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Christmas Haiku #38B

Christmas Haiku #38B

A long time ago,

On a cold December night, 

Candles burned for you. 

 

Merry Christmas, everyone. 

Love, and light,

Stu. 

 

(Photograph: "El Tiradito, Tucson, Arizona" (c) 1998, 2022 Stu Jenks. 

Christmas Haiku #38

Christmas Haiku #38

 

New solstice prayer: 

Chemo, kick some cancer ass;

And heal everyone.

 

(c) Stu Jenks December 20th, 2022

 

Image: Painting by Rockwell Kent, at the Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA. Image capture by me. 

 

This and that, from my studio...

"Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair, Puckett's Cabin, Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia" (c) 2022 Stu Jenks.

 

"Boulder Mountain Snow, Utah" (c) 2022 Stu Jenks.

 

"Mars and A Megalith, Avebury, UK" (c) 2022 Stu Jenks.

 

"Avebury Beech Tree Hoop Dance #2, UK" (c) 2022 Stu Jenks.

 

"Marty & Maggie Bare's Graves, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina" (c) 2022 Stu Jenks.

 

"Moonrise and Venus over Hopi, Arizona" (c) 2022 Stu Jenks.

 

Image capture of William Keith's painting "Mono Lake", North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina" (c) 2022 Stu Jenks.

A deep dive into my hard drives, and a few new images as well...

"Council Rocks Flame Tower, Dragoon Mountains, Arizona" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

So recently I've been doing deep dives into my hard drives, to perhaps find some images I had overlooked, or reprocess some photos from the past that I can make better. It's been fun.

Here, is a Zippo lighter image, shot at dusk at Council Rocks in Arizona a few years back. (I may need to do more flame tower images here in North Carolina. Hmm.) I popped the color a bit and sharpened the photo a little. I really like this image and this place. It is the place where the Apache chief Cochise lived, and where he made peace with the Americans in the 1870's. I miss Arizona so.

Other old and a few new images are below. If you want a print of anything, reach out.

And may you all have a Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year.

Love y'all.

Stu.

"Shiprock at Dusk, New Mexico" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

"Washington Monument 1961, D.C." (c) Image capture Stu Jenks 2021, photographer unknown, from a postcard.

"Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair, Jesse Brown's Cabin, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.


"Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair, Brown's Summit, North Carolina" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

"Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair (with pelican), North Topsail Island, North Carolina" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

"A Dartmoor Stream, UK" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

"Scorhill Stone Circle, Dartmoor, UK" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

"The British Oaks in Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor, UK" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

"Crowned Buddha, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina" (c) Stu Jenks.

"Parvati, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

"Little Copper Dome, Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

"Mossy Creek Church, The Valley of Virginia" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks. (The place where my fourth great-grandmother Polly is buried, in an unmarked grave)

"Rodin's Burghers, In front of City Hall, in Calais, France" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

"Acis and Galatea, Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, France" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

"Portrait of a woman, outside of Chartres Cathedral, France" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

"The Blue Virgin, Chartres Cathedral, France" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

"St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Cheyenne, Wyoming" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

"The Blue Mary, Parroquia de la Purisima Concepcion, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

"Flame Spiral atop Tumamoc Hill, Tucson, Arizona" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

 

"Maggie, Will & Gabby McIntyre, Saguaro Ribs, Arizona" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks [Extended Family Series]

Click on this link to read the story regarding this wall piece.

"Maggie, Will & Gabby McIntyre, Saguaro Ribs, Arizona" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks. NFS.

This piece resides at the McIntyre/Smith farm in Ashe County, North Carolina. It has a prized spot, right outside of the downstairs bathroom.

Fun fact #1: The bathroom, or near it, is one of my favorite places people hang my artwork. It truly is. Palmer picked this spot. I had nothing to do with her decision. Just a happy surprise for me.

Fun fact #2: The other walking sticks I made for the McIntyre clan last Christmas reside by the front door of the cabin, to grab, if you like, as you hike along this beautiful high ridge near the North Carolina/Virginia border.

Sometimes, it's good to be me. Very good.

 

“Baby Jesus (Santo Nino), Saguaro Rib, Arizona” (c) Stu Jenks 2020. [Extended Family Series]

“Baby Jesus (Santo Nino), Saguaro Rib, Arizona” 36 inches tall, (c) Stu Jenks 2020.

Price: $125, shipping included in the price. Simply contact me via my email address at [email protected] or Facebook message me, if you would like to purchase one of my pieces. Payments can be made with Paypal, Venmo or credit card with Square. All pieces are signed with its title, and can be hung from the wall. Love y'all, Stu.

 

I made walking sticks for most of my in-laws last Christmas. Thought the Baby Jesus should have one too.

#stujenks, #santonino, #babyjesus, #extendedfamilyseries.

 

 

Cedar Breaks Winter Song, Utah (c) 2021 Stu Jenks

"Ceder Breaks Winter Song, Utah" (c) 2018, 2021 Stu Jenks.

All images on this website can be printed by me on my archival printer, using archival paper, then signed, boarded, glassine-bagged, then mailed to you

8 1/2 by 11s are $45, plus S & H. 13 x 19s are $95, plus S & H. (Image rights are also for sale. Cost of those are specific to the client and the job.) Shipping runs between $10 and $20. 

Contact me via email at [email protected], through Facebook Messenger, or by text at 520-343-5596 if you want to buy something. Stay safe. Love y’all. 

Images from the Winter of 2020.

"Shiprock Infrared, New Mexico" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks [Shot with real live Ilford Infrared film, using my medium format Rollei]

"Saguaro At Sunset, Gate's Pass, Tucson, Arizona" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks. [Taken from high above.]

"Pilot Mountain In Fog, North Carolina" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks. [It's not special that Pilot is in fog. Happens all the time. But it's special to me. I'm new to this land.]

"Cottonwood Trees, Near Dudleyville, Arizona" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks. [Something about the whiteness of these trees.]

"South of Solstice Rock, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks. [Taken just after I did my annual solstice prayers.]

"God's Eye Tree (Red Oak), McCorkle Place, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks.

"Where we kissed, by an ancient stone wall on the Virginia/North Carolina Line," (c) 2020 Stu Jenks.

"Abajo Mountain Hoop Dance, Utah" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks.

"Four Trees, Happy Jack, Arizona" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks.

"Peter the Sexton, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks. (Peter led me upstairs, a few years ago, to help me shoot the photograph of the Virgin Mary that he holds in his hands. I brought him a print of Mary as a thank you, a couple of weeks ago. A very sweet man. A true man of God.)

"Christ at Bethesda (Detail), by Jean Restout, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks.

"Walk With Light, Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, North Carolina" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks. (Brett Deal, what you said was true back in 1979.)

"A Trailer Fire, Winkleman, Arizona" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks. [Shit happens, sometimes in a very quick and awful way.]

"Wasp Nest and Christmas Ball, The Jenks Residence, Greensboro, North Carolina" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks. [Mark, from across the way, convinced me to not knock down this nest. Glad he did. It's a beautiful structure]

"Handmade Christmas Ball, The Jenks Residence, Greensboro, North Carolina" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks.

"Stronghold Dream, Cochise's Stronghold, Arizona" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks.

"Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair, Lipan Point, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks.

"Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair, Elk Tracks In Snow, Coconino County, Arizona" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks.

"Happy To Be Hiking With My Wife, Uwharrie National Forest, North Carolina" (c) 2020 Alexa and Stu Jenks. [I'm typing this on January 22nd, 2020 in Tucson, Arizona. Alexa is in Greensboro, North Carolina. I'm here. I miss her madly. The good news is she misses me terribly too. True love is a wonderful thing, a precious thing, but sometimes it hurts like hell.]

 

As the Holidays approach...

"Hoodoo Gap, Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona" (c) 2019 Stu Jenks.

[Some new images for y'all as we approach the Holidays. By the way, if you want any fine art prints from me, it's best to order them before Dec. 16th. 8.5 x 11s are $40 plus shipping (around $50) and 13 x 19s are $80 plus shipping (around $100). All images on this website are for sale, they're signed, and printed to order. Just give me the title and I'll print them up for you.

Hope your weird uncle Charlie behaved himself at Thanksgiving, and I pray your Christmases and Holidays are filled with wonderful times with family and friends, and many joyous mysteries and blessed certainties.

P.S. I'm having an open house at my studio, where I'll be showing my wall sculpture/walking stick series "The Extended Family." Sunday, December 15th, 2019. Email, message, text or call me for directions.

Ho, ho, ho...

Stu

"Signal Hill Blue, Saguaro National Park, Arizona" (c) 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Nannie's Mirror, The Grottos, Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona" (c) 2019 Stu Jenks.

Some selected images of mine, from the 2019 All Souls' Procession, Tucson, Arizona (c) 2019 Stu Jenks and MMOS.

"The New Trump Wall, Organ Pipe National Monument, Arizona" (c) 2019 Stu Jenks. (Yeah, this godawful thing.)

"Dead Saguaro, Organ Pipe National Monument, Arizona" (c) 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair, Mark Hewitt's Studio, Pittsboro, North Carolina" (c) 2011, re-imaged, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Hamish Jackson's Mortar, Flame Spiral Studios, Tucson, Arizona" (c) 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Bubble Light, Mermaid Ornament, Flame Spiral Studios, Tucson, Arizona" (c) 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Black Santa In Front Of A Black Household, On The Street Where My Mother Grew Up, Payton Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia" (c) 2011, 2019 Stu Jenks.

Two things I resolve to do in 2019...

"Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair (flying), The Green House, Uwharrie Wilderness, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

 

Two things I resolve to do in 2019.

Stay sober. Stay alive.

Other things are of course important in my life: gainful employment, producing more income so I can support myself and my family; gradually getting out of the hole of debt; being sweet and loving to my beautiful wife; continue to make art, music and books; being kind and compassionate to my friends and family and even to those I do not like; being of service to my community and to the world; bringing social justice to my country, in my own small ways.

But without breath in my lungs, a heartbeat in my chest, and a head clear of mood-altering chemicals, none of the above is possible.

Stay sober. Stay alive.

It's really that simple sometimes.

 

 

"O Little Ball of Bethlehem (in my front yard), Greensboro, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"The Path Home, Ashe County, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Beech Trees Across The Water, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Red Door, Henry, Virginia" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Nannie's Mirror, Henry, Virginia" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Nannie's Mirror, Jumping-Off-Rock Trail, Uwharrie Wilderness, North Carolina" (c) 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair, The Green House, Uwharrie Wilderness, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Nannie's Mirror, The Green House, Uwharrie Wilderness, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Nannie's Mirror (after Hurricane Michael), Erect, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"After Hurricane Florence, Eastern North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Nannie's Mirror, Lake Townsend, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Nannie's Mirror, Moore's Knob, Hanging Rock State Park, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"The Tops Of Trees, Ashe County, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Young Holly Tree In Hardwood Forest, Uwharrie Wilderness, North Carolina" (c) 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Nannie's Mirror, Ashe County, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Alexa at Pilot Mountain, North Carolina" (c) 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Nannie's Mirror, Badin, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"A Singer at The Poor People's Campaign Watch Night Revival, Dec. 31st, 2018, Pullen Baptist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks and The Poor People's Campaign.

"The Rev. Dr. William Barber II of the Poor People's Campaign, during the Watch Night Revival, Dec. 31st, 2018, at Pullen Baptist Church, in Raleigh, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks and The Poor People's Campaign.

"Rachel Blythe's Grave, 1897, Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair, Pinnacles of Dan, Virginia" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"The Blue House, Bellemont, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair, Pilot Mountain, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Moravian Star, Kernersville, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair, Brown's Summit, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Nannie's Mirror (in my backyard in a foot of snow), Greensboro, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.

"Waving Plastic Santa and A Mothershead Neck Weather Vane (in my front yard in a foot of snow), Greensboro, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks.