i figger - you gotta document moments like this - it's an American tradition, no?  (or is this universal?) Laughing hysterically is my son Eli; looking temporarily innocent, is my neice Ava.  Age 4 seems to be the onset of storytelling ability...last night Eli invented an epic tale about a wolf, a robot & a kitten, named "Shankin, Furge & Drod".  Something involving a waterfall, a mountain, & the mysterious ability of the characters to die & come to life again, repeatedly.

My good friend, neighbor, & illustration compadre here in El Rito, has completed a very thoroughly entrancing website overhaul...lots of fun features, archived artwork, + store - in which you can get lovely products & children's books.

Be sure to procrastinate on your today's-to-do list by experiencing the Dancing Elephant Studio & you'll want to add her blog to your RSS feed  - she posts plenty of brilliant photos of northern New Mexico, it'll make you want to move here!

order from me: ehaidle@gmail    -  archival print  -  6"x 9"  (price goes up after July 31)

I tried some of the Hypothetical Creatures in a larger format with guaoche & acrylic paints (12"× 12" claybord)  from left:
"Crustaceofluer"   "Tentacled Dorseyfish"   "Amphibicoral"  -  might have to do a limited edition print of these...more to come in the future! I plan to try, in the next show, larger groupings of arranged creatures that share similar traits, much like the layouts in the Cabinet of Curiosities beautifully published by Taschen, of course.

                                           

First of all - there's been a month hiatus to this blog due to out-of-town travelling; the best moments included sea-kayaking in Alaska, & spending a 3 day streak in seclusion at my favorite Seattle coffeehouse, working on my Raven-Boy 'picto-novella' (which i think is the new term when a comic's length is short enough for even a kid's attention span?)

Anyhow - one of the hikes i've done into the Rio Grande Gorge recently included an awe-inspiring tour of ancient petroglyphs. I'd heard about them before, but seeing was another thing--I was surprised to see them at eye-level, you could walk right up to them and feel them! I haven't yet retrieved the photos from my friend's camera, but I will post them soon. To tide you over, here's a fantastic shot of petroglyphs I found in a magazine:  (Wind River Reservation, Wyoming)