THE PLACES I HAVE BEEN

THE BAHAMAS WAS AMAZING EVERY THING
HAD A GLOW TO IT AND AN INAUDIBLE BUZZ THAT MADE EVRYTHING COME ALIVE
I CAME BACK TO LIFE

The rain dried and made it's escape leaving only a blue and steaming
day in it's stead. That night with the road still wet we could hear
the cars cutting the heat and silence and leaving trails of pavement
in there week

some picks of BKs N.H. house

the quiet was overwhelming, the sound of water rocking against the shore and careful footsteps

i laid on the floor watching reflected sunlight move rhythmically across the ceiling

i am invigorated by the peace i found in that quiet corner of New Hampshire.

Thank you Ben.

thank you silence

thank you peace

how long have i been gone

some new images

i now have two books avaiable for purchase at blurb.com

GRAB THE CROWN

VOL. 1

By N. Colen

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the days adventure

today i drove the two hours north to portland maine to get a few copys of the portland phoenix that used one of my pieces for its cover, as soon as my mission was acomplished i drove two hours across NH to milford to have dinner with coco and her family and celibrate her brothers birthday. after dinner i drove courtney and myself the hour and a half south to boston to watch a movie and pass out. all and all it was a good day. now i cant sleep.

P.S. my freind ryans piece is inside in the article and it looks amazing

cover of the portland phoenix

i just found out that one of my images has been used as the cover of this months portland phoenix to represent the coverstory about the show that i was just part of at the whitney artworks. i dont have a great image of the cover yet i need to get up to portland and grab a copy and scan it but when i have it youll see it.
also though i know they will never see this i want to thank the whitney artworks for including me in the show wich is beautifull.

a thought

i have been quite for awhile now i have remained out of the either and the real world for that matter i thought myself in a state of stagnation and thats what the people around me have been seeming to suggest, but it was no such thing it was a time of crystlisation all the busy ideas have slowed down and come together for the first time in one grand concept. better yet i can remain deeply inbeaded in my fantasy world for the duration of this prossces. up untill now i have been a flounderer, now i hope to be a shark or some such. i am soon to arrive."

what am i doing

im sure ive lost my mind, but that may have happened long ago. school is driving me batty. i need some new taste, some new experiance. i need to live wildly.

somthing new im working on

im trying to come up with images that in some way speak about my life. once the images are complete i will find an author and let them decifer the images and create a narrative or imagined biography of me. i feel that this will grant me further access into the world i seek to create through my work

a shot of my opening

i was part of the "funnies" show at whitney artworks in portland maine this past weekend. it turned out pretty awesome. thanks to everyone who came.

what is this.....

i have been uploading images of work lately and i know it can be confusing. im just trying to figure out what story im telling. bare with me and keep watching and one day it will all make sence

a page from an older sketchbook

a page from the last book i finnished making

both the images i used for this layout i took with my poloroid on the way to texas from ny in 05

another page from the last book

the picture behind the cowboy is from the ny to texas drive as well