Scenes from a Staycation

We didn't go anywhere or do anything vacation oriented this summer, we are saving our time and resources for a trip to visit my sister and brother-in-law in the Netherlands some time in the winter. Below are a few pictures I took over the summer.

The used # 11 blades I used to cut my specimen portrait banners

Funnel Weaver outside my studio window

Mrs. Montague taking a nap in a weird position.

The Niagara river mysteriously split into two colors after a violent storm.

Pink Pants

Me in my installation for Ecologies of Decay. I'll post more images from the show after it opens on Friday.

Daily Book Graphics #204 / Reproduction of Sound

©1962, this edition 1965

Daily Book Graphics #203 / Insects

These are from Insects: The 1952 Yearbook of Agriculture published by the United States Department of Agriculture. Illustrations by Art Cushman.

Daily Book Graphics #202 / Goalies

I learned a lot about goalies from this book. ©1974

Daily Book Graphics #201 / Wild Cats

©1970. The leopard carrying off the baby seems like an unnecessarily harsh illustration choice.

Daily Book Graphics #200 / Grenadine

This is a pretty self serving DBG post, since I designed this cover and I have posted about it before (but not as part of the Daily Book Graphics project). I was happy to receive the finished book in the mail from Yale University Press last week. It's for my friend Neil Wechsler's play Grenadine. Grenadine won the Edward Albee judged Yale Drama Series Prize for Emerging Playwrights last year. The play opens in Buffalo at Road Less Traveled Productions Friday night. We are going on Saturday. I've seen two staged readings of the play, so I'm excited to see the full stage production. If you live in Western New York you have to go.

Daily Book Graphics #199 / British Wildlife

This book seems to be ripping off the Peterson Guide blue. First Published 1981, reprinted 1991.

Daily Book Graphics #198 / The Way of Zen

©1957, Vintage edition, 1985. Cover design by Janet Odgis & Company, Inc.

Busy Weeks

I have been posting irregularly the last couple days, I'm approaching the end of an intense few weeks of work, things should be back to normal by the end of next week.


One of my few non work related trips out of the office was to see Colette (Mrs. Montague) return to the stage after an absence of several years. She has been filling in on bass for the Rochester band 5 Watt Bulb (they play pop punk). They were at the Bug Jar in Rochester last Sunday night, hopefully they will be playing Buffalo soon.

I designed this poster last week, I like it.

Today I started installing my installation for Ecologies of Decay (opening Sept 18th!). We are installing early so that we have time to document the show, design that catalog and have it printed before the opening. The above image is of the installation a third of the way done, I don't think it gives away too much.