"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 . . .

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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/

The Road Darkens

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.

Windows at an Exhibition

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Green, Sustainable Energy is Here to Stay - Coal is Dead

Green, Sustainable Energy is Here to Stay - Coal is Dead
Wayne King

President Trump thinks that he is going to undo all of the good work that President Obama has done to put us on the road to clean and sustainable energy. Today he's going after the Clean Power Act but President Obama was smart. He used the crisis of 2008 to give a huge boost to wind and solar and other green energy sources and now they have market viability. Anyone who invests in carbon producing energy sources from here on is liable to lose their shirt and they know it. Coal is dead, we need to create new clean energy opportunities in the coal states and educate the people who live there to enable them to work in the industries of the future not the past.

But we need a smart grid to deliver and target energy resources. This will cost a lot of money but that money is already there.

According to the International Monetary Fund in 2015 they quantified the amount of money that is going into subsidies for fossil fuels and it was 5.4 TRILLION dollars. 6.5% of global GDP. What we have is not a technology problem, it is a political problem. Corrupt politicians and energy companies scratching to hold onto power in a system that is rapidly transitioning away from them have built a system where second industrial revolution energy is at an advantage over Third Industrial Revolution (TIR) Tech. We need to redirect those funds to build a new paradigm for distributing energy

The Whisper of Wind Poster
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King Images chosen for "Fauna 2015" International Exhibition

Los Angeles-based Linus Gallery recently announced the winners of a call for artists in a juried competition titled "Fauna". Among those images chosen were two images by New Hampshire-based artist Wayne King. Chosen for the exhibition were "Pelican Mindscape" and "Knee Deep in Zebras".

"Pelican Mindscape" is a mixed media image combining elements of photography and painting. The image was printed from a negative through textured glass, hand-painted using Marshall oils and then scanned for output using archival inks in an edition of 100 16" x 24" prints, signed by the artist and available at an affordable $195. Unsigned images are also available from RedBubble.com: http://rdbl.co/1M4cPky 

"Knee Deep in Zebras" is a composite monochrome image created from a series of images of Zebras. Three editions of 10 prints each are available, two edition are toned in Blue and Brown respectively with the final a straight monochrome. Original prints are available from the artist at a cost of $495.00 for a 16"x24" signed print. Unsigned open edition prints are also available from Fine Art America: http://bit.ly/1XK6mia.

"I am honored to have had two images selected in this prestigious competition" said King. "The Linus Gallery is one of the most active and progressive galleries on the Web. It may also provide an opportunity for a visit to Lost Angeles where my sister resides - a great added benefit!"

Sacred Trust Chapter 3 has been posted

Sacred Trust Chapter 3 has been posted

Sacred Trust Chapter 3 has been posted. In the tradition of such great writers as Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Dickens and Stephen King, "Sacred Trust" is being produced serially.  If you read it and hate it, let me know. If you read it and love it, tell me more! If you read it and have some ideas about where I should take the plot, the characters or the setting, that would be terrific. Feel free to give me some freestyle advice.

I'd also be interested in generating some donations for organizations doing important work so if you are willing to make a donation to a good cause and you want me to use your name or the name of your business or something like that in the story, send me a note with your offer and I'll do my best to accommodate you.

As I have said, the process here is not completely novel, though inviting collaboration seems to be somewhat unique. Releasing a book in parts, chapters or sections has been done by Mark Twain, Charles Dickens and Stephen King, to name a few. I don't claim to be deserving of a place in this august company - just making the point that I'm not plowing new ground completely. This plow has plenty of chips in the paint as near as I can tell.

So here we go - Section 1 "The Trust" introduces us to the cast of characters beginning with Charles Stonebridge in chapter one. In chapter two we met Douglas Fitzhugh Roy "Fitz"  and Sasha Brandt. Though you don't know it yet, Fitz and Sasha are quite possibly related - though they have never met before. Somewhere back in their family tree there is at least a loose affiliation with "The Peacemaker" and Hiawatha, two revered and historical figures that form a key constellation in the grand galaxy of Iroquois History. Sash is official - a card carrying member of the Iroquois nation. Fitz on the other hand is just a mutt with a past that likes hidden in a blue blood family's "shame".  

Chapter Three introduces Linda Levy a cop from Boston who has a grand affinity for the White Mountains and rock climbing. Growing up with her Cop father - also a rock climber - she was introduced to climbing in the Schuwangunks in northern New York but discovered the Rocks of Rattlesnake Mountain in the foothills of the White Mountains in her thirties and never looked back. Linda is also an attorney but she gave up her place in the bar to return to policing where her heart lay. Having dedicated nearly a half century to the law Linda is about to find herself on the other side of it. She doesn't know it yet but she is about to learn about the finer points of Civil Disobedience. 

Read Chapter 3 Here.

The White Mountains

Calendar

Calendar with 13 beautiful images
Suitable for framing when the year ends!
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"I See the Way"

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I'm pleased to announce that "I See the Way" was chosen for the Regional NH Center for the Arts Juried show in New London. It has also been selected for a Judge's award among all the works. Awards will be presented at Friday's opening at the New London Inn Micro Gallery in New London - 5pm - 7pm. I plan to announce that 50% of proceeds from sales of a poster of the image will be designated to Project Laundry List a non profit NGO that works to advocate for a sustainable future and against regulations that prohibit wash lines.

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