I have a tendency to tinker. If I can try new options and features in a painting, video, or website in a risk-free environment, try I will. That would explain why this website redesign has been five months in the making. Behind the scenes I have generated a dozen different layouts, an admirably vast graveyard of logos, and my site maps are legion.

I am not saying that I am 100% happy with the results that you are looking at (or 50% for that matter), but when I have a deadline I stop tinkering. I have an exhibit opening in Miami on September 6th at the Dorsch Gallery and my wife and I will be moving immediately after that. So I don’t really have the time to rework the logo or change the background color for the umpteenth time.

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A few things are missing:

• My portfolio - It can still be accessed at the old address (note: as of 11.30.03 my portfolio has moved to its new location and can be accessed through the main menu) but as I get a better hang of CSS and Movable Type the portfolio will show up on the site with a slew of new paintings, skteches, and videos.


• SUBRAB - The Utah Valley Music Archive has gone into retirement due to lack of disk space on the server. If you have any requests for music, just let me know and I’ll get around to sending you a CD…eventually…maybe.


• The Guest Star - This was a miserable failure. I got two responses from the plethora of emails I sent out to fellow artists to have a little niche on my website. So it had to be let go. Don’t worry, I gave it two weeks notice, a decent severance pay, and some letters of recommendation. It should probably find employment before I do.


• Musaque - With the demise of Radio Free Tiny Pineapple and SUBRAB there seemed little reason to keep it going.


• Splash Screen - Splash screens are sooooo 1999.

So thanks to the unfailing help and patience of my ingenious brother, “Grettir,” I have a new look to the site and a blog. Why do I have a blog? Who knows? They really shouldn’t put tools like this in the hands of the general public.