Greg Cook makes a ‘Friends Is Friends’ linocut
Here’s how Greg Cook carved and printed a linocut rendition of the cover of his long comic book “Friends Is Friends,” August 2016. Above: Finished prints hung up to dry.Continue Reading →
‘Rodin: Transforming Sculpture’ at Peabody Essex Museum
Versions of many of Rodin’s masterpieces–including his iconic “The Thinker”–are on view in “Rodin: Transforming Sculpture” at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. (May 14 to Sept. 5, 2016),…Continue Reading →
‘God is Dead’
Graffiti off Route 1, Saugus, Mass. Aug. 14, 2016. Copyright Greg Cook.Continue Reading →
Gregg Bernstein paints a mural in Allston
Boston artist Gregg Bernstein is painting a mural of the Boston Public Garden at the end of Harvard Terrace, off Harvard Avenue, in Boston’s Allston neighborhood. His work may be…Continue Reading →
Bureaucrat
“Bureaucrat” by Greg Cook. Ball point pen on copier paper pennants with tape and string. November 2015. For “D Gallery Presents: Made At Work 2,” a group exhibit curated by…Continue Reading →
Alaina Monturoi’s hand-lettered stationery and cute artwork
We bumped into Alaina Monturoi of Extras By Alaina at the Boston Made Market at the Clubhouse in Somerville on April 24, 2016. The Malden, Mass., artist makes hand-lettered stationery,…Continue Reading →
Cindy Bendat photographs LA’s Guatemalan, Ethopian, and Cambodian festivals
One of the wondrous things about the culture of our immigrant nation is how you can find expressions of traditions from all over the world here—especially in our cities. In…Continue Reading →
Photos: James Weinberg’s screenprinting studio
Back in February, I visited the screenprinting studio of James Weinberg in Somerville, Mass. Usually he works on paper, but he’d been experimenting with printing silkscreens on panels (like “Elk (1/3)”…Continue Reading →
Gerrit Lansing remembers Harry Smith
“I smoked a lot of weed with him [Harry Smith], on the streets even. We met in bars. We once were together in the great jazz place that closed very…Continue Reading →
Martian Crafts
Martian Crafts Free! with artists Kari Percival and Greg Cook at Malden Public Library, 36 Salem St., Malden, Mass. 2-3 p.m. Saturday, March 5, 2016 as part of Malden Reads:…Continue Reading →