He roomed in#208, Motel 6, 22nd St., Tucson, AZ, from 22-30 JAN 2009. During his stay he required no maid service, although he did require extra soap and a second washcloth (supplied by front desk clerk).
On FRI 30 JAN 2009, upon leaving, he curated a show for the maid:
Another view: here.
A still from the 5 hours of video shot during the 8-hour non-performance:
More HAPPYTRAILS info: here.
He attended University of California, Davis – Art Studio MFA Program, 2002-2004. Part of the application packet was a sheet of 20 slides. He went to the photography studio of Izzy Schwartz in Sacramento to have them shot:
They are part of: BOX #3.
here.
In late 1993, while living on Pennsylvania Avenue in South Beach (Miami Beach, FL) and working as a night clerk at the Hotel Franklin, the phone rang. It was David Armario, Art Director for Discover Magazine, with an illustration assignment – a full-page/full-color illustration with multiple spot illustrations. He’d worked David before – actually, David was his biggest (professional) cheerleader. After reading the manuscript he thought it’d work well as a 2-page spread – again, David, thankfully, was very supportive.
The illustration spread, Discover Magazine, February 1994, pages 64 & 65, “Raising the Dead”, by Richard Selzer, illustrated by Jeff Dodson:
The “career”, though, still did not take off – and, never would.
More of the FAILED illustration “career”: here.
Here.
ONE-EYED MADONNA AND NO-EYED CHILD:
ONE-EYED MADONNA AND NO-EYED CHILD; 2001; 2 parts: ONE-EYED MADONNA is 9 3/8″x9 1/2″x6 1/2″ and NO-EYED CHILD is 6 1/4″x16″x5 1/2″; installation size varies, string(s) from each are tied together during installation(s); approximately 3 months worth of what would’ve been trash created by the artist and his wife, 6 found metal support pieces, 1 found nipple, sisal, string, whipping twine; inspired by a portion of a poem (“Gimmee 5″) in his book (“Mr Lucky Goes To War”):
2 Lambs (bleating) -
One 1 foot tall
One 1 1/2 foot tall
Skinny as could be and walking
In the middle of nowhere
Every time the big one stops
The little one tries to suckle
So the big one keeps walking
So the little one keeps walking
ONE-EYED MADONNA AND NO-EYED CHILD is in BOX #14: here.
In early 1996, while living on Newkirk Street in Jersey City, New Jersey, he was hired to do a full-page/full-color illustration for Rolling Stone Magazine – for a review written by Neil Strauss of the album “Black Love” by the Afghan Whigs, entitled “Heart of Darkness”.
The cover:
The illustration for Rolling Stone, page 95, by Jeff Dodson:
More of the FAILED illustration “career”: here.
In early 1996, while living on Newkirk Street in Jersey City, New Jersey, he was hired to do a spot illustration for Spin Magazine entitled “The Gray Zone”.
The cover:
The illustration, Spin Magazine, April 1996, page 99, “The Gray Zone” by Celia Farber, illustrated by Jeff Dodson:
More of the FAILED illustration “career”: here.
