Paintings
I am currently (Fall 2021) working in acrylic 8×10 inch canvas, primarily scenes of Northampton.
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Birds of Mars Digest
Number Eight (November 2021)
—The 8 by 10 Series of paintings [19, 25-32] with comments by Chris Gentes
—Conversations about music with Tommy Twilite and Sam Gas Can.
Number Seven (Apr-Oct 2021) (first digital issue)
—The History of the Birds of Mars Digest
—The 8 by 10 Series of paintings [01-24] with comments by Chris Gentes
—The 12×12″ series of paintings [01-37] with comments by Chris Gentes
—City Collaboration (2013) with Sam Gas Can
Writing
The Birds of Mars Reader (2019). Documents the creation of a series of paintings and various activities related to a 2019 Birds of Mars performance.
The “Alt Lit Library” (2020): The Two Week Book, Alt Lit Now!, The Door in the Woods, Ghost Town, Coffee Coffee, Movieland, and Seven Movie Scripts.
The Birds of Mars Digest (2020-present): An occasional publication of poetry, prose, art and other arts related activity, primarily revolving around Chris’ recent artistic activity. Beginning with Number Eight interviews about music are included.
Unpublished: Writing About Writing, More Writing About Writing, Welcome to Synchro City, Dreams, The Lost Codas (ongoing).
Of Interest…
I recently found this phone ‘interview’ I conducted with Paul Laffoley back in 1997. It was for an article I wrote about some of his ufo experiences. Paul talks about a medallion his parent’s gardener gave him when he was 7 and how it was stolen in Paris in 1967.
Past Art
Chris Gentes 