It's been a long time...

It has been a long time since my last blog post. So much has happened in nearly three years. I have been searching my roots, and living in a valley- trying to build family amongst friends and coworkers, trying to form bonds and mend broken ones with family of origin. Trudging through minimum wage jobs that tax the physical body. Holding on with white knuckles to a studio that has formed a few cobwebs. Remaining faithful that one day, the stories in my head will find a way, an interesting and beautiful way, to come out.

So here I am back at the blog called GLORY STORY. I am back to begin piecing together my personal story, partly for my own sanity and history's sake, partly in case a reader out there somewhere may gleen something from my words, and partly to share with others who I am and what I am about. It is easier for me to write words than to speak them. Possibly, by writing more words, I will find my voice and be heard.

B.O.A.T.S. (Based on a True Story) OPENING NIGHT: Jan 6, 2012 Maranda Panda ft. WHOREMONES!!!

NEW YEAR NEW PROJECTS!

Whew! It's been over a year since I came back from NZ. I've been mega busy making art and setting up my own Printmaking studio here in Chattanooga. Stay tuned for news about that! ;)

In the meantime... Check out the pics from my latest show here called: B.O.A.T.S.

Northland Jaunt

FINALLY! I met the "Lord of the Forest" called Tane Mahuta... the big old tree...
Bayly's Beach... Holey Moley!

It's an official motorway- you can drive on the beach (if you've got 4-wheel drive!!)


Roadtrippin' up in the northland of NZ...

South Island/Stewart Island Getaway

First night in Bluff, NZ- where there is this famous signpost...
It really is a beauty of a town on the southern tip of the South Island...

Deep South Ice Cream... a different Deep South than what I am familiar with back home..

Then it was on to Stewart Island, a land of only 400 people, home of the Southernmpst cup of cappuccino, and the only drinking water available is their own rainwater. Pretty magic.

Oh yeah, and home of Fern Gully!
And supposedly Kiwis, but I didn't see one!
And decadent deserts on the South Sea!
On the shore of Oban, Stewart Island...
Then, back to the South Island for a day, so I hopped in a rental car and visited the Catlins!
Petrified Forest, breeding grounds of the yellow eyed pengiuins! I actually saw a penguin there, but didn't capture it on film! Oh well...

Here's me at the official "Southernmost tip of the South Island, NZ" pretty stunning...
Here is the stretch of walk through farmland to get there:
New Zealand is dope. Lots of things there are just free and accessible to anyone who wants to go. Its a pretty fantastic way of life.

I went to: Bluff, Invercargill, Stewart Island and the Catlins...

Coromandel Coast

Here are some beauties from my recent drive along the Coromandel coast, when my dad came to visit...





The luckiest sheep in the world... he has no idea...

I love this country.