Tuesday was our last day at the monastery and we decided to hit one last mass, which was cool since the Bishop and Abbott were running the show. I find it interesting that to this day, this highly efficient monastery of women cannot run their own mass, but that is neither here nor there. After mass it was time to take down the display and load it up in the car. First thing that happened was the socket wrench broke so I needed to make a run to Lowe’s. Once I got back it was go time. I am immediately sweating buckets and working my toosh off and there were various older nuns watching us, which m ..read more

The things that really struck me spending time at the Sacred Heart Monastery was the sincerity of all the women that we met. Each of the conversations that I had with the Sisters was about their genuine appreciation for The Scroll and the fact that we brought it to Alabama. They were touched by the images I created in the work, they loved the image of the Singing Nuns, several mentioned how they could see themselves in that, also the Saint Benedict and Saint Scholastica, they LOVED their faces, which is one of my favorite images. They asked me what was my favorite passage, I like the way that ..read more

It was Monday and Labor Day and Rachael and I wanted to check out Birmingham, which was only about 45 minutes away. We did some research and the only thing we could do on a holiday was check out the walking tours, we downloaded the app and hit the road. Pulling into a major city and feeling like the only car on the road was sorta eerie. We arrived at the 16th Street Baptist Church to start the tour, put in our ear buds and the voice started telling the story of the church, of the 4 little girls that died there when some Ku Klux Klan monsters bombed it. The weight of the tour was palpable, but ..read more

So Sunday night was the official start of the CIB Conference of delegates and I was going to be the first to present after the opening remarks! I had written it out and practiced a few times, I wanted to keep it short since I knew most of these folks were going to be tired from their travel. We had practiced everything that afternoon so I felt good, but still nervous. Sister Lynn had requested that I speak slow and not to use slang or colloquialisms,( um… that is pretty much my whole schitck!) since there would be interpreters trying to translate to many different groups from Germany, France ..read more

So I picked up the display from the Saint John’s Abbey Woodworking, it was breath taking. They only finished a day before I was leaving so I did not spend much time with the guys that built it. I didn’t have time. I took notes and they helped me pack it into the back of the Subaru, they back extra tools and bolts, I texted myself all the things that they said. I went with Father Lew to the engraving room and we engraved “THE RULE OF SAINT BENEDICT” as well as the Woodworking logo. I was so excited for it! I went back to the shop and finished packing, making sure the scroll was in there, would ..read more

After a year of the scroll sitting in the printshop waiting for me to spill coffee on it, it is time for me to get this epic piece of art out in and in front of people! It has taken a LOT of work and I still don’t know if I have all my ducks in a row, but its happening either way. Back in March I had a Private Print Party with a group of Sisters from Saint Benedicts. We had so much fun and I shared with them that I really want the scroll to be seen, it never got the fanfare it deserved and I was looking for ideas on how to find some Benedictines that would be into showing the work. They put me ..read more

Whether you got to go see the exhibition out at Saint John’s University this October or not, I got to exhibit my Prophetic Messenger pages in the most beautiful frames that truly did them justice. I was able to do this after receiving a grant from the Central Minnesota Arts Board that covered all of that! The thing about doing print work is its not completely done until it is framed and up on a wall, and often times that can cost as much as the artwork. I am so grateful to CMAB for giving me the opportunity to really tie this project up in such a beautiful way. The framing I got done at Golden ..read more

   HELLO! Hello friends and supporters of Bruno Press! Welcome to 2021, where things look the same but feel different. We made it through the holidays unscathed and looking back through it all, 2020 was a good year for Bruno Press.  Did you know that my poster was on the cover of a magazine? For reals? Msp. St. Paul Magazine contacted me back in late November asking about a lil poster series I had started called Words from the Revolution with a few badass ladies from down in the metro. Long story short, I collaborated with my friend Dara Beevas on the project and she suggested ..read more

Okay, so this is definitely the other side of this very, very complicated project and I don’t know as much about the Richard side of things. I know some, and I have images that tell enough of the story until we get the book that Richard is going to publish about this whole thing sometime in summer of 2021. Meanwhile, while I was working with my team on the scroll, Richard and his team were throwing pots that would house the heirloom seeds that would be joining the scroll inside the Kura sculpture that he was building. Each pot had the prophetic messenger image drawn on the outside and then was ..read more

July 2020 Hand coloring the scroll! I decided early on that I was going to hand color the scrolls and not try to print and register multiple blocks, too risky. Plus this would give each a uniqueness and I would have way more control over the subtleties. I found these awesome, albeit expensive, water color pencils at Wet Paint. They were said to have museum quality an archival longevity. Who knows. I liked them a lot. Painting was fun and I got better as I went. Gold leaf? Yah, it’s cool as hell, but it is sort of a nightmare. You LIT-rally have to cease to breathe. So totally worth it though ..read more