theodore holdt oil painting

theodore holdt oil painting
minature oil painting

Sunday, November 27, 2011



drawing the line, the near autistic semi declaration
of volcanic embers that rained from the lazily patroling
sentient cats
tossing their arms fantastically
from before the bronze age to the twentieth century of salvation
we slowly fade out, returning to black
as the terror of the creature’s arm
I felt as if I had not survived a pilgrimage
only to finally arrive at the source of my salvation


gather fish
and then the little boy would spit the water back into the
bug powder dust
a period in which girls try to make little boys stop asking questions
a girl a gun a ghost ... a love ends... a small victory ..... amazing circus midgets
underwater city people,
under construction,
undercurrent, ...... suicide dream





thunder rolling in the mountains
 lead the people across the great
12 chairs every night
her grave is up a little higher
 a place called gold camp road
we are just a child's training wheels
forced from their homes



three thousand years ago the island was a
expansive horizon for arctic
beasts, their pink mouths contrasting
their shiny black-brown bearing,
this river and the fox river are two rivers
on their way to cram up pond bodies
as we strip off and slide in to the gurgling temperatures





 
for ten nights, they had to sleep up on the bridge, out of the way
and hang on to those bats
without once missing the foolish eye of the harbor lights.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day,
the passing stars, foam of the sky.
the night-stars leap, to light the upspring,
the land untamed.





Bat Wing, Bat Fangs, Sharp Tooth, Animal Saliva, Ice Fruit, Tough Gloves, ... Tentacle, Squidy Cap, Murky Water, Blue Dye, Ice Fruit, Hunter Bow, Safari Vest





carnivore of the tundra.  unsuitable for farming.
sand, packing peanuts and cotton balls to simulate clouds
insects are curiously absent
melted ice
a wash in cold water
the only warning before every living creature
is last in the list.




fuse and mix, with what unfelt degrees
grandmother 740 tongue 740 Abu 740 king 738
aquaria, aquariums aqueduct
going without hindrance by magic
you gained the power of wind-mind
clean mirror, may I reflect
the silent denizens of this dreamy
sleep merchant

 


tourists come to scuba dive, to explore the intertidal areas
they were black instead of orange; they had barnacles all over their bodys
from investigating tide pools, they eventually migrated.
scrub scrumptious scruple scrupulosity scrupulous scrutable scrutiny
sulphur spring hints at alien life
languid, below the knee
the riot of colors








 strapped the head of his defeated foe,
Máel Brigte, to his horse's saddle.
the teeth of the head grazed against his leg as he rode,
causing a fatal infection.
bringing to mind
geosmin and another fragrant soil-borne compounds
she lost all wish
the rough guide to eternity
those dreams put sky hold free
hard show sun fight must stop thought
silhouetted against a raging, blood-orange sky
her wheelchair out of sight
trace amounts detected
shut hart

 




not a shadow of anger but
an invention of their own breath,
make sure to use guard against it
shadow lover (my bodyguard)
rose from his invisible chair
lost for unknown reasons
absolute bliss for me
no hallucination
this is the same incorporeal mass
it is a term of peace, an offer of friendship






animals will also tend to have shorter
tails, and ears, in order to reduce heat loss
some people call it the farm under the sand
water that splashed from their nets
spread the inflammation to their legs and torsos
the mummy, conserved in permafrost,
carried still, a fur coat and had
eight horse-shaped legs



on becoming air born
and there be waters
rise and fall, rise and fall, of the whole visible universe
it seemed like a logical leap to me


Monday, September 19, 2011

Latest painting for the new gallery. I am going to be showing with Jesse Reno in December.  There will be a group show for the opening in October.  This painting is still waiting for a name.  At the moment I am calling it space girl, but that is only the beginning. 
theo

Friday, July 15, 2011

Saturday, May 7, 2011


These are images of my new "Bee Hive Temple".  I have lots of options on this hive.
1. Split roof design allows for easier access.
2. Special bars for top feeding and straighter comb and better ventilation.
3. Screened bottom board.
4. Observation window, see bees.
5. Quilt box, also split
5. Winter top bar channel for lateral movement.
6. Linseed oil and bee's wax flame finish.
7. Bottom drawer to view mite activity and close screen in winter.
8. Rye painted burlap cover that goes between bars and quilt. A great way to top feed or medicate or just check on part of the hive.  Also a great way to collect propolis.  
9. Covered porch with entrance reducer.
10. Every hive is hand crafted with magical details.

If you are interested you can email me at wildskil@teleport.com.  The price is $500.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Spring Bee Temple Sale.


Kenyan Style Top Bar Hive 
Modified for the Pacific North West

I am selling bee temples.  Warre hives and Kenyan style top bar hives that have been augmented for the wet cold winters. 
1. Sloped roof allows for water to drain off and not just sit on top. 
2. Quilt box for insulation and the escape of moisture.  Can be filled with sawdust or moss or herbs.  
3. Rye flower impregnated burlap cover for inspecting and feeding.
4. A porch roof with columns to support a hive entrance reducer and extra rain protection
5. Screened bottom board with drawers for ventilation and mite count.
6. Observation window.  See bees.
7. Bars with spaces between them.  The bees build straighter comb and can be top fed in winter. 
8. Wax impregnated wood for weather protection.  

Hives are $500 plus shipping.  If you are in the Portland-Washougal area pick up can be arranged.  

This is a Warre style hive that I built last year.  It is home to a hive of bees that I saved from a house in Vancouver Washington.  I had to help them make a new queen by giving larve from another hive because I either lost the queen in the removal process or killed her.  

Monday, January 31, 2011

Do you want to take a trip into my mind?  Just stare away at the flashing images for as long as possible and write whatever comes into your head and post it.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011






another animation of a painting creation
i am in the middle of a new painting.  it is one of those longer processes.  i am showing a bit of my process now.  i think this will allow for some deeper understanding of what goes into the construction of my work.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

minature painting photo mix


winter warm and wet rain.  we are in the boot stealing mud with our digging.  later we will wash our bodies with our rough hands and minty soap.  thank you for your sleeping form.  thank flesh and blood and musk.  only strangers can really smell our smell and how it mixes.  we breathe and mix breath so long that you lungs know my lungs.  lately we have not.  lately we have grown so together that we mingle with the furniture and blend with the cushions.  when i lay my head on your breast it is my breast.  sometimes when the cat is sleeping on your head i think you have new hair. 

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Warre hive in wood shop. 

I actually brought this one inside the house to feed the bees.  I did not close it up enough so 100 bees escaped and had to be caught in sugar water.

I am selling hives.  Warre hives and Kenyan style top bar hives that have been augmented for the wet cold winters. 

1. Sloped roof allows for water to drain off and not just sit on top. 
2. Quilt box for insulation and the escape of moisture.  Can be filled with saw dust or moss or herbs.  
3. Rye flower impregnated burlap cover for inspecting and feeding.
4. A porch roof with columns to support a hive entrance reducer and extra rain protection
5. Screened bottom board with drawers for ventilation and mite count.
6. Observation window.  See bees.
7. Bars with spaces between them.  The bees build straighter comb and can be top fed in winter.