Interview with Eliot Patterson of True Skool

I had the great pleasure of interviewing Eliot Patterson of True Skool today. I am developing a digital library of Milwaukee Graffiti for a class and needed a video element. A good friend recommended True Skool as a resource, so I visited their website and contacted them. Eliot has been a graffiti artist for about two decades and is a veritable fountain of helpful information. These two panels were done by Eliot and a group of kids from True Skool. This artwork can be found on 12th and National, on the southeast corner building, facing west. The two photos represent two long sections of wall, the artwork of each section is roughtly the same height, but because the first section is longer, it looks smaller to fit on here. You can also view another really neat set of artworks by True Skool on Washington and Cesar Chavez on the south side of the building on the northwest corner. I will post some of that work soon as well.

Along Honey Creek culvert in Miller Valley

Dried Maple Leaf by the bus stop

Down by Keefe and Holton

Ode to a Girl with a Pearl Gauge and Septum Ring

Untitled by April Moraza, in the student art exhibit at the WI State Fair.

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer, 1665.

Goat Parts, etc.

Back

Side

With hopes that goats can't read . . .

Quilts at WI State Fair

Quilt by Janet Sandretti

This one was hanging near the one above, but I couldn't get near enough to get the name of the maker. Absolutely stunning!

UWM Klotsche Center Reflective Surfaces

Ceiling by west exit.

Floor by main east entrance.

Old Style on Old Barn

Clouds in Rock River

This looks like it's been filtered or messed with, but this is simply how it was - clouds reflecting in the slightly breezy surface of the Rock River near Horicon.

Rock River Reflections

MPM exhibit and future job fears

This is yet another exhibit at our Milwaukee Public Museum. Call me overly concerned, but as soon as I saw this scene, my mind immediately went to what I imagine I'll be living like next year if I don't get a job out of grad school . . . !

Millipedes Rorschach

Upon visiting the Milwaukee Public Museum today with my son, I was disappointed to see that the bullet ants are no longer "alive" but have been replaced with replicas! Some nearby beetles were also fakes. Both of these exhibits used to be real and I have no idea why they have been changed. At least these millipedes were real. There are two of them having a cuddle - then a mirror image reflected off the side of their enclosure. Reminded me of one of those ink blot test patterns.

So, what do you see in the millipedes? Personally, I see an owl.

Colorful Dino-Bird

I didn't note what this actually was, but it is on display in the Milwaukee Public Museum near the butterfly exhibit. Looks like some friends of my children . . .

Fairy Tale Boots - Milwaukee Public Museum

In 1959, Hope Cooke, an American student, met Palden Thondup Namgyal, the Prince of Sikkim, at a hotel in India. They fell in love and in 1963 their fairy tale wedding enraptured the American public. The Prince was named Chogyal, or King, later that year, making Cooke the Gyalmo, or Queen of Sikkim, the first American Queen of a foreign land. In 1966, Her Highness donated the young men's leather boots from Sikkim to the Museum so there could be something from her adopted country on display.

This is a window display at the Milwaukee Public Museum, where my son and I went today. The boots are beautiful - intricate leather details.

Mossy Rock

While attending my niece's high school graduation a couple weeks ago (Go, Haley!), I took this shot of a nicely mossed rock under the water along the pier/walkway in Sheboygan.

Rock River Reflections

Reflection of a bridge over the Rock River in Beloit, Wisconsin

This is a reflection of a boat in the Rock River in Beloit. The sign said "Rent Me" and made a colorful design in the water.

This is a reflection in the Rock River of the Rock on the River restaurant where we had dinner last night after a hard day of library tours and studying. Say that three times fast!

How Far Will a Sock Get You?

Apparently, all the way to the Beloit Public Library children's section, for here is where we found Dobby, Lucius Malfoy's former house elf, yesterday afternoon after our biweekly wandering study session. He still doesn't have socks, but now that he's free, he probably doesn't need any. He posed nicely for us in front of a lively green wall on top of a bookshelf.

Betty Boop Waiting Tables in Delavan, WI

One More Zoo Reflection . . .

Had to include just one more reflection taken at the Zoo recently. You are seeing the pillars of a big covered pavilion-type place on the southwestern part of the grounds.