AGNES FOR PEACE

I’ve been doing drawings of Agnes again. Some years ago I was reading up on the Old West and Buffalo Bill in particular. I was drawn to the name of his wife, Agnes Lake, and the story of her life as a circus performer and woman of the Wild West. I did several drawings (collected in a zine) inspired by her life and paired with text cribbed from a translation of The Odyssey by Homer. Heady, I know, but it worked, I think. The drawing above is based on a poster of Arthur Russell I have on my studio wall.

It feels good to make these fast drawings with a permanent marker and not think too much, see what comes up. I like it when my brain, and others’ brains, fill in the blanks.

My hope is to make a book with these drawings and some text in time for the San Francisco Art Book Fair in July. I bet we can do it. Agnes for president, Agnes for Peace.

TODAY’S LISTENING:
I went to some cool garage sales and got 5 cd’s for a dollar. Kris Krisofferson and John Prine for the car.
At home, after breakfast for dinner, this new Gene Clark home demos LP my friends at Everything Nice in Ellenville, NY sent me.
and an assortment of these old country blues 78s compilations, and my recent new favorite: Connie Converse.