH COTTON, MOUNTED ON BLACK VELVET
IRREGULAR DIMENSIONS, FRAME SIZE: 300mm x 240mm

BACKTRACKING II: 14TH OF MARCH, 2009
FIRST STAGE COMPLETE:
BUILDING OF DISMEMBERED ARM AND DODO STANDING ON A BOOK CONFRONTED BY ITS OWN MORTALITY HEIGHTENED BY ITS ISOLATION.
THIS WORK IS NOW THOROUGHLY DRY WITH MINOR CRACKING AROUND THE
WRIST OF THE ARM. IT IS TO BE GLAZED BY MIKE MARSH, THEN FIRED.

FRIDAY THE 20TH OF MARCH, 2009
FIRST STAGE COMPLETE:
BUILDING OF WIGGARINO ON SOAPBOX HOLDING
HANDS WITH A GORILLA ON A PILE OF FILTHY LUCRE.
IT NOW HAS TO THOROUGHLY DRY WITHOUT SLUMPING OR CRACKING,
THEN IT WILL BE GLAZED BY PAUL RAYNER, THEN FIRED (AM HOPING
THERE BE NO AIR POCKETS IN THE CURSED OBJECT)

BACKTRACKING: 12TH OF MARCH, 2009
MIND GAMES: SURREALISM IN AOTEAROA ARTIST'S CATALOGUE ENTRY AND TEXT

THURSDAY THE 19TH OF MARCH, 2009
BACK ONLINE

TUESDAY THE TENTH OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND AND NINE.
COMPUTER HAS KAPUT STOP
SO NO POSTS FOR A WEEK STOP
POSSIBLY LONGER STOP
WILL CATCH UP ONCE COMPUTER IS REPAIRED STOP
POSTS WILL BE BACK-DATED STOP
(FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE) (STOP)
M.C.

9-3-09 WORK IN PROGRESS
THE NZ CLASSICAL (AFTER DE CHIRICO)
CLAY
APPROX, 300mm HIGH

8TH OF MARCH, 2009
ONE YEAR.

EL SEIS DE MARZO, DOS MIL NUEVE (VIERNES)
ONE OF MY FAVS
[CRUCIFIX WITH LOW RELIEF CARVING, PYROGRAPHY, PAUA INLAY, BRASS SPHERES AND STAIN ON VARIOUS TYPES OF WOOD]
APPROX 480MM HIGH
¡CALIDAD!

THE 4TH OF MARCH, 2009
TOP: CROSS THAT PLACE OFF THE LIST (MADRID)
30TH OF JULY, 2008
OIL ON WOOD
220mm x 100mm x 35mm

BELOW: FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES
EL AQUELARRE
1797-1798
OIL ON CANVAS
430mm x 300mm
FUNDACIÓN LÁZARO GALDIANO

TUESDAY THE 3RD OF MARCH, 2009
CONT.:.
ART OPENINGS, 2008, OIL ON CANVAS, 1490mm x 860mm

MONDAY THE 2ND OF MARCH, 2009
THEME:
MARKET FORCES: THE ORPHANAGE OF THE INNOCENTS AUCTION
2006, OIL ON LINEN, 1854mm x 805mm. WALLACE COLLECTION.

FIRST O' THE MONTH CRUCIFIX
(THE 1ST OF MARCH, 2009)

BLOG OF THE MONTH:
MEMO CUBE

SATURDAY THE 28TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
SPECIAL SOURCES
LEFT: CARVED IVORY MOMENTO MORI, GERMAN, CIRCA 1600, METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NYC.
RIGHT: TRAVELLING MAY INDUCE CALCIUM DEFICIENCY, 2008, OIL ON CANVAS, 1000mm x 800mm.

FRIDAY THE 27TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
PHASE TWO COMPLETE FOR JULY. 33.

26TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
EURO-HOOD_REDUX (AUG 08)
NO.1: Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo (opp. end of the Piero D.F. cycle in the Bacci Chapel)
NO.2: Arezzo, again, this time in the Cathedral of Santi Pietro
NO.3: Santa Croce, Florence. Possibly one of one of the great posthumous tombs
NO4: Ben Shahn's Burial Society (1944) in the Vatican's 'contemporary art' section, Vatican City
NO.5: Philip Guston's Untitled (c.1970) Sotheby's, Rome

25TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
!NEW WORK ALERT!
(CLOCKWISE FROM TOP, LEFT):
MANUEL OCAMPO, NORMAN DUBROW, MARK E. SMITH, FRIDA KAHLO.
ALL PENCIL ON PAPER, 140mm x 205mm
(cousins of the Whiteworld family)

24TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
SELF PORTRAIT WITH TUNIC OF
SAN FRANCESCO DE ASSISI,
SANTA CROCE, FIRENZE
AUGUST 2008

ANDREW ROSS = TYLEE COTTAGE
WELCOME ANDREW!
(LEFT: A. R. BEDROOM, WILLIS ST, 19 NOV 2001,
BLACK AND WHITE 10" x 8" PHOTOGRAPH,
COUPER RUSS COUPER COLLECTION, ACQUIRED 2002)

22.2.09
REM. REMINISCING
TYLEE COTTAGE: 21 YEARS
SARJEANT GALLERY
MAY - JUNE 2007

(left to right): Aphtae Epizooticae Dei, Eye and The Buddha's foot.
Acrylic on polystyrene and wood