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Monday, November 19, 2018
Holiday Gifts - Images and products
Holiday Gifts - Images and products created with my images available here:
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Friday, April 13, 2018
Adopt an Image and Raise Money for Your Non Profit or Small Business
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| Alton Washday Expressions |
Produced by special request in an affordable limited edition of 100 signed and numbered originals for the good folks at the Rumney Village Store - that would be George & Sheila - a beautiful 8" x 20" signed image with a certificate of authenticity. You can purchase this original art for just $95.00 at the Rumney Village Store on Main Street in Rumney, New Hampshire. If it's too far to travel and you'd still like an original signed print, you can order it right here and we'll see to it that the Rumney Village Store gets credited - but you can save the cost of shipping by stopping by RVS and buying it directly and maybe purchasing one of their great deli offerings! or grab a copy of Sacred Trust 😉 . http://bit.ly/AltonEXP
As a way to support local businesses and nonprofits I have created this Adopt-an-Image program. If you or your nonprofit have an interest in adopting your favorite image its easy, just click here: http://bit.ly/AdoptImage
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Wayne King’s New Novel Echos New Hampshire’s Own Ongoing Battle Over Northern Pass
News Release
For Immediate Release
1/23/18
For more information: 603-515-6001
“Sacred Trust” Now Available in Bookstores and on Amazon
Wayne King’s New Novel Echos New Hampshire’s Own Ongoing Battle Over Northern Pass
If the cover of “Sacred Trust”, created by Mike Marland, doesn’t clue you in, it won’t take long to realize that this novel is written as a vicarious homage to New Hampshire’s own ongoing battle over the controversial “Northern Pass” project and other similar projects.
Author, former State Senator and 1994 Democratic Gubernatorial nominee Wayne D. King adroitly weaves a story with a familiar ring . . . the clash of ordinary people confronting money and power in an epic battle to protect the land they love.
“Sacred Trust” is the tale of a rollicking campaign of civil disobedience against a private powerline, pitting nine unlikely environmental patriots, calling themselves “The Trust”, against the “Granite Skyway” transmission line and its powerful, well-connected consortium of investors.
With an obvious deep fondness for both the people and the land, King weaves a fast-paced tale filled with both real and fictional stories from the political world and life in the Granite State. In a rich tableau that includes sometimes hilarious and sometimes hair-raising stories of Senators driving North in a Southbound Interstate lane after a night of drinking at the Highway Hotel; Doctors sneaking a pregnant Llama into a hospital surgical ward for ACL surgery; A bear and a boy eating from the same blueberry patch atop Mount Cardigan as his father, the Ranger, watches helplessly from the fire tower, and more.
Among the heroes of the story is Sasha Brandt, an Iroquois woman from Canada. While hiking the Mahoosuc Range of the Appalachian Trail with her companion - a wolf named Cochise - Brandt meets Daniel Roy, a New Hampshire “boy” and now a guide and outdoorsman. After a unique first encounter they continue their trip together, eventually finding themselves camping with an unusual assortment of people including a former Olympic paddler, a conservative deer farmer, a retired spook, sidelined when he became the first US victim of Lyme disease; and an iconoclast and former Army Ranger named Thomas who lives in multiple backwoods abodes in the Great North Woods and rides a moose named Metallak – aptly named for the “Lone Survivor of the Megalloway” tribe, who in the late 1800’s was reputed to ride a moose himself.
The group quickly discovers that – despite their very broad range of ideological beliefs - they are united in their deep concern about the Consortium’s proposal to bisect the most beautiful parts of the state with massive 150 foot towers and clear cut forests for the sole purpose of transporting electricity from Canada to more affluent markets beyond its borders. Like Oligarchs of the Gilded Age who minimized their costs by creating a legacy of polluted land and water, these modern Oligarchs stand to reap 100% of the benefits while passing off a large portion of their costs through the generations-long visual pollution of the public commons and all the economic shockwaves that result.
Determined to do more than shuffle papers and employ lawyers, the compatriots form a band of brothers and sisters - along with Cochise and Metallak. Armed with only their wits and a lot of heart they embark on a rollicking campaign of civil disobedience that would make Thoreau and Dr. King proud.
Although “Sacred Trust” is a work of fiction, King says that educators will find the novel a great classroom resource as well. Adding a new dimension and lively discussion to classes on the emergence of the renewable energy era, sustainability, and the American tradition of protest and its place in an “Era of Terrorism”.
“in the coming “Age of Electricity” “ King says, “a principal battleground will be over who controls the production and distribution of electric power. Across America today, the battle lines are being drawn. Utility companies, many in an existential battle for survival, are pitted against advocates of a new distributed energy paradigm where small, renewable power sources replace today’s large electricity generation plants.”
“Most Americans” King asserts, “notice that things are changing, but have yet to fully grasp what a sea change in life it will be for every American.”
“Sacred Trust” follows the trail of heroic citizens banding together to stop one especially egregious powerline. The citizens who stand to lose most are dead set against the project . . . but the political winds are against them. It is in this setting The Trust takes on the Consortium.
As the actions of The Trust gain traction and momentum, other citizens join in support including a wave of supporters on social media; “The Gazetteers”, a group of citizen activists writing in the style of the Federalist Papers; and journalists including one business writer who weaves together details of the historic record leading his readers through a virtual primer on the evolution of a post-carbon energy paradigm beginning with the 1972 election of Jimmy Carter and the passage of the National Energy Policy Act into which NH Senator John Durkin inserted an eight word amendment that rocked the world.
"Sacred Trust" is a hilarious and vicarious, high voltage campaign to stop the “Granite Skyway” leading the reader through the hijinks of The Trust, and the series of choices we all are currently confronted in the emerging “Age of Electricity”.
For each of the members of The Trust it is a sacred campaign fought against an impending legacy of steel towers and scarred lands - an existential threat to an entire way of life. The Trust is all that stands between the people and their worst fears . . . and they are willing to pay any price to prevail.
“Sacred Trust”
Paperback: 354 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-10: 1981490302
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Price: $14.95*
Sacred Trust Kindle eBook
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Price: $2.99*
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* Special discounts are available to schools, libraries, and nonprofits. Please contact 603-515-6001
Monday, December 18, 2017
A Golden Moment in the Larch Bog
A Golden Moment in the Larch Bog
Chosen as a Featured Image at Fine Art America
Chosen as a Featured Image at Fine Art America
Hand painted sky completes the image in this image that combines elements of photography and watercolor painting. An edition of 25 signed originals is created with a certificate of authenticity along with a digitally initialed open edition. To purchase the signed original with a certificate of authenticity, contact the artist directly, or click here: http://bit.ly/2ou9Pqr
The digitally initialed open edition provides you with the closest approximation of an original without the premium cost of the original. Open Edition prints of this image are available for as little as $12.26
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| A Golden Moment in the Larch Bog |
Saturday, December 16, 2017
"Sacred Trust is now available in paperback!
"Sacred Trust is now available in paperback!
“An existential environmental time bomb - in the form of a massive powerline - is about to explode an entire way of life for the people of the North Country. Nine unlikely heroes - rock climbers, paddlers, a deer farmer and a former spook - are all that stands between the people and their worst nightmare.”
This is their story . . .
The paperback version is available here:
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Friday, April 7, 2017
King Image "The Road Darkens" Chosen in Juried Competition "One Planet, One Home"
King Image "The Road Darkens" Chosen in Juried Competition "One Planet, One Home"
Wayne King's image "The Road Darkens" has been chosen for a juried show at the Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven, CT. The exhibition: "One Planet, One Home" focuses on the challenges of Climate Change.
The image is part of a Climate Change series King has been working on for the past two years. The image alludes to the growing crisis. The image is a color montage of several different images including elements of photography and watercolor painting. One original edition of 5 prints is created, printed on fine art rag paper using archival inks; signed and with a certificate of authenticity. To purchase an original, click here: http://bit.ly/1ZxBg3p
The title is drawn from a quote from J. R. R. Tolkien's "Fellowship of the Ring". "Faithless is he who says farewell when the road darkens."
A digitally initialed open edition, also created, provides the closest approximation to an original work at a more affordable price, especially for those who love art but don't feel the need to purchase original works. Follow the link above and choose the open edition link if you would prefer the open edition.
The image is also available as a poster and a greeting card, here: https://www.zazzle.com/moosewoodmindscapes?qs=Road%20Darkens
Kehler Liddel Gallery:
http://www.kehlerliddellgallery.com/
Wayne King's image "The Road Darkens" has been chosen for a juried show at the Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven, CT. The exhibition: "One Planet, One Home" focuses on the challenges of Climate Change.
The image is part of a Climate Change series King has been working on for the past two years. The image alludes to the growing crisis. The image is a color montage of several different images including elements of photography and watercolor painting. One original edition of 5 prints is created, printed on fine art rag paper using archival inks; signed and with a certificate of authenticity. To purchase an original, click here: http://bit.ly/1ZxBg3p
The title is drawn from a quote from J. R. R. Tolkien's "Fellowship of the Ring". "Faithless is he who says farewell when the road darkens."
A digitally initialed open edition, also created, provides the closest approximation to an original work at a more affordable price, especially for those who love art but don't feel the need to purchase original works. Follow the link above and choose the open edition link if you would prefer the open edition.
The image is also available as a poster and a greeting card, here: https://www.zazzle.com/moosewoodmindscapes?qs=Road%20Darkens
Kehler Liddel Gallery:
http://www.kehlerliddellgallery.com/
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Where are the good jobs in the next decade?
Where are the good jobs in the next decade?
by Wayne King
In the next decade the fastest growing sector of job growth worldwide will be those jobs associated with moving toward a renewable energy future and creating smart grids and a Third Industrial Revolution infrastructure to carry locally produced and distributed energy.
China recently announced that they would pour 82 Billion dollars into creation of a smart grid.
This is the very sector of our economy that Donald Trump has suppressed.
Its not that these jobs will move elsewhere. One of the largest benefits to locally produced, renewable energy is that it produces local jobs to build it and the long-term jobs stay local as well. They will just not be grown here where we are desperately seeking ways to create jobs that can replace the well paying jobs of the past.
The truth is that the jobs of the past are largely gone and no amount of huffing and puffing by politicians are going to bring them back. The battle for the future will be for the jobs of the future. Those countries that are building a Third Industrial Revolution infrastructure will have a massive competitive advantage.
If we targeted just 1/4 of the funds we use for infrastructure toward building this infrastructure of the future. We would produce millions more jobs than we are producing trying to revive the jobs of the past.
Here's just one example: I would be willing to bet that not one single NET new job will be produced in the coal industry in the next year. The companies will take advantage of the new Trump EPA to pass costs off to the public domain by polluting more - one change made recently allows coal companies to use public waterways for the disposal of wastes (hell it came out of the ground didn't it!) . But the coal companies will add more automation to take coal out of the ground, requiring fewer coal miners to do the job. The only bright spot is that the market for their coal is drying up faster than the RioGrande. Within a decade most of these companies will be gone. In the meantime owners will try to suck every bit of value that they can from their dying industry. Then they will throw up their hands and declare bankruptcy allowing them to walk away from their remaining debts.
by Wayne King
In the next decade the fastest growing sector of job growth worldwide will be those jobs associated with moving toward a renewable energy future and creating smart grids and a Third Industrial Revolution infrastructure to carry locally produced and distributed energy.
China recently announced that they would pour 82 Billion dollars into creation of a smart grid.
This is the very sector of our economy that Donald Trump has suppressed.
Its not that these jobs will move elsewhere. One of the largest benefits to locally produced, renewable energy is that it produces local jobs to build it and the long-term jobs stay local as well. They will just not be grown here where we are desperately seeking ways to create jobs that can replace the well paying jobs of the past.
The truth is that the jobs of the past are largely gone and no amount of huffing and puffing by politicians are going to bring them back. The battle for the future will be for the jobs of the future. Those countries that are building a Third Industrial Revolution infrastructure will have a massive competitive advantage.
If we targeted just 1/4 of the funds we use for infrastructure toward building this infrastructure of the future. We would produce millions more jobs than we are producing trying to revive the jobs of the past.
Here's just one example: I would be willing to bet that not one single NET new job will be produced in the coal industry in the next year. The companies will take advantage of the new Trump EPA to pass costs off to the public domain by polluting more - one change made recently allows coal companies to use public waterways for the disposal of wastes (hell it came out of the ground didn't it!) . But the coal companies will add more automation to take coal out of the ground, requiring fewer coal miners to do the job. The only bright spot is that the market for their coal is drying up faster than the RioGrande. Within a decade most of these companies will be gone. In the meantime owners will try to suck every bit of value that they can from their dying industry. Then they will throw up their hands and declare bankruptcy allowing them to walk away from their remaining debts.
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