Some published photos.
Clay figures by Johannes
Van Mourick, the art
director at UOP, SF, my
friend, and roomate at the
Third Street "loft"...on left in
photo
Van Mourick, the art
director at UOP, SF, my
friend, and roomate at the
Third Street "loft"...on left in
photo
What the hey...gotta pay the rent....this
stuff was how I did it for a few years.
stuff was how I did it for a few years.
Johannes modelled for this one.
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After a five year stint at gas station painter, landscaper, glass installer, concrete worker, group home counselor, and camera salesman I
went back to work as a pipeline operator for Southern Pacific Pipelines (now Kinder Morgan Energy Partners). In Concord, Ca. for no
less than 15 years. During that period I lived in Crockett and Bethel Island with 10 years of sailboat time during and in-between.
Not much published work in that period (I did make an un-authorized in-house magazine called DUKES OF OIL), but I continuously had a
dark room and studio, and converted to digital photography in 1997 or so, on Bethel island. I was doing video interviews and capturing
stills as portraits. I love computers..when they work. I made a few posters I laminated and sold through a few shops/bars during a Bethel
Island Bash weekend around 2002. Here's a couple .
went back to work as a pipeline operator for Southern Pacific Pipelines (now Kinder Morgan Energy Partners). In Concord, Ca. for no
less than 15 years. During that period I lived in Crockett and Bethel Island with 10 years of sailboat time during and in-between.
Not much published work in that period (I did make an un-authorized in-house magazine called DUKES OF OIL), but I continuously had a
dark room and studio, and converted to digital photography in 1997 or so, on Bethel island. I was doing video interviews and capturing
stills as portraits. I love computers..when they work. I made a few posters I laminated and sold through a few shops/bars during a Bethel
Island Bash weekend around 2002. Here's a couple .
I fucked everything up in San Fransisco, and with the help of old friends I moved back to Auburn and learned many trades, yet excelled at none.
Magazine for the discriminating oil worker
I operated a "multi-products" oil pipeline
for close to twenty years, on and off.
for close to twenty years, on and off.
Beach Blanket Babylon Goes Bananas , for
INSIDE magazine, 1979 or so. SF,CA
INSIDE magazine, 1979 or so. SF,CA
Maelstrom Books, SF, in The The
Mission. I also had a show at
Cafe Givral in The Richmond
District, and in North Beach at
VESUVIO, on Jack Kerouac Alley..
Auburn, CA, I had one at
McCurry's Cameras, and a long
term show at Pizza Cellar Saloon
along with a few group shows
with The Auburn Arts
Association.
Crockett, CA Three year running
show at Ray's Corner Saloon.
Home away from home.
Bethel Island, CA, I had a running
show for about five years at The
Boat House Bar and Grill, and
The Delta Resort (Bar and Grill).
I like bars, grills and saloons.
Bookstores and cafés are good
too.
Mission. I also had a show at
Cafe Givral in The Richmond
District, and in North Beach at
VESUVIO, on Jack Kerouac Alley..
Auburn, CA, I had one at
McCurry's Cameras, and a long
term show at Pizza Cellar Saloon
along with a few group shows
with The Auburn Arts
Association.
Crockett, CA Three year running
show at Ray's Corner Saloon.
Home away from home.
Bethel Island, CA, I had a running
show for about five years at The
Boat House Bar and Grill, and
The Delta Resort (Bar and Grill).
I like bars, grills and saloons.
Bookstores and cafés are good
too.
Auburn,CA, a group show at Grizzly's Records, the
short-lived Auburn Arts Association also had a
Halloween Show at the Melodrama Theater in Old Town
short-lived Auburn Arts Association also had a
Halloween Show at the Melodrama Theater in Old Town
A permanent collection I
made for Sante Fe Pacific
1999, Now known as
Kinder Morgan Energy
Partners.
made for Sante Fe Pacific
1999, Now known as
Kinder Morgan Energy
Partners.
I did a
whole
lot of
portraits
whole
lot of
portraits
Six photo cubist puzzle made of my photos by Nancy Phelps,
Homestead Puzzle Company, Austin Texas, 1979. Marketed through
The Goodfellow Catalogue of Wonderful Things, Berkeley, CA
Homestead Puzzle Company, Austin Texas, 1979. Marketed through
The Goodfellow Catalogue of Wonderful Things, Berkeley, CA
I just finished the La Cascada Slide Show.
La Cascada, Uvita de Osa, Costa Rica.
La Cascada, Uvita de Osa, Costa Rica.
Since moving to Costa Rica I've made
numerous posters for Mistura, a bar and and
a slide show for the new management of the
re-named establishment, La Cascada.
numerous posters for Mistura, a bar and and
a slide show for the new management of the
re-named establishment, La Cascada.
Linda's article in California Living expressed the situation pretty well. I won first prize
in special effects, then shared the prize next year due to the judges deeming us all worthy of equal
honors, or something. No one was very happy about the decision..even the three winners..go figure.
Linda expressed it all pretty well, but didn't exactly quote me verbatim..which perplexed me
further....there seems to be no happiness in success it seems.
in special effects, then shared the prize next year due to the judges deeming us all worthy of equal
honors, or something. No one was very happy about the decision..even the three winners..go figure.
Linda expressed it all pretty well, but didn't exactly quote me verbatim..which perplexed me
further....there seems to be no happiness in success it seems.
(some time in 2010)
My first cover photo in
a long time, and even
got a bio..which could
use some editing
factually, but overall it's
very gratifying.
a long time, and even
got a bio..which could
use some editing
factually, but overall it's
very gratifying.
It's been twenty something years since I've had one of my
photos on a magazine cover...like Dagmar said..I was a
pipeline operator..but I never worked directly for "the oil
companies" as she stated. Obviously, however, they were our
customers.. I was also being a photographer throughout, at
varying levels of seriousness, and the twenty years I put in
operating pipelines was spread out over a 40 year period...I
was absent for 15 years or so during one stint.
photos on a magazine cover...like Dagmar said..I was a
pipeline operator..but I never worked directly for "the oil
companies" as she stated. Obviously, however, they were our
customers.. I was also being a photographer throughout, at
varying levels of seriousness, and the twenty years I put in
operating pipelines was spread out over a 40 year period...I
was absent for 15 years or so during one stint.
The cover looks better than this..see
link....I haven't corrected the colors
from the scan very well..
link....I haven't corrected the colors
from the scan very well..
Meanwhile The Bagel Account is still a work in progress.
12/09/2011
11/28/2011
Today it's a re-do of the ham, egg and
cheese..he didn't like the way the ham
laid out flat..wants to roll it..also maybe
something with salmon...should finish up
soon.
cheese..he didn't like the way the ham
laid out flat..wants to roll it..also maybe
something with salmon...should finish up
soon.
The project is to make a large sign outside the front of the
place to bring people driving by in ..who, by the mere sight of a
bagel with yummy stuff on it, will follow the arrow and chow
down on some delicious bagles with all sorts of good shit on em.
That's the plan anyhow.
place to bring people driving by in ..who, by the mere sight of a
bagel with yummy stuff on it, will follow the arrow and chow
down on some delicious bagles with all sorts of good shit on em.
That's the plan anyhow.
I'm starting to go
nuts with this thing
now..I have purple
sesame seed
arrow...please let it
stop!
nuts with this thing
now..I have purple
sesame seed
arrow...please let it
stop!
As of now, I'm pushing for this one.
12-18-2011..cause he really wants
"Great Bagels" in there somewhere,
and the bagels bigger. With some
tweaks. There's one other version in
contention. Up to the printers soon.
12-18-2011..cause he really wants
"Great Bagels" in there somewhere,
and the bagels bigger. With some
tweaks. There's one other version in
contention. Up to the printers soon.
It seems I'm the only one that likes the
colored "tape" arrow. Personally, I'd
call this "DONE"..and let people argue
about the arrow, if so inclined.
colored "tape" arrow. Personally, I'd
call this "DONE"..and let people argue
about the arrow, if so inclined.
I made this one of
a kind photo (for
me anyhow) with a
serious
microscopic
camera, LEITZ I
think it was, that
belonged to UOP,
in 4X5 format at it's
lowest possible
magnification
using mirrors and
lights and
reflection control
with borrowed
devices from the
scientific types
"upstairs" while
the publisher of
the magazine
squeezed off a
drop..very slowly.
SNAP!
a kind photo (for
me anyhow) with a
serious
microscopic
camera, LEITZ I
think it was, that
belonged to UOP,
in 4X5 format at it's
lowest possible
magnification
using mirrors and
lights and
reflection control
with borrowed
devices from the
scientific types
"upstairs" while
the publisher of
the magazine
squeezed off a
drop..very slowly.
SNAP!
The skull collection at UOP, SF
Please don't get the impression I think I'm great or anything. It's just what I've done, and it always
reminds me there's room for improvement. I need to save it somewhere. Guess this is the place.
reminds me there's room for improvement. I need to save it somewhere. Guess this is the place.