Jun 30, 2022Ar Yaev: Collection UpdateAr Yaev is a photography collection where I collaborated with an Akha photographer to share images of Flowers. Ar yaev in the Akha language means flower. I recently listed Dok Champa with 50 editions each edition was about 75 cents. After all the editions sold out a benevolent collector came…Nft2 min readNft2 min read
Apr 26, 2022Ar Yaev Means FlowersOpium Poppies, Tea Blossoms, Jasmine, coffee and more. Laos is is home to so many beautiful flower blossoms. Some imported as cash crops and some native species. In the mountain of Laos is a village of people known as the Akha. In Laos they say Dogmai or Dok but in…Laos2 min readLaos2 min read
Mar 23, 2022Anti-War ArtIt is the responsibility of Artist to control the the cultural consciousness. We have a duty as artist to combat government and corporate propaganda that attempts to control our thoughts. This piece I created is of a pregnant Ukrainian blacksmith destroying a Russian AK barrel while a peace dove watches…Anti War2 min readAnti War2 min read
Feb 4, 2022Akha Children — A View of RiceWhile in Meaung District in Laos I donated some school supplies with my Sister Nok. We used some charitable donations to deliver paper, pencils, shoes, clothes, food, colored pencils, pencils and pens to the kids and their families. It was beautiful and I covered that experience in my last blog…Laos3 min readLaos3 min read
Jan 4, 20222Tulips: Proof Update!Let me just start off by saying 2021 was an absolute mess. I lost my job several times due to covid I am still unable to leave Laos due to a few factors. But there was one silver lining to 2021 and that was my 2Tulips Project NFT project. If…Longevity2 min readLongevity2 min read
Jan 3, 2022Helping the Akha StudentsI have been visiting Laos off and on for the last six years. First as a tourist then as a teacher. This last visit was as a tourist as I had planned to just visit some friends. When covid hit like a sudden wave and in a sense of global…Charity3 min readCharity3 min read
Sep 20, 20212Tulips and Greg Fahy2Tulips: Proof of Burn is an NFT part of my Proof series. Profit from the initial sale of that NFT will be donated to Greg Fahy to aid him in his research. It felt appropriate albeit slightly tongue in cheek to balance out his 30 years of research in cryobiology…Nft2 min readNft2 min read
Sep 17, 20212Tulips and David Sinclair2Tulips: Proof of Storage is an NFT I created as part of my Proof Series. Proceeds from the sale of that NFT will go towards aiding the research of David Sinclair Ph.D. To read more about the art side of this series you can click here.Nft2 min readNft2 min read
Sep 8, 20212Tulips and Michael LevinOne of the non fungible tokens (NFTs) in my 2Tulips Series is 2Tulips: Proof of Work. This video and GIF follows the process of me creating the 2Tulips painting.You …Longevity3 min readLongevity3 min read
Sep 6, 20212Tulips: SeriesI have been obsessed with death or entropy in the poetic sense of the world over half my life. I used to go to bed imagining everything turning to dust and darkness as an exercise in letting things go. Life seems to be in direct conflict with entropy and almost…Nft4 min readNft4 min read
