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there he is.
watercolor, pencil.

Painted for A.C.V one tired, wine-induced, sensational evening of solitude.

22.

pearls before swine

I had a discussion with a friend recently about proverbs. Then i made this.

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'untitled'
watercolor, pencil.

I wanted to paint something quickly. I wanted to use watercolor paints. I found a postcard. It had a black and white picture of a calf with the words 'would you want to eat this face?'. I thought, 'no'. Then I began painting. I painted for a half hour and stopped. That's that.

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untitled

I made this right after I read STIFF : The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. The topics in the book honestly shocked and amazed me. It was gross and stomach turning at times, but captivating and delectable throughout. The bag of doll parts I scooped up at a recycling center that had been sitting in my closet untouched for almost a year came to mind immediately. I stripped a doll of its limbs and cut a square into the chest. I placed the ticking heart I crafted behind a 2cm x 2cm acrylic square and adhered the torso to the light fixture for energy. Painted that with a few shades of gold and put the cog atop her neck to resemble a thinking brain. I covered the arm sockets with round jewelry beads and small mirrors to reflect the soul.

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I painted this one for J.B for Christmas. Years and years ago he asked me to paint him some sort of tree...literally almost 7 years later....

materials: watercolor, rubbing alcohol, sea salt, ink.

I painted her for N.S for Christmas. She is based off a Sylvia Ji painting as per N.S's request. I used similar 'Day of the Dead' face painting and the flowers in huge hair.

materials: acrylic paint on canvas, felt, glitter spray.

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well hi!

Here's the story:

I began INSPIRATION art this past winter as a means to keep myself occupied in my new surroundings by submerging myself in something that I positively love. For several weeks I stayed true to my objective, which was to create a piece of art inspired by a single image in one week. It must have been mid June when my next assignment was a still from the Michael Jackson's Thriller video and my mind turned off. I walked away and came back to that image so many times hoping something would come to me. Nothing. I set INSPIRATION aside for two months. I almost felt like I was forcing art, which is never a good thing. Two months passed before I got inspired by an Xray sleeve I received at work with an image of the lungs on it. Which leads me to...

materials: wooden frame, paint, textured paper, tulle, jewlery, ink, crackling gloss, key, tape trasfer, colored pencil.

I received the lung image on an xray sleeve at work. At home I cut in between the veins and placed textured paper behind. I drew the heart, lightly colored it red and placed a tape transfer of chinese newspaper over it. I ink stamped the word "ENTRI" (Italian for 'enter') and placed jewelry beads around the lettering and poured crackling gloss in them. I rubbed the frame with a concoction of acrylic gel and acrylic paint of course...adhered the tulle and the key and here we go....now you have the key to my heart.....enter.

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Hi.
I made this card for my friend Emilee to congratulate her. I chose a matryoska doll because she and I both enjoy them.

'congrats'

assorted papers, ink, lace.

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