'the year of dead pets'

it has been a while. so i'll hit you with some more colorful pieces of mine. hope you like... stephen










1)older piece with spraypaint, marker
2)sketch of the first panoramic photo ever made, 1890
3)close up
4)close up
5)our fireplace needed a buck

To All My Friends

New Pictures

New photos have been put up at www.trisoliniandsau.com. They are black and white pictures made with a 4x5 camera, meaning the film is the size of an adolescent's paw.

The Louisiana report will be done soonishly. I just need to get some photographic evidence in the next few days.

-Joey

I was lucky enough to have a long conversation with an older fellow at a restaurant in Corrales, NM after a day of moving rock. He gave me a bit of advice from a buddy of his who had recently died on cancer. The friend had spent a large amount of time assembling a high quality winemaking equipment and had been making it for years. He was finally happy with his process and had everything he needed to make great wine. Yet, he got cancer an old had a short time to live. He told his buddy, the fellow I met, to never finish anything, ever. I am alright with that, I think. In that thought, here are some finished pieces. love. stephen.




a sort of theme here...
1) rough of a cosmonaut, CCCP... taken from a photo seconds before the craft burned up in the atmosphere.
2) Mr. John Glenn. 1962.

If you could move the plane 7 inches to the right please.

This is part one of a two part uber ridiculous week of events/ blog-worthy moments.

Right now I am spaced out from the 13 hour joyride to Louisiana; a foreshadowing of the up coming blog, which will be posted either after I understand the actual events that occurred within the last 60 hours or I finally digest the "BABY SHRIMP BUSTER"

Whichever comes first.

So the first round of silliness all started when RYGAR (seen pictured here) called me on a Wednesday morning to work with a shoot involving a private jet. I thought it was "SOMEONE" crying about the bailouts, but that was not the case.

Both Ryan and I thought we could squeeze this in a two hour slot between our afternoon and evening classes, but that was obviously not the case.

The case was that two dudes were going to be there with three girls (logistical mathematically) and there was going to be more than enough modes of transportation for them. We're talking a Porsche, a plane (complete with pilot), and four Harley's thanks to the Harley dealer.

Very early on it became clear that the mass amount of "BLING" would and could not fit on a babyass 35mm frame without either a tax evasion lawsuit or 50 cent showing up. And who really wants to pose a man that speaks with mumbles and gun shots in EVERY song?

Not I.

The actual photos went well even though the wind was blowing at a seriously obscene velocity. We realized that lights wouldn't be a part of the shindig after seeing how much gale was ripping through the airport, and thankfully the clouds were nice enough to give us a variation of a few conditions.



"So can we get the plane a little over to the left?"



Wiping with a hundred dollar bill is NOT as good as toilet paper. :(



Extra gem 50 cent "EATING" a gun. Sorry it is small.

13 quarters.

this was a gift... free hand, sharpie .05mm on wood. It basically shows the lifecycle... nice for a dreary day such as today. stephen.

Holes.

Being armed with a shovel a majority of my waking hours has made me behind in the creation of art. Also this fellow (I believe with all positivity) stole my computer and zip drive so digital art is gone until further notice. If you know his whereabouts let me know I would like to talk to him about something. love. stephen.

P.S. I was hoping to have some pictures of a recent backpacking excursion to "El Malpais" but in the first mile of the hike my excited yet fumbly fingers dropped the camera. We did complete the Zuni Acoma Trail and spelunk junction cave.





Bear faze I suppose.
1) late night, sharpie. came out a bit more violent than anticipated. added shotgun later as a sort of halo. it really lacks that effect now that I look at it.
2) Sister's bday card.