Sol Cooper Gallery

A detail from a new piece I made from this show:
No Reistance
conte and acrylic on wooden puzzel pieces
8" x 8" x 2"
2008

One of Susann Whittier's classic works

curated into this exhibition by Robert Lynch, owner of SOL COOPER GALLERY

If you click on this link it will take you to a collection of photos taken at the opening for LOST AND FOUND: Five Women working with Found Objects. Petersburg is slowing simmering with creative possibilities. I am confident that one day it will be a lively rue of truly charming, occassionally exotic collection of eccentrics and artists from all over. At present it is a little like a salad bar. There are galleries that perfer iceberg and others that go more for roquet!

Sol Cooper Gallery is an exciting indicator of what is possible in Petersburg.

Selections from Walk the Walk...

I've been wading through my digital files looking for images to pair for slides. There are a number of shows coming up, deadlines, etc. I think the arrangement of images in the catalogue for the show may be more compelling... what do you think? Please advise!

summer survival skills

New Orleans Cold Drip Coffee

(a variation of a recently published recipe in the NYT based on time and experience drinking gallons of cold drip coffee in NOLA, Paris and Richmond )

The ingredients listed here are based on my first cup of authentic cold drip coffee purchased at PJ's in uptown NOLA in `84. This concoction will result in eight cups of coffee concentrate:

1 pound dark roast coffee and chicory, medium ground
10 cups cold water
Ice (coffee ice cubes are even better!)
French Vanilla Extract
Organic milk or Half and Half

1. Put coffee in a glass or nonreactive container, (stainless-steel). Add 2 cups water, stirring gently to wet the grounds, then slowly add remaining 8 cups water. Cover and let steep at room temperature for 12 hours. (a link for purchasing a chicory coffee or a toddy kit is posted below)

2. Strain coffee concentrate through a medium sieve, then again through a fine-mesh sieve.

3. To make iced coffee, fill a glass with ice, add ¼ cup coffee concentrate, 1/4 filtered water and 1/4 to 1/2 cup milk, a 1/2 tsp of french vanilla extract, then stir or shake.

Concentrate will keep in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.

Note: Coffee with chicory or a Coffee Toddy Kit may be ordered through French Market or Blue Bottle.

When the heat is raging and the humidity even worse it will get you through a dog day afternoon. Of course there is no health substitute for drinking plenty of cool filtered water but the rewards of such good behavior surely merit a dip in salt water followed by a New Orleans style iced coffee chaser.