A dad’s art, in his spare time.

the digital archive of a primarily analog artist

Channeling millennials circa 1985, digital work spans a variety of mediums including the use of new media; personal memes, & NFTs (non fungible tokens).

JIM CRANER

Image from a series created with Jasper ai in 2022. Published to the blockchain in 2024.

COLLECTIBLES: PAPER HANDS

In an ambitious attempt to merge analog art practices with the metaverse, this obscure series of early NFTs was developed in collaboration with Maine video game artist Chuck Carter. The project fuses physical paper with 3D modeling techniques. The collection includes many blank designs, intended as digital templates for other creators. It was intended as a non-generative NFT collection of 50 pieces.

Printer Alignment Hand

stranded in a limbo of unrealized ambition

Target Hand

Kids/Fish Hand

WEB3 CULTURE

A combination of miscellaneous memes, and screenshots representative of the web3 cultural ecosystem that evolved in earnest during the pandemic. All work has been created with a sovereign smart contract to ensure transparency and immutability.

Above: “Pretty Old Cost Basis” 2022.

Left: “Twitter Spaces” 2021. Minted November 21, 2024.