charles truett projects

I recently exhibited seven new paintings in my studio. I took inspiration from a roadside memorial I found on the street.

Last year I ran across a homemade shrine on the sidewalk near my studio. It was made up of an empty bottle of liquor, roses, coins, and a decapitated bird arranged in a plastic dish.

For a while this memorial marked someone's pathway out of this world. It held the aura of that transition for a while, until eventually it too transformed, from a sacred object into garbage. I came across it somewhere in between the two.

I was intrigued by the expression of deep feeling from such a humble platform, and charmed by the amateur attempt to communicate with a world beyond our own.

I began learning about roadside memorials around the country, and used some of them as inspirations for these paintings.

three hgs will be mission ready by the end of today. I'm aiming for Wednesday as the launch day. The three mission leaders will be cravitz, barthel and bell. I've only got pesky little details to wrap up: get the log cards in each hg, fill up the third hg with sample cases. Finally, I'm ready. On the chief willy front, I managed to get a mac mini on ebay for $200, and it should arrive this week. Then I'll get it set up to serve the cbtsa site, and eventually, communicate with the river fleet. As for the rovers, I should have all the gear I need this week. I'm getting the vdip1 from England- thats the thing that will connect the arduino to the phone via usb. There also the USB cable that connects the phone to the mac, and thats in its way too. Basically, by the end of the week, I should be ready to begin those two efforts in earnest.(chief willy underfoot and the earth rovers). No progress on eb1 mobile this week, but thats fine. Time for that later.

I was very lucky to be able to meet with my old professor (he's not actually old, he's only two years older than I am) last weekend. He had a few recommendations.