Marks and Materials
There are thousands of kinds of marks: smooth, rough, hard, sharp, clean, dirty, tight, loose . . . What you hold in your hand — a pen, a brush, a…
“Dream Pictures”
Beneath my writing and drawing table, sketchbooks have piled up over the years. I have maintained an ongoing ritual: I wake early, brew strong coffee, read for an hour, then,…
Jennifer Sanchez
I gravitate toward the abstract, toward investigations of form and color, and I enjoy Jennifer Sanchez's work a lot. Her work has vibrancy, energy, and inventiveness to it. Line —…
Mysterious Birds Visiting the Small Pond
There's a small pond on the land here, in a sheltered area among large pines near the house. At dusk, we've seen two mysterious birds flying from the pond, making a…
Demolition #5
Gradually, we are taking down more non-supporting walls. The house opens up by stages, one messy session of demolition at a time.
Shinto-Inspired Sleeping Cabin
A site we love is inhabitat, where we discovered this beautiful, made-from-reclaimed-materials cabin, inspired by Shinto architecture. Something like this cabin would look perfect on the back hill. View more…
The Dirty Work of Renovating an Old Farm House
There's something romantic about the concept of buying and renovating an old farm house. Surrounded by acres of pastures, meadows, woods and deep ravines, you might imagine it will all…
Demolition #4
Yesterday: more demo, this time with Deb's help. Today: a strong thunderstorm passed to the south of us, dropping a scant bit of rain here. Strong, cool winds, and a…
Demolition #3
I removed half of the ceiling tiles in the long, narrow living room yesterday, and the plaster ceilings above them are in "pretty good" shape, a welcome surprise. This morning:…
Demolition #2
Yesterday I took down the two layers of ceiling tiles in the narrow hallway, opening the space back up to its original eight and a half feet. The plaster ceiling…
The Roof within the Roof
Got up into the attic the other day, after breaking through the plaster ceiling and making a more convenient hole through which to access the dirty, dark attic. When we…
Observation Tower
When our good friend Hank first walked the property with us, and we walked to the high hill on the back acreage, he said, "I would build an observation tower…
Demolition Has Begun
We've been living in the house now for about two weeks, and the demolition of the larger of the two bedrooms has begun in earnest, and we're moving ahead almost…
Arielle Sandler’s 100 Paintings in 100 Days
Paula and I are moving in this high-90s and 100-degree-plus heat, packing and labeling boxes, loading furniture into the bed of two pick-up trucks. In the morning, we work in…
Reclaimed Space
The move to Rocky Hill Road has begun, at long last. We closed on the house and land yesterday, and I took a load of things from our rental house…