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"Urban Scream"
Acrylic on Paper
18" x 24"

Imagine Holden Caulfield meets Edvard Munch...in 2010...image painted over a distressed page that was used by my students to prepare their work...I liked the feeling of being boxed-in...

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Hear, see, speak no evil...I've managed to get quite behind on my posting...combination of sickness in the family and general laziness during Spring Break...will work to catch everything up over the next couple of days...

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Mr. Bill in my Tiki cup...oh nooo....

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I wish I had invented the Lava Lamp...nothing comes close to sucking the brain cells out of your head than it's magic spell...a small corner of my world...

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Dancing, jumping, new wind-up toys that were a present from a former student who is now living in St. Louis...thanks Adam!

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The "Spring" in Spring Break finally arrives...warm and sunny day...

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"Ming" is our new Siamese kitten...rescued from Oxford today...

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Spring Break is finally here!!!

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"Monumental Marylin"
30"x40"
Acrylic on Canvas
March 12, 2010

I've had students create their own versions of Marylin for years as an introduction to Pop-Art and portrait work...this is the first time I've ever painted her...

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Ancient decal in the window at the Feed and Seed...National Motor Club Approved...

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One of several self-portrait sketches I made this week drawing directly into the computer with my Wacom tablet and stylus...lines and images that exist only as binary code...Stanley Kubrick would approve...there are many new frontiers for art to explore...

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Self-portrait combining my love to make music and sneak a paisley inspired motif into a painting...if only my horn playing was as inspired...recently picked the horn backup and can still play...enjoy jazz improvising to Jamey Aebersold Play-A-Longs...

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Back side of the Feed and Seed...love the industrial feeling...and the rust...

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Modified and layered image of the band at the Fulton "Sweat Tea" festival...they are opening the main stage at the Minerva Fest at Ballard Park next weekend...getting ready to record a full length album...

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Cubism inspired still life created two years ago...

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"Fly Envy"
12"x18"
Acrylic on Paper
March 5, 2010

My latest effort...completed today...part doodle...part illustration...part combination of things revisited from the bottom of my working portfolio...I've decided to start a new label with this post...New Art Friday...each Friday I'm planning to post a piece of artwork created during the week...all new...have found that goals help keep me moving forward...we'll see what happens!!!

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1978 Rascal Robot...the one that started my collection...bought at Rose's Department store in Ozark...I still smile thinking about winding him up and turning him loose in classes at Carroll High School...we've both walked a few miles from those days!!!

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One of my first experiments in distressing a painting...created the aged effect with a spray bottle and water before the dark glaze was completely dry...I like making a painting look old...

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This image is a reflection from the gazing ball in the west side yard of the Briar Farm...I manipulated the color in Photoshop and love the altered perspective of the view...

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Mr. Bill cleverly hiding in the glue department...