Larson: Martyred Saints, Madonnas, Saints & Demons
David Larson created a long series called Martyred Saints. He also returned often to religious figures for his expressionistic subjects. If you have one and don’t see it, post it on the David Early Larons FB page or send to JDJ!
from Viki B
from Kim B
from Alan B
from John DJ
from John DJ
from Larson Gallery
from Larson Gallery
from Larson Gallery
from Carly L
from Kim A St Apollonia
from Sasser Street St Sebastian
from Sasser Street St Jerome
from Viki B St. Cecilia
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from Al M. (playing card sized)
from Phil L
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from Debbie B
from Diedre R G
from Viki B
from Mary R
from Kim B
from Randy A
from Mary R
from Kim B
from Debbie B
from Art D
from Tom M
from Shonna and Art
from Grace J “Delvis”
David Larson Pastels
Shawn B’s first piece of purchased art
Here is the heart of the collection, not only in number but the many people for whom theirs is a beloved part of their homes. David was productive and at ease with this form most of his life. We are blessed to experience them.
from Cindy O via Alan B
from Ann T
from Mark H
from David E
from Maryls de A
from Marlys de A
from Joy H W
from Joy H
from Richard B
from Richard B
from Richard B
from Cheryl P
from Cheryl P
from Al & Jamie M
from Ron R
from Ron R
from Ron R
from Sherry M
from Mary Anne H
from Kim B
from Kim B
from Chris C via Jenny B
from Tommy L
from Sasser St
from John And Cara DJ
from Randy A
from Randy A
from Richard B
from Al M
from Randy A
from Debbie B
from Sarah G
from Cheryl P
from Debbie B
from Debbie B
from Faye L
from Tom M
from Mary R
from Pat M
from Pat M
from Alan B via Cindy O
from Mary R
from Mary R
from Mary R
from Susan C “Sadlack’s”
from Britt Zaist
from Britt Zaist
from Peter L
from The Paper Plant
from Ginny W P
from Alan B
from Sasser Street
from Sasser Street
from The Paper Plant
Slide Pastels & Smears: A Larson Bonus Page
click above to see slide images of work from David’s estate
Larson Band Posters
David Larson was the favored artist for band posters in the Raleigh punk and experimental scene around 1980. Here is a collection – if you have one you don’t see – post it at the David Early Larson Art page on FB, or send it to JDJ!
from Wayne T
from Alan B
from Kurt F
from Kurt F
Kurt Fortmeyer
Sara Bell
Chris Q’s Screaming Soul Men
Chomp
draft
This wonderful show encapsulated Raleigh’s alternative arts
John Cage Legacy Anchors BMC Conference
The 12th annual ReVIEWing BMC conference starts tomorrow and I will be giving away a very special booklet. I was so amazed to find out that John Cage made paper, no less with Beverly Plummer, the first NC papermaker of whom I was aware, with the idea of eating a poem. He is the focus of this year’s conference, and so I created my most elaborate BMC project so far. I assembled a collection of fibers and other ingredients and combined them using random pairings and combinations. Cage used the I-Ching for the chance operations that were a hallmark of his work, but I just made item cards, shuffled chosen blindly to make groups.
The materials from the list were combined with a small dose of grocery bag, cotton linter, and potato starch. Each sheet yielded 4 bookmark samples for the booklet.
The papers are lightly attached and so if anyone really wanted to eat their poem, they could, and I hope they will let me know how that goes. Thanks to Julie Thomson, BMC scholar, who hand beat the hibiscus fibers, and to Alice Sebrell, who bestowed the salvage cotton bond paper used for the booklet itself. The BMC spirit lives on and is celebrated and enacted each year at this wonderful event.
Whoso List to Hunt
Happy to announce the current publication from The Paper Plant, this broadside of a poem by Sir Thomas Wyatt. One of the very first sonnets written in English, Sir Thomas Wyatt’s poem is based on Petrarch, the Italian master who established the form. The broadside is executed on hand-laid recycled paper with 25% banana tree fiber (from my yard), letterpress printed with a stenciled monoprint. Available here.
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