Chinese Pop photography from fashion magazine based on Chinese traditional Opera. A month in the orient felt a like Marco Polo many stares, but many more smiles, amazing journey, saw no other foreigners during this entire stay in airports

Traditional Chinese art its all about how the brush and how it is handled, went to an opening of a couple of major painters so I got to see the art up close and personal. Many of these works are very large all steeped in culture; the subject matter is very simiular as well.

Here the professor is signing my first painting lesson not bad for a foreigner's first attempt at Chinese brush painting I was told.

Everywhere I turned there was another great shot, I was on the other side of the world, five thousand years of culture amazing!

This was my daily morning ride, humble, simple and extremely practical, Camera was stowed in front basket wrapped in a towel

You know you have it bad when you find yourself sketching in a hotel room at night just outside Thailand and your drawing aerodynamic shapes its been well over a twenty year obsession and still going strong. The exploration low speed aero dynamics, something the rest of the word has little or no interest in. It starts a nineteen miles an hour and its an attempt to fly with two wheels still on the ground more miles for less power! Based on my observations a streamlined bicycle would not work in China simply to much traffic the Chinese do not use signal lights they use the horns. Garbage bikes (three wheel work horses) move at seven mph, bikes do twelve to fourteen mph; motor scooters gas an electric do twenty two to twenty five miles and hour. A streamliner could easily due twenty miles an hour but with the air a little bad and the shear volume of traffic with much stop and go a streamliner would simply would not be a practical option.

The market was colorful hectic and so noisy that I shot free of being observed great opportunity

My camera was firing on over time, had to recharge and download almost every night, this bog is just a small sampling of the great shots I got during this journey

This was a woodcarving from Tibet amazing

Need I mention the food never tasted so many new, strange, and wonderful flavors

In China as in New York you have neighborhoods with money and less finically strong areas as well, this to is true in China

Special thanks to the professor who opened my eyes my mind and my heart

The grandmaster of the Hartford MFA Program Murray Tinkelman a dynamo of creative energy as well as a passionate artist. A pleasure to be with one of my very early influences and great to get charged up once again, some things never change,no they get better!.

Scott Bakal was first up and gave a master-full presentation along with some of his originals.

Scott brought several of his origionals

Randy Enos presented engaged and bedazzled his attentive audience, as he presented his art as well as his Mocha Dick

Some of Randy’s art originals

Kinuko Y Craft had the students in stitches with her candor and genuine charm, while at the same time she presented her meticulously painted three month long paintings

Three months of work!

Wendell the ever-consummate professional presented his books, and described his love of the great out doors, and how important it is to pursue your personal passion and vision

This face looks familiar its none other than Tim O'Brien third year MFA student Eileen San Felipe who is a runner and did a series on running events for her masters thesis.

What can I say simply two very classy ladies, Zina Saunders and Nancy Stahl who co-taught in the classroom adjacent to Daniel and myself. The students loved both these visiting pros for their work and their willingness to share and give to their students. And wait there is more we were only week one there is another week to come with yet another set of professionals.Also visiting this week but not shown in from from the west coast was Bunny Carter,with a wealth of movie related artwork.

Professor Pelavin at work reciting his mantra promote, promote, adapt or die with this ever-fast paced and ever changing world we now find ourselfs living in.

Promotional package completed by MFA Student Cassie Frayer for her new book

Linda Tajirian a designer and weaver of natural fibers who was able to apply her art to a myriad of products. Might I add here students had just less than three days to complete all prototypes.

Carol Tinkelman the true heart of the Hartford MFA operation, a very strong woman and a wonderful lady.

Steam Propelled Rocket Tests Bristol Beach England 1864 A Single un- guided Steam Rocket reported to have been successful, altitude and flight speeds information not known

The cardboard serves as a drawing area to create temples for new parts

A rare partnership of the British war dept and the private scientific sector, The naval department supplied the use of its early steam catapult In order to propel the steam rocket for these tests. The navy was very much interested in steam rockets, and steam-powered torpedoes and worked closely with the engineers to experiment with this new technology. The site of these tests were often cause for great curiosity with large numbers of on looking crowds. Early flying machines often doted the skies before the flights; the great naval guns were discharged warning all to stand clear just piror to blast area.

The Completed Rocket

Ideas have been flowing rather well lately I been filling up a booklets roughly one a month, doodles are photocopied then bound into booklets and dated this is where the ideas originate.

Our submarine in currently out of the Studio on maneuvers off the coast of New Jersey

The Boston Steamer, Captain Cornelius B Spollen Boiler Testing, Boston Harbor Summer July 12 1873 A long sea fairing legacy

Sketches based on early penny paper reports, no photos exist to date of the actual steamer

Working from bits of this and that in the studio to recreate this now famous steam vessel

The sory is now told