Michael Barrett

Macchiato at Manifesto

Half the appeal of records is the giant 12” artwork.

This web site design hits me right where I (want to) live. https://neighborhoodgoods.com

Saturday bread

I am such a twee hipster.

The record? Oh that. I bought that as an art piece. It’s been in a frame for about 20 years. (My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis - In Concert)

I learned two things over the weekend.

• I get migraines
• Migraine medicine is miraculous

Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin

State fair

My favorite local coffee shop is closing.

RONE is a street artist working on a whole other level.

The Atipo type foundry just released Silka

Lunr is a JavaScript-only search tool. Build an index from a list of documents and perform full-text searches. Neat.

Look at the size of this mango. Look at it.

Palazzo carpet is zoomy

Airport Noir

A Mega-gram for September. Inspired heavily by the street artist RONE I started thinking about drawing and painting right into the space around me - but doing so virtually by layering paintings and drawings into photos.

I’m not made of stone.

Morning flower

What a clown.

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey wore a popped collar to testify to Congress — Quartzy

Working on another giant Instagram piece. I’m starting to think about the incremental work that I do - portrait studies, landscapes, etc - as raw materials for other pieces. I’m folding in snapshots now.

Working digitally flattens everything, making everything collage.