Aside: Do not mistake my disappointment with the combines as a act of hate. ON the contrary I love them. It is the push to be novel and original that some times gets me in a tizzy. He has been where I thought I was going/have been. After looking at those works, my M.F.A. show show in 2004 does not seem so out of place. On the contrary, his mastery my lead me on to another cue. Not for mimicry, but philosophy. I may find a well of information in his life to process that would aid my own. On to the next book for me and hopefully be Christmas.
BTW: The photograph is up and my challenge is complete. Well almost. After DQS 2015, then it will/might be over. I'm refraining of any comments. All artists are harder on their work that their viewers. When you work with something that close and you have a hinge of perfection that you turn on, it is bound to be ugly when it is finally torn from you hands. Even in realizing that it is finished is difficult. The link is as follows in Quilting Arts 2014. Warning: At the moment I have no space that can manage a proper photograph for items larger than 100" in either direction. So bear with the awkwardness of the display. I'll be sizing down in the future for that reason and for DQS.
Meanwhile I am headed back to finishing off what I've already got pin basted. Four up and several left to prepare. I'll get through my old tops one way or another. They deserve it.