Category: Art writing

The Hip and the Thigh of the Girl With the Puppy

I am working on a chapbook about human-animal transformations in art. This is an excerpt from my observation of Girl with Puppy, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1770, located in the Alte Pinokothek in Munich. Please check back periodically: I hope to have this illustrated chapbook available for purchase this summer (a lot depends on the loosening of COVID restrictions, when I will […]

Chapbook excerpt: Dog with Human Mask

I am working on a chapbook about human-animal transformations in art. In this excerpt, I observe Dog with Human Mask, 200 BC-AD 500, Colima, Mexico, a ceramic sculpture painted with red slip. This sculpture is part of the permanent collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Please check back periodically: I hope to have this […]

Chapbook excerpt: Madonna Lactans

I am working on 2 ekphrastic chapbooks. Here is an excerpt. This section is about Jean Fouquet’s The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels, 1452-1458. Please check my blog periodically to receive notice of my chapbooks’ release. I hope to have the first available for purchase by the end of spring. The woman is on the throne and […]

You can now read my essay “Light City” in the pdf of Beacon Quarterly’s “Four Eyes” issue. You can buy the beautiful print issue on Beacon’s site—and keep an eye on the Beacon blog, where at some future date you will be able to read one of my new short stories.