Film Journal & Farm Life
Check here for updated schedules, festival progress, behind-the-scenes production notes, Fiego press, strange thoughts, and more.
FINISHED!!! YAY!!!
Although I have re-touching and the post-production work ahead, I finished coloring the last frame of Odin yesterday! Two and
In The Home Stretch
Most days I’m liking the film. Some days I think it sucks. My poor daughter Daisy has to listen to
In Order to Animate Life, You Must First Discover you are”Life”.
As I animate, I take notice in the small aspects of movement, light, shadow, emotion. How a leaf falls. How
When the Filmmaker Moves On
What do you do when the film you are working on is no longer who you are. Finish it of
Zen and the Art of Lawnmower Maintenance
I have to say I got much more satisfaction and enjoyment out of fixing this old mower and getting it
Re-Calibrating Belief Systems
I remember sitting in church as a kid thinking, “Do I really believe this stuff? Or am I told to
In Praise of Slowness
So, in my art world of deadlines, in both illustration work and animation ( mostly in television) it never seemed
“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society”- Krishnamurti
I have found myself lately questioning “Who came up with this rule? Who told us this is the way to
I Ache for a Meaningful Conversation
I haven’t had one in a while. I think the last one was with an Uber driver in LA in
What is Outsider Art? Art Brut?
We understand by this term works produced by persons unscathed by artistic culture, where mimicry plays little or no part…
Either Everything is a Miracle, or Nothing is. I go for the First One.
Even though I feel our art has divine intervention, nothing made in a studio can compare to the perfection of
Fiego Goes Belgium National
After winning an audience award at the Leuven Animation Festival, Fiego was purchased to run for a few years on
And so.. the Hazy Shade of Winter Gives Way..
When the snow melts.. it reveals all of the dog evidence that their digestive system is working well, left there
Rocko Gets Intelectual
I agreed to this conversation because there was an academic paper written about Rocko’s Modern Life and Capitalism. We basically
Work Continues on Odin
As the seasons change, work continues slower than a tree grows on Odin and the Egg. The style I have
I Believe this makes 10? Or 11?
Another award for Fiego. This one from the Healdsburg International short film Festival in California.Many thanks! What a great festival
Part of my Harvest Haul
I know this isn’t as exciting to most people as a television show or getting into a new festival, but
A Final Festival Acceptance for Fiego?
Just found out that Fiego got into the Sparks Animation Festival which starts September 18th in British Columbia, Canada. It’s
Glimpses of a Belgium Summer and Garden Update
The rains finally came and the Garden is thriving. Except I thinned out the carrots incorrectly and it turned into