Author: craigburkhalter

I guess about the only thing more annoying than an old man with a garden is an old man with and garden and a camera. I never did any serious gardening until I moved to the mountains. It has become as spiritually fulfilling as making my art is. This year I changed my tactics and…

Years ago I was riding down a dirt road and saw a willowy, blonde woman walking down the road. You can always tell a Hambidge resident, they look pretty different from your average Appalachian. I stopped and spoke to her not realizing what a good friend Donna Mintz  would become. Through her I’ve met sculptors,…

I haunt antique shops and second hand stores for old printing blocks. I recently found a handful of pretty good ones. Several lent themselves to doing my silly guerrilla work. Here are the first couple of books… I was told they have already found themselves in proper magazines.

Two editions pulled in preperation for the Casoli exhibition. They didn’t make it to Italy but I like ’em anyway. Poison Ivy – Letterpress / Relief

Growing up in suburbia I was woefully unaware of flowers, basic stuff but nothing extensive. Since moving to the mountains and watching an Appalachian spring I am overwhelmed at the wildflowers. I have a large open meadow / field in front of my house surrounded by deep forest. I get the best of habitats for…

For the recent show in Casoli I worked with the symbolic nature of plants. Here are a few… A Passage of Time, Mountain Mint, A Cosmic Significance – Relief / Letterpress / Acrylic

I dunno why people can’t figure out my imagery. They can’t even figure out the veggies I grow. Here is Corn, Cucumber, Tiger Eye Bean and All Blue Potato.

I had the chance to hike the Hambidge Cove trail. Of course you gotta take a photo of the spring house. I think it is required. Further up Patterson Gap I saw more neat-o Rhododendrons and coming home I saw 2 bears in the field. They ran in opposite directions but I hung out at…

The Rhododendrons have been awful purty this season. Here are a few photos from a recent hike with Blue.

Living where I do I have a constant problem with rodents. Mice get into my crops, cars and food and we have great big Wood rats in the forest around the house. Nasty creatures BUT,,, give them a nice fluffy tail and warm colors and they don’t seem as bad. Squirrels and chipmunks come on…