Santacon Chimney

It was a real tough chore rolling this 100 lb chimney on wheels from the West Village to Central Park. Im thinking that there has to be a better way.

A Frog in the Bog

Torchie the frog truly expected to die. The oil was coming in around him, enveloping his little bog where he ate crickets and listened for mates responding to his croaks. He'd noticed a severe decline in available foods. Flies and mosquitoes and crickets offspring grow much faster than his own babies will or would have if not for the impending disaster.

The drop off of his own supply of food either meant something was wrong with the water or the insects themselves or both. He could smell the oil.

Ribbit, ribbit Torchie croaked. He didn't hear a response.

Where were the available snacks that Torchie loved? The oil probably choked the life out of the insects babies.

The oily sheen on the water, reflecting the setting sun, broke the light into rainbows of colors. Encompassing death was beautiful he thought, in some ways.

If he dove into the water and tried to move to another spot he could only swim so far before he would have to come up for air. It would hurt his skin and get into his mouth and nose. Maybe he could swim to the bottom of the little off shore pool and the oil would go away? He laughed at the silliness of the idea.

The sunset sure is beautiful, he croaked aloud, one last time.

The Gulf of Fiasco

My son and I took our artistic skills and made some
cartoon fish and crustaceans that wonder aloud if
they are going to die from the BP oil spill.

Gulf Oil Spill and Paper Recycling

Would dumping massive amounts of our paper by products along the gulf shore lines allow the oil to be absorbed and thus prevent it being absorbed into the marshes?

We have at our disposal huge amounts of recycled paper being collected by our existing recycling companies. Would it benefit us to send barges, trucks and trains to the gulf with this paper to dump along the gulf states coastlines?

The possible benefits of creating even more of a mess with the paper is that:

The paper will absorb the oil to some extent.

Oil will be prevented from getting into the very sandy bottom of the marshes where it will be very hard to decompose without sufficient oxygen. If it does get into the sediment it will be decades before it biodegrades.

The paper will biodegrade the oil quicker since the paper will encourage bacteria to attack the paper and the oil.

The paper contains oxygen which will be needed to degrade the oil.

Massive amounts of paper will act like natural booms, preventing the oil from being pushed further into marshes.

In shallow water the paper will be easier to collect than in deep water.

Picto-Interactive

Albert Wilking Resume

Albert Wilking was born in Anaheim, California near Disneyland to a photographer painter mother and inventor father. Wilking lived an early bohemian life traveling and camping all over the west coast, New Mexico and Texas before moving to New Brunswick, NJ. Daytrips were common to Soho and to abandoned barns along the Delaware. At the age of seven he began sketching on a regular basis. With his father's encouragement he had a number of shows and sold a couple dozen paintings by the time he was 12, garnering press including The New York Times. Wilking received a BS from the College of New Jersey. He attended the New School University, NYC, for screenwriting and Pratt Institute, NYC for Flash animation. In 2002 the Queens Museum in New York City acquired two of his paintings through the Monique Goldstrom Gallery, Soho, NY. In 2006 Wilking formed Crazy Studios, turning his love of painting to video and writing. He has produced over fifty viral videos, garnering attention from web junkies across the world. In 2008 he partnered with Susan McIntosh to produce a comedy pilot. In 2009 he again partnered with Susan McIntosh to produce Wondermare at the Apexart gallery in Tribeca, NYC.

2009
Apexart.org
Wondermare - 8 screen video installation based on Alice in Wonderland
Tribeca
NYC

2008
55 Main Gallery
Bisbee Arizona

2007
Stage Left
New Brunswick, NJ

2005
Jadite Galleries
Hells Kitchen
NYC

2004
Cafe De La Pace
E Village
NYC

2003
Cafe Loup
Don't Spill The Milk
Greenwich Village
NYC

2002
Stacy Studios
Union Square
NYC

2001
Nascimento, 1st Ave, NYC
Robertsons, Wall St, NYC
Rheinhardt-Fisher Gallery, Trenton, NJ

2000
Urban Word Gallery, Trenton, NJ
Caroline's, Miami, FL
Cafe De La Pace, 7th St, NYC

1999
Millennium Gallery - East Hampton, NY
Stage Left - New Brunswick, NJ
55 Main Gallery - Bisbee, AZ
West River Gallery - Jacksonville, FL
Stage Left - New Brunswick, NJ

1998 Community Bar & Grill - Seventh Ave, NYC
Alt. Coffee - Ave A, NYC
Trattoria Nicola - Somerset, NJ
Bucks County Coffee - Princeton, NJ
Borders Books - Lawrenceville, NJ
Pink Pony - Orchard St, NYC
Stage Left - New Brunswick, NJ

1997
Artist's Mill - Manayunk, PA
55 Main Gallery - Bisbee, AZ
Picasso's Palate - Red Bank, NJ
Triumph Brewery - Princeton, NJ

1996
Firehouse Gallery - Bordentown, NJ
Stage Left - New Brunswick, NJ
Tastebuds Cafe - New Hope, PA
Heaven - 24th St, NYC
Michelyn Gallery - New Britain, PA
Wojner Studios - Philadelphia, PA
Batik Art Gallery - Bathsheba, Barbados
Mill Hill Playhouse - Trenton, NJ
Small World Cafe - Princeton, NJ

1995
Fourth Avenue Gallery - Tucson, AZ
Highwire Gallery - Philadelphia, PA
Motif Gallery - New Hope, PA
Freschetti's - Princeton, NJ
Eleven - Trenton, NJ
Gallery Alexy - Philadelphia, PA

1994
Objects and Images - Soho, NYC
Davis Art Gallery - Davis, WV
Delann Gallery - Plainsboro, NJ
Artworks Center for the Arts, Princeton, NJ

1993 Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1976 and prior
Seton Hall University, Orange, NJ
Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ
Princeton Outdoor Market, Princeton, NJ
Bernardsville Library, Bernardsville, NJ

Go Easy

This cross between a cat and a bear is about to get the shock of his life.
12" x 16" Arches watercolor paper
Mixed media watercolor, oil marker, pen and pencil

Mr Refrigerator

Sometimes I want to eat everything in the frig.
16" x 12" Arches watercolor paper
Mixed media watercolor, oil marker, pen and pencil

Lollipop Lollipop

I like the lollipops in his eyes. Sometimes it's hard to make choices.
16" x 12" Arches watercolor paper
Mixed media watercolor, oil marker, pen and pencil

American Mess

12" x 16" Arches watercolor paper
Mixed media watercolor, oil marker, pen and pencil

8 Footed Spotted Fly

12" x 16" Arches watercolor paper
Mixed media watercolor, oil marker, pen and pencil

Time To Make The Donuts

12" x16" Arches watercolor paper
Mixed Media with watercolor, ink, pencil and pen

Man Behind The Curtain

20" high mixed media
Wood, plywood, tin and oil enamel

Sushibots

Sushibots, made in 2003 it reveals my own personal love of Sushi. Yummy:)
32" x 32" acrylic on canvas gallery wrap

Stage Diving in The STreet

Thanks to Simon Hettich for visiting NYC with his friends and being such a great sport!