250 lbs of rice...so far 8 gallons of vinegar two bottles of concentrated food dye I'm literally and figuratively processing China! What am I doing?! I don't know. I'm dying rice red. Every day I go into my studio and dye rice red. I stink up the com…

5th Beijing International Art Biennale, China 2012 Future and Reality I was pleased to receive notice from the Beijing International Art organization Committee, that the painting “Naked Snow Blower” is selected for the 5th Beijing International Art B…

The slow boat to China, crate building 101: What to do. What not to do. You can imagine how thrilled I was to receive notice my artwork was selected for inclusion in the Beijing Biennale. I knew this was the big-time because they pay for the transportati…

This is that second post of a 4-part series on copyright for artists. In the first post of Copyright Basics for Artists I told you that copyright is a right exclusively held by authors of original works. A copyright is imparted and fixed automatically on …

What exactly is a copyright? How do I copyright my work? Is it difficult? Expensive? And why should I bother? For years I put that little circle-c at the bottom of every page pretending my work was copyrighted. At least I thought I was cheating. But I wa…

Finally finally finally I'm posting some images from the March opening in Brooklyn NY of my interactive audio installation, Mother May I...? which you helped me take to Brooklyn....where it was awarded best installation by the inimitable Charlotta Kotik, …

  My new catalog is out from my group show at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts in Santa Ana California which runs until mid June, curated by William Moreno.My painting, Naked Shotgun is in. You can purchase it here: https://www.creat…

“Oh! You’re an artist? (pause) I wonder if you would consider donating one of your pieces to (fill in the blank) charitable organization?” I know artists are one group among many who receive repeated requests for charitable donations.…

Me during the talk, I guess I was thinking about how to answer a question. That's Ribs of Disaster Curving Their Assertion Among the Tentative Haunters behind my head. The title is from a line in Adrienne Rich's poem, Diving into the Wreck. Thanks t…

Daniel HesidenceD'Amelio GalleryBeautiful Dreamer It was thrilling to go to the art fairs while I was in NY, and what great timing for me! Each fair had such a uniquely different vibe from the next. The first one I popped in on was the ADAA (Art Dealer…