I’ve embarked on an art installation project intended for education and enlightenment. My first work in this series, “Expired Credit”, opened on April 19th. Critics were struck dumb, opening and closing their mouths without sound and feebly pawing the air.

Artist Statement: Here the credit cards are dangling just out of reach. A tribute to the tantalizing nature of consumer culture. From the lofty Fordian goal of paying workers enough to afford the products of their own labor to the Keynesian ideal world economy driven by consumers consuming products they will never need and services they’d be better off without. Soaking up the surplus capital, and exploiting resources to extinction. The cards circle endlessly like debt-ridden martyrs borrowing against their own uncertain futures.

(neko case) hand - oil on panel by Brad Wright

Our friend Brad is showing some paintings at Artist-Xchange in December. We won’t be able to make it but if you’re in San Fracisco you should go to the opening party tomorrow (Dec. 7th) at 3169 16th St (btw Guerrero & Valencia) from 7-10PM. I understand there will be drinks and DJs. I took the above picture from his online gallery but you should see them in person because the translucence and depth doesn’t completely come through in images.

I painted this picture yesterday of a dead butterfly I picked up somewhere in Central America (well, part of a butterfly). Wingspan across the top is approximately 3.75 inches. It may not come out in the painting, but the large grayish spots on the upper and lower wings are clear windows you can see through.

Edited: I found out that it is a moth and not a butterfly–the antennae were missing and I had to guess–so was much of the body, which I slimmed down a little more than necessary. It is called “Forbes’ Silkmoth” (Rothschildia lebeau forbesi) or “Cuatro Espejos” in Spanish.

A surreptitious photo of a Dan Flavin sculpture at LACMA.
Los Angeles, California.

[Looking out over Westwood and Santa Monica]

[Some kind of maze]

[Some kind of art]

[Peg and Cheyenne]