One of the more interesting panels on display for the month at the "Odd-ka Tonic" show: A collaborative piece from myself and Maryanne Babij, who has consistently portrayed Fairbanks in a singular style with her outstanding perspectives on urban imagery. Put another way, there isn't any photographer/digital artist in the 'Banks that has made me look and really look again at the spaces & places I've long grown aesthetically anesthetized to over decades of exposure. That takes some serious skill, and an eye for inner doorways that are closed to most of us trudging to and fro in the frozen north. When I initially doodled out the moose, there was no other possible environment for it to inhabit than one of Maryanne's connatural mandalas. Sure enough, after submission, a perfect harmony resulted in this piece. That's something that's only happened maybe a couple times over my entire career.
Bonus trivia: The tile (at least until we either start a band with that name or someone else fits the bill) is an oblique homage to B. Kliban's seminal collection published in 1983.
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