the things i did

exploring

2012-01-12T23:47:00.000-08:00

something forgotten

2011-11-10T23:07:00.000-08:00

out of the background

2011-05-23T13:03:00.000-07:00

presidio

2011-05-02T14:29:00.000-07:00

eyes half open

2011-04-28T14:05:00.000-07:00


eyes half open

inanimate love

2011-04-20T11:52:00.000-07:00

maybe it's the lighting or the mattresses kissing against the telephone pole. kinda lonely and sweet.

inanimate love

subjective monstrosities

2011-04-18T13:54:00.000-07:00

Apartments on Capp

why does something catch your eye? why does something feel good or meaningful to one person and is nothing to another? i guess our only compass is to follow that inclination down, around and through. Viewing each pull as a step towards something else that wasn't illuminated before.

3 days of the Rapture: photographic evidence.

2011-04-14T12:59:00.000-07:00

21rst and Treat, Day 1

21rst and Mission, Day 1

21rst and Bryant, Day 2

21rst and Capp, Day 2

20th and Shotwell, Day 2

21rst and Florida, Day 3

21rst and York, Day 3

21rst and Alabama, Day 3


left in a hurry, 21rst and Bryant

Around my new neighborhood I have begun to notice the odd number of empty shoes littering the streets. so i started taking pictures of the evidence.

heavy morning sky

2011-04-07T09:33:00.000-07:00

the illusion of snow

2011-04-06T14:26:00.000-07:00

shades of the same color

2011-04-06T14:24:00.000-07:00

york street abstracts

Tree, unknown and explosive

2011-03-23T19:09:00.000-07:00

tree in the redwood forest. It looks magic to me.

i see a dragon reaching towards the sun

2011-03-17T09:40:00.000-07:00

mossy trees of half moon bay.

"...a wolf in the sand"

2011-03-16T12:21:00.000-07:00

water runs down the beach at half moon bay, the tracks are kinda astounding.

electric storm

2011-03-15T09:20:00.000-07:00

on the prowl

2011-03-10T10:34:00.000-08:00

the sky opens up and lets em by

2011-03-09T08:57:00.000-08:00

the black finger points onward

2011-03-08T09:53:00.000-08:00

half moon bay #2

2011-03-07T08:40:00.000-08:00

exploring half moon bay in northern california. taken on a misty, gray day along the beach.

half moon bay #1

2011-03-06T18:30:00.000-08:00


storm comes in

city shapes

2011-03-05T11:08:00.000-08:00

it's only chinatown

2011-03-02T10:50:00.000-08:00

Today's featured photographer in Magazine 1975

2011-03-01T14:31:00.000-08:00

http://www.magazine1975.com/category/be-inspired/photography/

Wisconsin pics abound.

remembering fall

2011-03-01T10:52:00.000-08:00

to me, the feel of this photo is everything i like about wisconsin.

black bag

2011-02-18T09:13:00.000-08:00

waiting outside to be let in, i noticed this. a plastic bag dancing it the tree limbs as the sunset.

here comes the sun

2011-02-17T09:29:00.000-08:00

graveyard (ghosts not pictured)

2011-02-16T09:24:00.000-08:00

graveyard along the northern california coast.

the not trying kind

2011-02-15T09:29:00.000-08:00

the random designs, formed over time by chance, strike me.

more from muir

2011-02-14T10:10:00.000-08:00

these pictures relax me. i love the woods

4 fingers

2011-02-12T13:08:00.000-08:00

soft still face

2011-02-11T09:10:00.000-08:00

stone face from belinas, ca.

the cold expanse

2011-02-10T09:11:00.000-08:00

oh wisconsin, you may be frozen solid but i miss you.

muir woods

2011-02-09T21:48:00.000-08:00

amazing hike in a red wood forest. muir woods outside san francisco. it's hard to capture the immensity of these trees. so beautiful.

wooden teeth

2011-02-02T15:51:00.000-08:00

wooden teeth

prayer angel

2011-01-21T09:26:00.000-08:00

angel in prayer

from an amazing graveyard outside belinas, ca. irish and swiss graves here from the 1850's.

solemn

2011-01-20T10:18:00.000-08:00

solemn

another picture from belinas, ca. from the graveyard behind an old catholic church.

a quiet place

2011-01-19T10:01:00.000-08:00

a quiet place

irish markers on the california coast.

sunset

2011-01-18T13:43:00.000-08:00

sunset

point reyes, ca. the sun setting, very cold and beautiful.

goodbye old friend

2011-01-12T17:41:00.000-08:00

i sold this piece today. it is always a mix of emotions when i let a piece go. happy that others appreciate my work, but sad to see a chapter of my visual journal gone out into the world. but i suppose i would rather have it shared with others than kept to my own.

rings

rings, close up

new painting: the red hand

2011-01-10T10:19:00.000-08:00

the red hand

the red hand (CU)

a new painting. mixed media on particle board. 48" x 20".

willow

2011-01-08T10:23:00.000-08:00

countryside

2011-01-06T09:58:00.000-08:00

the farm i first lived on is down there somewhere.

countryside

winter outside Paoli

2011-01-05T09:04:00.000-08:00

i had the chance to go back to wisconsin for the holidays. the people and the countryside are fantastic.

sugar river

branches

2010-12-29T13:59:00.000-08:00

winter river

2010-12-27T07:33:00.000-08:00

this is the sugar river in late december.

winter river

willow and snow

2010-12-25T06:58:00.000-08:00

this morning, the trees along the sugar river were laced with ice.

willow tree

sugar river

2010-12-24T05:57:00.000-08:00

the sugar river is almost frozen.

winter river

winter tree.

2010-12-23T13:53:00.000-08:00

winter tree

back in wisconsin. the ice formed on trees this morning. so beautiful.

locked up

2010-12-18T09:40:00.000-08:00

locked up

fruit tree

2010-12-16T17:20:00.001-08:00

fruit tree

jump cut christmas

2010-12-16T12:01:00.001-08:00

a 23 second collage of images from the last month. http://youtu.be/iSRanPhrAq0

dusk

2010-12-13T10:27:00.000-08:00

the city glows. dusk.

up into away

2010-12-09T20:43:00.000-08:00

wrapper

2010-12-08T09:11:00.000-08:00

a chewing gum wrapper bounces light. the cement is wet as night falls in san francisco.

alley

2010-12-08T09:10:00.000-08:00

alley near chinatown, sf. i like the colors and how everything is a rectangle.

feather and lightening

2010-12-07T08:59:00.000-08:00

feather and lightening

a feather lays on the cement. kind of perfect.

images from chinatown: jackson

2010-12-06T09:39:00.000-08:00

shapes, colors and words.

images from chinatown

2010-12-04T13:01:00.000-08:00

i love the colors that chinatown highlights: red, pale blue, gold. this is from chinatown in san francisco.

bat star - embrace your fear

2010-11-24T09:41:00.000-08:00

the creepiest thing of all - the bat.

bat star

blue bird fly

2010-11-23T09:17:00.000-08:00

blue bird fly

id vs. ego

2010-11-22T08:50:00.000-08:00

id vs. ego. mixed media on paper. or "meanings of the fox and hound revealed".

id vs. ego

nether-there

2010-11-19T09:09:00.000-08:00

river styx just up ahead.

nether world

nethermost

2010-11-18T09:03:00.000-08:00

dream scape, crossing over. satyr (not pictured).

nethermost

Lincoln addresses vampires...

2010-11-17T07:01:00.000-08:00

the lesser known lincoln address.

lincoln addresses the undead

just beyond

2010-11-16T09:07:00.000-08:00

just beyond

i am back: myth.

2010-11-15T10:07:00.000-08:00

listening to joseph campbell this morning and thinking about myth and story and how we create our own.

myth

the drop, undone

2010-11-10T05:21:00.000-08:00

mixed media on paper. gold, red and bomb.

the drop, undone

spin clock

2010-11-06T08:18:00.000-07:00

i am back (for a bit). this is a mixed media pic on paper. time and influence.

spin clock

sorry for my absence

2010-11-02T23:17:00.001-07:00

i am creating top secret toy projects. i will return to posting soon.

rain pony

2010-10-28T21:03:00.000-07:00

mixed media on paper. watch out for lightening.

rain pony

animal boom! (honeybee)

2010-10-27T09:48:00.000-07:00

honeybee

turning tide

2010-10-26T11:09:00.000-07:00

mixed media on paper.

turning tide

little red dog

2010-10-25T10:08:00.000-07:00

mixed media on paper.

little red dog

pumpkin priest

2010-10-22T12:15:00.000-07:00

mixed media on paper in time for halloween.

pumpkin priest

proud

2010-10-21T16:55:00.000-07:00

mixed media on paper. skeletal bull marches into the sun past the storm. the fox looks on.

proud

animal boom! (reindeer)

2010-10-20T18:59:00.000-07:00

marker on paper.

animal boom! (reindeer)

unplanned

2010-10-19T10:00:00.000-07:00

mixed media on paper. a lion set for surprise. the unexpected about to be known.

unplanned

animal boom! (bird)

2010-10-18T09:26:00.000-07:00

he is vibrating.

animal boom! (bird)

animal boom! (pony)

2010-10-16T10:23:00.000-07:00

marker on paper. simple but i like the vibrancy and who doesn't like a pony?

animal boom! (pony)

animal boom! (fox)

2010-10-15T10:25:00.000-07:00

marker on paper. i think paul goble (my favorite children's book writer) inspired me to draw animals this way. simple outline that gives you the idea of what it is. just the signposts of a fox. pointy ears, busy tail...

animal boom! (fox)

emerging

2010-10-14T10:15:00.000-07:00

mixed media on paper. a figure comes from a jungle of weeds. set on a purpose.

emerging

sunset and moon

2010-10-12T13:08:00.000-07:00

the moon coming out and the sun going down.

sunset and moon

new website

2010-10-11T22:48:00.000-07:00

ok, i have blended old art work with new. here is the new site. enjoy.

www.joshjpeters.com

fall

2010-10-11T06:39:00.000-07:00

images of fall from the midwest. boy, i miss it this time of year.

pumpkins

taking it in

2010-10-08T10:48:00.000-07:00

taking it in

another from the museum. not bored.

birch trees in spetember

2010-10-07T19:57:00.000-07:00

i love birch trees. so relaxing.

birch trees in september

the other side

2010-10-07T06:51:00.000-07:00

of the midwest, without much thought.

foxfield movie house

hey, it's corfu!

you're not the bosa me

crossroads

2010-10-06T06:50:00.000-07:00

one comes, one goes. i wonder if they make eye contact when they pass? acrylic, charcoal, marker on paper.

crossroads

ibsen can't go home

2010-10-05T09:20:00.000-07:00

i am experimenting with new materials. now i am trying charcoal and pastels (thanks jaime). i am always amazed how changing materials changes what comes out. charcoal gives voice to something in me that metallic silver doesn't. oil paints bring out something that photography doesn't. perhaps they are all playing different instruments in the same song.

plus, i think autumn is a good time to start trying charcoal.

ibsen can't go home

hints of fall

2010-10-04T09:38:00.000-07:00

my favorite time of year is here. i love overcast skies, cool air and the hint of snow.

fall field

one for the weekend: bored in beauty #4

2010-10-01T15:46:00.000-07:00

bored number 4

a continuation of a salute to those poor blank faced people who remind us not to use the flash. i am talking about the polyester suited, museum security guards (of which i use to be one, terrible job). surrounded by works of art that culminated from a lifetime of mastery and all you wanna do is go home.

my promised

2010-09-30T17:45:00.000-07:00

promised

early explorers and fortune seekers. easy to judge them now, but at the time, who could blame them for going to get theirs. people still do it without a thought. acrylic, pen, marker on paper

icon

2010-09-29T09:00:00.000-07:00

collection

a series of icons that keep popping up in my work. why am i drawn to certain shapes and symbols?

acrylic, pen, marker on paper.

the illumination

2010-09-28T10:00:00.000-07:00

the illumination

come to show us the way! magic owl appears on a starry night before the fox. pen, marker, acrylic on paper.

offense

2010-09-27T06:59:00.000-07:00

offense

if you're gonna do a picture about defense, a soldier staving off an elephant, than i have to do one about offense. a double sworded grenadier riding a fox. icon galore. acrylic, marker and pen on paper.

one for the weekend: metaphor

2010-09-25T10:46:00.000-07:00

wouldn't it be nice

metaphor

silverlake

2010-09-24T09:40:00.000-07:00

back in LA. lovely night.

street lights

defense

2010-09-23T06:49:00.000-07:00

defense

acrylic, marker, pen on paper.

roots

2010-09-22T09:32:00.000-07:00

images from the place i grew up.

a place to watch the corn grow

the family farm

schoolhouse

light in the shed

2010-09-21T07:25:00.000-07:00

the shed

christmas lights hang from the ceiling. i love the light in this.