Why it rains…

Found this image, thought it might clear some things up for the boys…

Simen Johan

My father stood in my home office a few days ago, and declared that all my art was “a little scary.” He’s right, of course, except that in truth I hold back from buying a lot more weird pieces. I worry a little about what strangers might say, and I’m a little unsure at what point my boys’ imagination gets too much input.

One of my favorite pieces is a very large print by Simen Johan. This particular piece is from a series called Evidence of Things Unseen. The print is 44×44 inches (112×112 cm) and hangs behind me… thus forcing my kids to study it in detail every time they come into the office to bother me!

He is a photographer, but my understanding is that he works in collages, meaning that he assembles the various components of an image, though he is the one that photographed all the items. However he does it, it works extremely well. Check out his book when you can. He prints large, but his pieces work equally well on slightly smaller scale.

Something I heard

Pablo Picasso said “I do things I know nothing about. That way, I get to know something about them.”

A first post

This is my first post, off to a great adventure!

… and check out this image I snapped – nothing like the 256 shades of grey to really get you in the mood for a Berlin winter day…