Just after the sun set, hundreds of tiny flies came swarming to the moisture on our bodies. There was a lot of squirming and swatting in between poses. This happened to be a bite related break from the intended pose. The frustration very candidly emb...
2017-05-07 05:39:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Some more of my work with Cwen during our spontaneous shoot in Nevada.
The last post was a shot Cwen took of me. This is an image I took of her; Just one of a series that will include poetry. I will dribble some of the finished edits here, to ...
Two evenings ago, Cwen and I took a long drive out into the desert at sunset and made photos of each other for about an hour.
Here is a taste of what's to come...
Just in case you are wondering who Cwen is, or what I mean by 'model magic,' here is a shot of us from Lake Powell, Utah, taken by Mickey Schwartz. He shared his book with me during The Desert Adventure, in Moab.
And strangely enough, Cwen serendip...
2017-05-03 21:36:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Another exclusive peek into my next upcoming book.
Attached are some behind the scenes, on location images taken with my iPhone. There is even one taken of me, with the worst sunburn I've ever had in my life, sitting beside a snowman. Enjoy!
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2017-05-03 21:28:37 +0000 UTC View Post
This image is from my Yosemite project with Allyn Saroyan. These images will be accompanied by writing and published in what will be my second book collaboration. I'm very much looking forward to sharing it with you.
We lodged at Mono Lake, and spe...
2017-05-03 06:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The other day, I discovered the Moab library. Scored two CDs and a bumper sticker. The sticker, I have since misplaced. I'll just have to accept that as a sign that I will have to return soon. While there, I did a lot of image uploading and organizin...
2017-05-02 20:37:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Awoke to the dream exhumed
Suffused.
Vignetted in smoke and flames
With no sense of urgency
As all the creatures marveled
The electric explosion
Through cellular screens
from their breakfast tables.
No swiftness towards rel...
2017-05-02 20:26:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a little something for my $1 patrons, to express my gratitude.
Image taken by R.Yokomoto at the MonSekaa Desert Adventure.
With love, from Moab.
2017-04-29 22:35:56 +0000 UTC View Post
www.monique-patreon.tumblr.com
Password: p4treon
Thoughts? How are you enjoying the presentation on the Tumblr blog? I have noticed that communication has fallen off a bit since I took this direction. Or maybe everyone is just busy...
2017-04-29 22:31:40 +0000 UTC View Post
This is what I look like some mornings.
Just finished up with The MonSekaa Desert Adventure, checked out of our beautiful condo and checked back into mobile life.
I got way ahead of myself, thinking I'd be able to post 'live' from Moab....
2017-04-28 20:51:48 +0000 UTC View Post
The air is hot and still.
It hangs its weight on me,
And berths me to rocky desolation.
There is no sea, but still, there is current.
Its stirring softens me with nausea.
I brace myself to be kited by the icy gusts of indifference.
...
This afternoon, we bid adieu to our photographers for the first session of The MonSekaa Desert Adventure. Tomorrow begins session two. So far, it has been an incredibly rewarding experience, collaborating with some of the most wonderful artists I kno...
2017-04-25 05:24:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Both Patreon & Tumblr have let me down this week.
I have been making mobile posts from my phone over this three day period on my drive from Minnesota to Moab. I realize this morning, that NONE of them actually posted!
The Desert Adv...
2017-04-20 15:24:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Password: patr30n
Thanks again for bearing with all of the technical obstacles. I heard from two patrons that the Tumb...
2017-04-16 01:26:47 +0000 UTC View Post
For the last two weeks, I’ve been working towards a general sense of consistency among my Patreon blogs.
If you are new to the conversation, I originally intended to keep my blog exclusively wi...
2017-04-15 04:11:27 +0000 UTC View Post
There are several new posts up on both of my private Tumblr accounts. There, you will see a little more of my work with Joyce Lawrence and other incredible artists at Pineshores Art Association, on the Jersey Shore.
My hope is to be all caught up w...
2017-04-10 05:30:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I have spent the last day working on my website, which is yet to be launched. Getting there!
I am also currently in the process of condensing and compiling all the content from my Patreon and posting it to my Tumblr feed. Once I've got that all put...
2017-03-30 03:46:58 +0000 UTC View Post
In between my 'bread and butter' gigs, taking care of my grandfather, and trying to get my taxes filed, I have been putting in work on my personal projects.
Tonight and tomorrow I am working on launching my website, which will have an online ...
2017-03-28 22:15:55 +0000 UTC View Post
These paintings were both done by Joyce Lawrence, of Pineshores Art Association on the Jersey Shore.
The left-most image was painted when I was 22 years old. The painting to the right was done about a year ago, just shy of 25. Believe it or not, bo...
2017-03-24 05:27:37 +0000 UTC View Post
At center is the developed grisaille sketch done by Joyce Lawrence, who is an incredible portraitist and a wonderful instructor. She has been painting portraits for the last 4-5 years, and has only begun teaching about a year or so ago.
When it com...
2017-03-24 04:11:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Even in the discomfort
Of imbalance,
Through my frustration
With oft-repeated relapses
And desperate missteps,
Might I rest in the awkward
Of my smallness
Towards this cavernous swallow;
A frail fortuity in...
2017-03-23 05:09:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I am most excited to announce that the long anticipated book, 'Monique - Poet & Muse,' is just about two weeks from its arrival! I just booked a flight to meet with my collaborators, Photosensualis, and sign a select number of copies.
In ...
2017-03-21 04:41:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Wisdom written on my slate,
Once starved with hunger,
Thirst; Parched with wonder.
Now I've too much on my plate.
If I should take another bite,
I would lose my appetite.
But I've sealed my fate
And it's too late...
2017-03-21 04:31:45 +0000 UTC View Post
New carpeting, yet to be unrolled,
Made a perfect tunnel for matchbox cars
Maneuvered by two pairs of tiny hands
Our microcosm deaf to the goodbyes of our mothers
Telling their anticipatory farewells
Comfortable in the soft ...
2017-03-15 07:04:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Featured here is a twenty minute sketch done by Joyce Lawrence, an accomplished painter here on the Jersey Shore. I have been posing for Joyce for several years. This month she is teaching a four session portrait painting class at Pineshores.
I think my previous post may be Tom’s most accurate capture of my likeness, although these are all incredibly beautiful. Out of the hundreds of drawings I have had the pleasure of posing for, Tom’s drawings are among those most dear to me.
...
One of my favorite things about returning to the Jersey Shore is posing for the local artists. Art gigs pay a mere $15-$35 per hour wage, and are generally much more physically taxing. However, the experience itself is most rewarding.
Firstly...
2017-03-15 04:34:33 +0000 UTC View PostClick the rectangle entitled 'Tumblr' just above ^^
The password is: patr30n
I hope this is easy enough to remember and private enough to remain exclusive.
As usual, thorough and honest feedback is encouraged.
Tha...
2017-03-13 05:41:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is the beginning of a drawing done by Tom Rutledge of the Jersey Shore. I have attached more about this portraitist, and my experience as his subject, in my just-launched Tumblr blog: www.monique-patreon.tumblr.com
I hope you will join me ther...
2017-03-13 05:37:33 +0000 UTC View Post