Jeffrey Michael Eaton (b.1984) is an artist who lives and works in Kansas City, MO, USA
Poems
Look for deer
look for deer
I think I hear them
skipper waves
skipping waves
rock skips
acorns driving into barefeet
huge mushroom glance
brittle crawfish claw
sunbleached
squirlly driftwood
squirrel unknowing
little shit
wind whistling my beer bottle
what note?
this is a persimmon
too
Migraine
air purifier whir
ear ring
shower head drip
slack ding-a-ding-ding
rainbath
spyglass
touchstone
lavender
rosemary
gasoline
entire
french
press
and when you're ready
just gently open the eyes
again
Untitled (invitation poems for then & now)
2009 - Ongoing
Text appropriated from photography technique books
Kodak, II, TM-11-2352, III, and General Electric, I were published in ON Journal, Issue 3, Ed. Gabrielle Welsh.
Morgan & Morgan, London & Upton, and Ansel Adams were published in The Burning Sand, Oct. 2016 issue, Ed. Sarah Lowndes.
Morgan & Morgan
the first sense of texture
textured shadows
average dark foliage, dark stone,
shadows in portraits in sunlight
the pivotal zone for both paper and
film. middle gray; 18% neutral
test card. dark or sunburned skin in
sunlight; average weathered wood
or stone; light foliage
caucasian skin in sunlight. snow in
shadow, rocks in sunlight
light skin entirely in diffuse light.
average snow in sun; “whites” with
textures and delicate values
glaring surfaces; whites without
texture
Blahnik & Voelker
night sky
night sky
full moon
clear sky
after sunset
cloudy sky
at sunset
gray sky
at noon
cloudy sky
at noon
clear sky
at noon
sun disc
lightning
Kodak, II
for average subjects
in average rooms
with light-colored walls and ceilings
for dark subjects
in dark-colored surroundings
or outdoors at night
TM-11-2352, III
clear bright
hazy overcast
cloudy bright
cloudy dull
for snow or beach scenes
for distant or aerial scenes
for extreme close-ups
for shadow detail
in shaded areas
for back lighting
for early morning or late afternoon
London & Upton
stage scene,
sports arena,
circus event
brightly lighted downtown
street at night
lighted store window
city skyline at night
skyline just after sunset
candlelit scene
campfire scene
burning building at night
fireworks against dark sky
television or computer monitor image
Jacobson & Mannheim
pale blue
very soft
very pale blue
soft
pale yellow
normal
very pale yellow
vigorous
medium yellow
hard
Ansel Adams
open snow and glacier scenes
seascapes and distant views
sporting scenes in snow
landscape without foreground
sports-grounds
landscapes with light foreground
wide streets and squares
buildings, light
landscapes with dark foreground
figures in the open (edge of a wood)
buildings and rocks, dark
persons in shade of trees
persons near window, in direct sunlight
narrow streets, light woodlands
persons in light room, near a window
light sunny interiors
persons in light room, far from a window
light, but shaded interiors
persons in dim room, near a window
fairly light rooms
dark interiors
Lee, I
neutral density set
sky set
autumn tint set
sunrise set
landscape set
sky blue set
coral set
sunset set
twilight set
colour grad set
pale tint set
pop set
mist set
selective star set
net set
General Electric, I
daylight
sign white
plant light
lite white
cool white
natural white
warm white
Essays
Untitled (Moonrise), Spring 2016 issue, Wow Huh
Untitled (Henry Moore), February 2015, Temporary Art Review
Robert Morris, Bull Wall, 8 1/2x11, Issue 2, 2014, Plug Projects, Kansas City, MO
L.I.E. Lists of Ten Books, 2011, Library of Independent Exchange, Plymouth, UK
Eventually, All At Once, 2010, M.A. Thesis, Purchase College, S.U.N.Y., Purchase, NY
On Finding, 2009, M.F.A. Thesis, Purchase College, S.U.N.Y., Purchase, NY
Zines
Untitled (index for Spring), 2018, Xerox zine and sticker, ed. 50, self-published (PDF)
Untitled (Index for Spring), 2016, Xerox zine, ed. 50, self-published
Untitled (Index for Spring), 2015, Xerox zine, gelatin-silver prints, ed. 50, self-published
Untitled, 2013, Xerox zine, ed. 35, self-published
Bibliography, 2011, Xerox zine, ed. 50, self-published
