Greg Field:
CLASS OF 1968
West High SchoolClass of 1968
Anchorage, AK
Greg's Story
I am a Potawatami Indian.
I am no longer a Network/Library Systems Administrator. I have re-opened my old consulting business this summer after 15 years with Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. I now help small businesses and home users with server, computer, and network problems.
I am a musician. More specifically, a percussionist and drummer. I play in two improvisational bands, Brother Iota, and River Cow Orchestra. Our CDs are at iTunes and CD Baby. It is a huge kick to play live music for a large audience, or a small audience for that matter (or no audience, as the case may be). River Cow Orchestra has just finished with some studio recording and are now doing some mix down chores for another CD.
I am an artist. I do mixed media, paintings, 3-D constructions. I've shown in many galleries and my work is in private collections all over the country. My masters is in Studio Painting with some printmaking, and a large dollop of art history and archeology. I taught art and art history K through college level for 15 years. I love working with digital art and have been making lacquered paper Japanese boxes as well. Lately, I've been doing some monotypes and showing them here and there. Have had a rotating show at the Neon Gallery in Kansas City for awhile.
I am a writer. I have two books of poetry out. I wrote and directed my first play many moons ago. I collaborated on a screen play that is caught up in option hell and will probably never see a production. I have a new book of poems sitting at a publisher who has gone out of business during the present economic crisis and I'll have to shop it around again. My poems have been published in a bunch of magazines and literary journals. I am always futzing with my novel and some short stories. I have been an editor on a book review pub and on literary journals. I've taught creative writing at all levels for a long time. Recently...Expand for more
, I've been a co-editor for I-70 Review and I handle their web page as well. My new book, "Black Heart" came out in August and I've been runniing about giving readings in its support.
I am a sailor. I have a 27 ft. sloop in a slip on a large local lake. Two fantastic experiences were sailing under the Golden Gate bridge into the Pacific Ocean and sailing through two storms on Lake Superior. When a thirty foot sailboat (mast and all) disappears in the troughs of waves, you know you're in for some interesting times ahead.
I've had some interesting experiences in the desert along the Mexico/
Arizona border and love the Chiricahua Mountains and Dos Cabezas, and the little town of Portal hidden up in the mountains. I lived in Las Vegas, Nevada for a few years. I've always found big desert just as awe inspiring as big water. I've done much painting of both.
I recently moved my boat from the large lake up north to a smaller lake within 15 minutes drive and I've been able to double my time on board within the first month of the move. The lake may not offer the distance and the feel of large waves, but just getting out there and sailing means more, especially since work has begun to eat up a lot of my time. There's nothing like getting out in a bit of a blow, heeling her over and watching the waves race by the hull inches from my face. "Crystal Joy" performs well whether she's on a lake two miles long or one mile long--it's all water to her. "Crystal Joy", my 27 foot sloop is moving again--this time to the Lake Perry Yacht Club in Kansas. She'll be back on big water. I've acquired a small Hunter 19' for the slip at the local lake for regular day to day sailing when I can't make the trip to Perry Lake. Just took the little boat out yesterday and she performed nicely in some strong winds and I learned about her tendency to weather helm and how to tweak her various eccentricities. She's a fast little boat.
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