“The Fire Enlightening”
“The Fire Enlightening” is comprised of nine poems that narrate a journey of philosophic self-discovery, populated with logical and chaotic conceptual metaphor, to bridge a synthesis between the world of nature and the artifice of man.
Surveyor’s Golden Disk No. 1 – Astronomic Latitude Sketch
A useful primer for those interested in how latitude has been determined, over land and sea, from prehistory to the Ancient Egyptians and Chinese, to Viking explorers, and all the way to present navigators.
“April Ain’t No Joke” – A Pastel Venus
Happy Easter, happy spring! 2′ x 3′ pencil drawing on paper, digitally colorized.
“Swimming in Fire”
Life drawing, 2′ x 3′ pencil on paper, digitally colorized.
“A Queen Questions Answers”
A piece dedicated to brilliant and chaotic women. 24″ x 36″ pencil drawing on paper, digitally colorized.
Kansas City Star Maker Faire 2017 Spotlight
“Garret Tufte, 32, works as a civil engineer and land surveyor in Lawrence, Kan. But he is also a writer and — as the limestone carving taking shape with his hands showed — a sculptor.”
“Roots Unbound” – In Progress
18″ x 18″ x 50″, 350 lbs., Italian marble.
A Letter Concerning Minimum Wage (with calculations)
This is an increase in the minimum wage. If we’d like to keep our governmental functions and stimulate the economy, simultaneously, it’s a winner. When you pay your workers enough to buy their own work, you make equity, as Henry Ford paid his employees enough to buy their own vehicles.
Recent Variations
Ranting Strativarius – March 2019
I’ve been getting a lot of emails from “Variety”, and such a thing seems to “make sense”. Or cents, or scents, and/or across the board. I read the newspaper, the news magazines, the...
Read MoreJ Learns Stone Carving – Video
A most recent video featuring yours truly and J., teaching the art and philosophy behind stone carving. Enjoy!
Read MoreCities Past Form Futures
From the new studio, Cable Nelson upright, heard here in the rawest form. Part of the next album, it is. This is Grant Maverick....
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