2010 Parting Shot

Hi everyone:

I hope everyone had a good holiday. I had a nice, quiet one over here - Thai food for Christmas dinner (decided to change it up from the Jewish tradition of Chinese), ice sculptures at the National Harbor in MD and some good family time.

I have the house to myself for a couple of hours, so I'm chowing on coconut shrimp while the Afghan Whigs blare through my tiny laptop speakers. For my money, this isn't a bad way to spend an evening.

So, I promised everyone a new image before the end of the year. Here it is:

I've been toying with whether or not the image would make sense on the website. What do you guys think? Let me know. If you don't, you leave me to my own devices - and everyone knows how dangerous that can be!

Also, don't forget to visit Bell Studio on Southport to catch some of my work before it comes down! It's right by the Southport "L" - so snow or cold is no excuse. You're Chicagoans, right? No room for wussies in Chi-town - so get out there!

Happy Early New Year everyone! Lots more to come in 2011!

-Marc

New and News

Happy Holidays y'all:

Like my southern twang? I know it doesn't really fit my personality - but ya gotta try somethin' new every once in a while. Blogging music today is Hurricane Bells - a great little band from NYC. It's a new project by the singer of Longwave - one of my favs. Cool stuff...check 'em out (they are streaming both their album and their EP on their website).

So, just got a couple rolls of film back. And.....they're shit. Pretty much complete shit - maybe one or two images are salvageable, but that's about it. That's 3 rolls of film in a row that have basically sucked. Not good - hopefully this will all be left behind in 2010 and 2011 will start out with some great stuff. We'll see - I've got one or two images I shot a couple of months ago that I'm still working on - so I'll try to get those up to the site - or at least here - before the end of the year.

The latest news is that one of my old haunts - Bell Studio in Chicago - has 4 of my pieces up. You Chicagoans out there, get over to the gallery to check them out! They're only up through the end of the year, so get there while the gettin's good! (maybe for a Christmas present for your favorite people on earth?)

Info is:

Bell Studio

3428 N. Southport (at the Brown Line Southport "L" Stop)

Chicago, IL 60657

773-281-2172

Stay warm everyone, and enjoy the holidays. 2011's gonna be a great year - I can feel it.

-Marc