The School of the Transfer of Energy

Everything, Everything

The ocean of images from the deluge of early February

If you like Jonah, check out my friend Robbie Pruitt’s opus.

Brought Low

Working for and in collaboration with my friend, Cody, we have been preparing waney-edged planks and slabs of eastern red cedar and black walnut for loft and stair railings and countertops, while making much fodder for the compost pile.

The Full Glowing Day

Drawing

The drawing page is up.

Annie

figures

Horizon Gate

Visions of Jonah

Walking Man and Jonah of the Ancient Ocean (detail askew)

Medium #2

Cobalt

Tiny, there on the easel after the huge canvas that preceded it.

The Ascent of Maclura pomifera

Spiral stair in Hedge (Maclura pomifera, bodark, bois d’ark, osage orange). Designed by my friend Cody to join a 100 year old barn basement to the floor above. The barn, just outside of Fall River, got hit by a twister about 4-5 years ago and is now being rebuilt as a workshop and living quarters. The stair isn’t officially finished, we already have a list of things we want to change, but this is it in it’s first state.

Wet!

A thing it is not often during the month of August in Kansas, especially the past few years.

I am not the only one enjoying the saturated ground.

Out on a Limb

I am stepping out on a limb. This time it is about the song. I have no realistic aims at professional musicianship. I tend towards the traditions where music was a social or intimate art form practiced by amateurs who spent more time in the dirt than the conservatory. That maybe a justification for a poorer quality than what is available, so be it, but it seems important to share a little more than just fragments. The song is called Good Father.

The drawings are for Rima, Thank you for the honor.

Out on a Limb

Not One Bone Was Broken

Faun

Prairie Chicken

Luminous Earth

Those of you who are regular visitors know I have been slowly overhauling the pages here at The School of the Transfer of Energy. If you are new, know you know too. There are still some pages to rebuild, but for the latest, please take a few moments to visit the new Painting page. This has been perhaps the most personally interesting page to remake. Seeing so many of my paintings re ordered and in a fresh context has been revealing. Below are a few samples. I hope you enjoy them, and thank you for visiting. -Jack