These photos come from the apartment of
Christopher Reiger, a painter and long-time friend. As you can see, he has a large and growing collection of artwork. What you can't really see is the small menagerie of reptiles that are scattered around beneath the artwork.
Here the painting '
Autohagiography' guards a hallway, just above a reptile cage.
Reiger was a natural pick for this painting, since his
Hungry Hyaena blog has been one of my favorites since its inception. A boy and his
hyaena...
Here one of my
Beasties hangs next to a lovely, original
Alice Neel. Somehow, my
Beasties seem to gravitate towards babies.
Weird. Again, note the reptile cage.
This iconographic self-portrait has found good company among masks and
taxadermic specimens, which are another favorite of
Reiger's. I believe that the drawing above my print is one of
Reiger's early works from his years as an undergrad.
Here, my drawing of the Barred Owl hangs next to Reiger's studio. This pen and ink drawing took me two weeks to execute. Towards the end, there was an earthquake. At first I thought the odd movement was simply a symptom the raging hangover that I had. As soon as I realized what was happening, my immediate and only concern was for the safety of my drawing, which I had carelessly left out on my drawing table. Here it hangs with an interesting drawing of
Reiger's and some exotic butterflies. In the lower right corner, you can just make out the top of a wonderful
SEM image of a mite. We obtained this image from a
William & Mary researcher for use with the original
Synoddity event. Who needs monsters when you have mites
crawling all over you?
One man's trash is another man's treasure-- or at least a decent backdrop for some booze. This decade-old doodle was a cast-off that
Reiger saved from the recycle bin. It's funny to think of things like this persisting out in the world. Both
Reiger and my friend
Dennis Mathews have astutely held on to the cast-offs of their fellow artists. While I wouldn't toot my horn about this one, both
Reiger and Mathews now own some great work that was en route to oblivion.
It's great to have the images rolling in, so send me your photos if you have some of my art. Thanks to Christopher
Reiger, and a big Hello to Gotham.
I love the way this space turned out. This was once Brian and Lisa's kitchen. Little by little, they jettisoned their kitchen stuff and used their kitchen as a library. When Brian got his licence, he needed a room with a lock, so this became, once and for all, The Office.
This is Holly. She's a baby. I actually posted this before, but how could I resist putting it up again?
This Serpent was a collaboration with M.B. Rew. It was a wedding present for Brian and Lisa. It is made out of stuffed cloth and has a rope spine. Like any proper serpent, it has seven eyes and a bell on its tail. Next to it, in front of the stuffed wolverine head, you can just make out the egg that we gave them on their actual wedding. We wrote a silly little poem to go with it. The Serpent is large enough to wrap around one's shoulders.
This piece, entitled Brother Bite Brother, hangs next to an aerial photo of what I assume to be East Boston. I approve of the pairing.
I drew this piece in a bit of a frenzy after an altercation with my late dog, Loki. He was a great fella, but when he got a whiff of bitch-in-heat he turned into a mad dog. In this instance he only snarled and threatened me, but he once got my brother in the arm over a female Pitbull. I drew this with an ink dropper. I believe it's the first frontal nudity on my site.
