Wandering Study

a banjo and a mattress

brianademarco — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:00:29 +0000

David's home!

David and I find our home these days to be bigger than a Volvo but smaller than most sane couples would choose to attempt. Our space somehow sucks in the near ocean breeze despite its east-facing orientation, and when David accepts my schoolwork papers that seem to scatter themselves rudely across my side, we have more room than we need.

Our kitchen area makes us tango if we both wish to make a culinary contribution, but our wobbly microwave, double burner, and slightly-larger-than-mini-fridge call for fewer cooking perils than we’re accustomed to (Dinnertime in the Volv often involved searing the car rooftop and, on more than one occasion, had us nearly burning down local parks or New Mexican forest).

Minimalists that we are, my newly acquired banjo and his five closest musical instrument friends also grace our space. (Sorry, neighbors. Hope you like bluegrass.)

We threw a mattress in here just for kicks. Here we go now, with the surfing and kiting and poolside guarding and projects and banjo and summer.

Same kids, new Volv

An Attempt

davidtperkins — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:04:54 +0000

Lopsided Self Portrait

Surf Bum

davidtperkins — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:33:52 +0000

A little progression that started with a documentary on a blind blues singer in mongolia and an attempt to draw something that I had never drawn before.

Surf Bum Sketches

A new character that came out of a blues singer.

Manet

davidtperkins — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:14:34 +0000

Manet Collage 3' x 4' oil on Brown Paper.

New/Old Videos

davidtperkins — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:40:18 +0000

Morning drive out of Joshua Tree

Bri and I coming home accompanied by Landon

June Mountain

davidtperkins — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:13:17 +0000

Mammoth

davidtperkins — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:55:46 +0000

Base of June

June Sunset

Another June Sunset

And Back Again

brianademarco — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:14:26 +0000

Late October David and I migrated back west. The trusty Volvo brought us through the southern route this time. Upstate New York fall hues to West Virginia pork BBQ, a night in a piano-furnished Mississippi shack to New Orleans catfish tasting, the entire state of Texas in two and a half days to a New Mexico night surrounded by cows, to our favorite hidden spot in Joshua Tree and, finally, back to our coast just in time for November. David has since wandered up to Mammoth for the winter as I tackle the adventure that is continuing my college education, but here are the best shots from our homeward journey.

Winding mountain autumn roads in Maryland

Best homemade BBQ sauce at The Pit in Chilhowie, Virginia

In good company, Mississippi.

Our Pinetop Perkins Shack. Clarksdale, Mississippi.

Dreams coming true: sitting on a southern porch at the Shack.

Texas

First glimpses of California

David's capture of Joshua Tree before dawn

Sunrise mountains at Joshua Tree

Joshua trees

Unloading the Volvo at home

David back on home turf.

Waking Up

davidtperkins — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:12:30 +0000

It’s El Nino and the waves are here. I have one more week to surf it up before heading up to Mammoth for the winter.

A windy sunset walk with Bri and Sketch.

After a trip to the Getty I bought some clay, soon after Herb arrived.

Some sketches of Herb. A breakthrough.

New Videos

davidtperkins — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:23:39 +0000

As you can see I’ve been playing with my little GoPro camera. Its miniature, waterproof, and thus far I haven’t destroyed it. Here is a surf video from the spring in Costa Rica (from my first GoPro camera, which has since fallen into the hands of the Costa Rican underworld along with just about everything else I had with me at the time).