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Cal's

Nancy making fashion statement, Jane demonstrating child exploitation, Cal Lane got some new trees to take care of.
Trees left back in studio in Brooklyn, like Sophie's choice these poor buggers are to bare the burdens of future dealers and curators in the confines of the sadistic practice or their neglect.

After a short pre-huttle with Oliver Michaels (link to save amazon, which he just sent me) i decided to bring 2o trees up to Cal's. Much fun was had by all.

Trees going upstate

2 year old Pin Oak seedling
2 year old Pin Oak seedling in recycled wood from piano, note dye back from hard winter.

The upcoming show has been postponed or canceled as the space at the Moore Street Market was used for local public school arts enhancement. 10 trees are going up to the property of Cal Lane an artist I met at a party of Luke Murphy. She is in Putnam Valley NY a little over an hour hour north of Brooklyn. This leaves me still with 20 trees which all but 7 I am going to plant out on Block Island. It seems as my passion for music grows the more sense it makes to plant them,
in beautiful places rather then convince art dealers, curators or even myself that they are sculpture of highest cultural significance and take their rightful place next to the brilliant work of my contemporaries.

Eight days a week

singing famous love song by John Lennon and Paul McCarthy to Japanese Black Pine Seedling.
Rooted it can not walk away.

Some green

Top: Japanese Black Pine Bonsai candles Middle: White Pine Bonsai also sporting candles, I have read that pruning the candles or removing a few is good, but this time just going to let them get bigger.
Bottom: Boxwood that was pulled from the park this is what in the art world might be called a ready made, but is not really the case as so much training is involved. It is hard to kill Boxwood but this last winter managed to as in the case of a small favorite. Still have not shown a live tree as art, sculpture or whatever label it wields.

Evergreens

Coast Redwood bonsai/seedling in dark brown clay pot

Giant Sequoia Bonsai/seedling in cast concrete pot

Japanese Black Pine bonsai/seedling in red clay pot

Bristlecone Pine Bonsai/seedling in wood pot

Hemlock bonsai/seedling in spruce log

Winter Hawthorn

Proof that spring is here, Winter Hawthorn seedlings germinating after 2 year stratification.
This would mean moving these seeds around the studio freezing them, heating them drying them out, wetting them and lots of patience. Also, have three red delicious apple tree seedlings,
from the core. I have said good bye to the Williamsburg Ceramic studio, making eight more bonsai pots with dark brown clay high fired. They came out great and transplanting trees into them. The show at the Moore Street Market may or may not happen it is up in the air for the time being.

New Bonsai Pots

A few new bonsai containers are in progress, made a lot of mistakes and the pots are cracking like crazy. They may not be sustainable, but have others in the works. I am in a group show coming up soon: Feb. 18th "Mark it" - at Norte Maar, includes a group of artists at the beginning of a new project including; Paul D'Agostino, Lars Kremer, Julie Torres, and Audra Wolowiec curated by: Austin Thomas

Meanwhile, trees still under 3 feet of snow.