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Collaborative Art Project

I am currently working on a collaborative art piece with artist/musician Lee Connah. He is having a show at a gallery in Baltimore in October of some of his handmade musical instruments. I am working on two "icon" backpack guitars for the show - it should be interesting. I will post a picture of them when I am done.

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gmspencer said…
Dear Fr. Gordon:
Do you think it would be possible for you to add an enlargement option on your own work? I'd love to be able to get a closer look at this excellent work!

Fr. Glenn Spencer

"The essential thing 'in heaven and in earth' is,
apparently (to repeat it once more), that there
should be long OBEDIENCE in the same direction;
there thereby results, and has always resulted
in the long run, something which has made
life worth living; for instance, virtue, art,
music, dancing, reason, spirituality--anything
whatever that is transfiguring, refined,
foolish, or divine."

--Friedrich Nietszche,
Beyond Good and Evil (1886)
September 6, 2007 at 3:17 PM
J. Gordon Anderson said…
Father,

Yes, that is one of my "projects" for this weekend. Keep checking back on my blog. I have also started work on some new cityscapes.

Updating and changing art websites around is really time consuming!

JGA+, SSM
September 6, 2007 at 5:04 PM
J. Gordon Anderson said…
Update: I am still working on my site. Will post when I have the enlargement options up on it.

Also, I will post a picture of the "icon guitars" in progress sometime soon. They will be in a show at the "Load of Fun" gallery in Baltimore the second week of October.
September 12, 2007 at 11:54 AM
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