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This is what a creative rut looks like.

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Bridge.
Acrylic on paper 18x12"

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The eye and the Mind's eye

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Que Sera
Acrylic on paper 18x12"

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Imbedded
$25
Chalk on paper 7x10"

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So driving home late last night, I was doing my typical process of composing painting in my head and I had one of those moments that Elizabeth Gilbert references in  her TED speech. I was behind the wheel but I need my sketchbook! So I tried to recreate it today but not very close I think. This is inspired by that rap/R&B song where some woman says over and over: "I whip my hair back and forth"

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Untitled
Mixed media on paper 10x15"

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Study for a "Modern Family" painting.

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Another potential Birth of Venus.

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What remains
$50
Mixed media on paper 10x15"

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Yes, I like to paint cheesy mythological stories. I've been dying to paint my version of the Birth of Venus for years and the design keeps morphing.

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I'll tend to draw whatever documentary I just watched on tv. These came from one about William Shakespeare.

 

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Been feeling yucky in my lungs. Decided this looked good upside down too.

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Acrylic on canvas 12x16"
A dance celebrating God guiding us from above.

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Still in progress.

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Scribble.

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I think all the scales are gone...

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Angel Oak.

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Studies of the ginkgo leaves.

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Another mutant lemon.

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Another work in progress...
I need more painting time!!!

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My favorite feline.

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Work on progress...

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work in progress. Sanskrit for 'compassion.'

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Marina.

SOLD

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5.5 x 8.5" watercolor & conte on paper

The waves caused by the boat and the waves made by the wind.

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lemons.

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Study of Chinese Patterns
4 separate pieces
Acrylic on 10x10" wood panels

I did bad things to my back making these

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Untitled
Acrylic on canvas 12x16"

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crape myrtle

Acrylic paper 16 x 20, acrylic, conte, water color and the painting and I shared some tequila, too.

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A cut from my Japanese Maple.

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Studies.

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I really love this statue.

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Back home. From memory.

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Leigh Hyams instructed me to try every kind of art and that would make me a stronger painter. I suppose hieroglyphs count?

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Lemon from my Aunt and uncle's tree.

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Good kitty

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In the Bay Area.

INSPIRATION

This photo is so inspirational. I love this more than a photo of Salvador Dali. It's the type I want to work with but have so much reverence for the photo itself I don't dare touch it. It'll go up on the wall in the studio.

It is Yuri Knorozov a Russian who discovered a Mayan manuscript while storming Berlin as a soldier during WW2. He was one of the first to decipher the Mayan code.

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People and plants; if this wasn't on paper, I think I would keep the drawings greyscale and make the entire background vermilion.

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Paso Robles.

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This really should be on watercolor paper, but when you want to just create, rules get in the way!