SPEW GEYSER friends & family archival team presents:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&&&~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~If you would like to participate in the exhibition or archiving of Charlie McAlister's art: Get in touch so we can make a house call to document your art / Please scan or photograph and email images to Denise!
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Painted float, late 1980s, collection of Bill Ferguson, slide from the McAlister family archive, digital photographs by Andrea Franco
Charlie's design for murals painted on ceiling of Club Dog Alley (now gone), Charleston, SC
2 Nurses of Sleep, acrylic, 1991; collection of Bill Ferguson
Voyage to Neptune Island, 48" x 60", acrylic on canvas, 1991; owner unknown, photo from the McAlister family archive
February 13, 1991, oil on canvas scrap; photo from the McAlister family archive
Playing Sounds of the White Night, 1992, acrylic and enamel on canvas, 25x30; collection of Maria Andrews; photo from the McAlister family archive
Honfleur Harbor, Normandy, France, painted in Paris, France, 1992; collection of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scott; photo from the archive of Mary McAlister
Paris Fish Market, painted in Paris, France, 11/26/1992; collection of Mary Rutledge Hampton Faucette; photo from the archive of Mary McAlister
Charlie and Mac McAlister at the architects' studio used for painting, Paris, France; photo from the archive of Mary McAlister
Deep Sea Creature, 1993 (Charlie painted this for Maria Andrews when they all lived at the Fire Ant Mound); collection of Maria Andrews
Scottish Bagpipers, circa 1994; collection of Captain Austin Gould, USCG & Commander Kathryn Dunbar Gould; photo from the archive of Mary McAlister
Images provided by Dolphin Kelley Spach, circa 1995
Space Cult, circa 2008, owner unknown; photo by R. Harrelson at Muddy Waters art show
Oh My What Have I Done, circa 2008, owner unknown; photo by R. Harrelson at Muddy Waters art show
Painting of the band, excerpt from a 50 foot x 36 inch roll of paper with several continuous paintings, circa 2012; collection of C. Dailey
Charlie with Death of Bogman Puppet Show; photos taken by C. Dailey at Maybank Hwy., 2012
Insect Battle, 16" x 20", circa 2012, etching; collection of McAlister family
Death in the Swamp, 2012, etching; collection of Mac McAlister
Nuns serving up chicken, 14 x 13.75", circa 2012, etching; collection of Mac McAlister
Untitled, circa 2012, from a series created in Charleston & McClellanville, printed at home in drive way; two copies are known from collection of Mac McAlister & collection of the friends & family archival team
Blame It All On God, 2012, painting on canvas, cover for UNREAD #120 CHARLIE MCALISTER & SINGING SANDBAR - "BLAME IT ALL ON GOD / PICNIC AT THE DAM" 30 min cassette; collection of Justin Mears
Picnic At The Dam, 2012 or 2013, painting on canvas, interior notes for UNREAD #120 CHARLIE MCALISTER & SINGING SANDBAR - "BLAME IT ALL ON GOD / PICNIC AT THE DAM" 30 min cassette; owner unknown, perhaps destroyed or painted over
One of many tape releases with handmade packaging by Charlie, with other things in "package deal" format, perhaps the second rendition of Mystery of the Gourd, 2014, gourd grown in the garden, dried, hollowed out, and wrapped in screen printed kraft paper, came with Billy Cancel tape and unique gifts including a rotten sandwich for Chris; collection of Chris Fischer & Melissa Marinaro
paintings with bleach on black paper, circa 2017; collection of Dana Heikes
Paintings on Skateboards, 2017 & 2018, created to benefit the non-profit Skate Amigo to purchase 25 new decks to bring kids of Cuba; Celie Dailey owns Heater Hag, Dana Heikes owns Milk It, Kevin E. Taylor owns Stinger, Townson Wells owns Axe Man, and Tobias Denney owns Blue Balls
Screenprint of cop (no title), 2018, printed with John Pundt at Prokhaus; collection of the friends & family team
Photographs taken by Celie Dailey, Andrea Franco, Rick Rhodes, Mary McAlister, and others noted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&&&~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TEXTS
21 Blank Verses, circa 1989, text by Jamie McAlister (aka Gortex Romer) from the friends & family archive
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