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Art, Inktober

Angel, Demon, Saddle, Plump, Frost— Inktober2023

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Destroying Angel is an extremely poisonous mushroom in the Amanita genus.

Demon or Daimon can mean a god or deity so i chose to draw the Venus of Dolni Vestonice found in the Czech Republic and perhaps as old as 29,000 years. One of the oldest ceramic objects ever found.

Saddle shoes are full of nostalgia for me whereas saddles that go in horses etc mean little.

The word Plump brought to mind a plump ripe fig nearly bursting its skin with sweetness.

First frost of the season is coming soon and there are not enough shelters for all of these fellow human beings…

Art, Inktober

More Inktober 2023

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day 14 is Castle. I drew the school in Sançerre, France, where I went in 2019. Cœur de France is actually situated in a small castle.


Monday’s prompt will be Angel, so I drew two Destroying Angel amanita mushrooms. (Below)

day 13 the prompt was Rise…

Day 12 the prompt was Spicy, misspelled as Spicey…I couldn’t think of anything to draw except spicy hot peppers

Tomorrow’s prompt is Dagger.

Art, Inktober

Inktober 2023 – first week plus

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Day 7 prompt is Drip
Day 6 prompt is Golden
Day 8 prompt is Toad
Day 9 prompt is Bounce

prompt on day 5 was Map

prompt was Fortune on day 10

prompt for day 11 tomorrow is Wander, of which I did two versions.

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INKTOBER 2023!

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This is the month for Inktober, that means an ink drawing a day for 31 days. So far so good!

The prompt for Day 1 was Dream.

The prompt for Day 2 was Spiders

The prompt for day 3 was Path and for Day 4 was Dodge… in the sense that we both dodged a bullet , deer and driver!

Art, papier mache

CLOCK ART

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All the clocks below are made from paper mâché (plus a clock or just a clock mechanism ) . They range from about 9” across for the round white clock with the multicolored face, to the the fish clock which is about 20” from head to tail fin. All are for sale at the Brattleboro gallery of the Harmony Artists Collective.

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Some new art from late august

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Robin in blue pants and with eyes! At the Harmony Artists Collective Gallery on 49 Elliot street, Brattleboro, VT
Large Sun clock in paper mâché
Papier mâché clock unpainted, and I will leave it that way.
The Whatsit couple, fixed after accident that took legs of chair and table. Now stabilized so no further problems. c. 3-4” tall
Art, portraits

PORTRAIT OF A CHILD, IN STAGES

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Mr and Mrs, Mr and Mr, or Mrs and Mrs What’s-it!

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Whats-it figurines — “oh those interminable lectures!!” one of them is thinking…

(Made of polymer clay and pipe cleaners, toothpicks and tongue depressors! )

Art, musicians

Beatnik Band in clay and pipecleaners

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Art, House or building, Lifesize sculpture, Papier mâché

More New June Art +

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Paper mâché “Robin” with colorful sneakers and a red ball. Lovely photo taken by someone at the gallery. ( I don’t think I’ve posted this before, but sorry if it’s a repeat.)

Watercolor Study of a day lily on Canson cold press paper for a painting to be done later on Arches. (Many mistakes but I’m learning…)

Animals, Art, House or building

June Art (so far)

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Yellow house on Western Avenue with sky adjusted
Art, House or building

Diane’s House, plus three others

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Acrylics 11” by 13” on Strathmore 500 Mixed Media Board, a gift for my friend Diane.
House on Green Street, minus the neighboring houses. Acrylic 11” by 13” on Strathmore 500 Mixed Media board — SOLD
Jeremiah Beale House on Western Avenue in West Brattleboro, Acrylics on Strathmore 500 Mixed media board, 11” by 13”
Drawing before I paint the house in the following photo I took recently.
House with Rhododendron on Western Avenue in Brattleboro
Animals, Art, Book

Le Chat d’une amie- A friend’s Cat

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painted for her birthday – peint pour son anniversaire.

Here’s the original photo of pasha

Here’s my rendering, with the chocolates turned into a book, The Art of Purring by David Michie, one of the 5 Dalaï lama’s cat books.

Art, House or building, papier mache

Recent Art – Teabag Paintings and more

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I removed the tea from used teabags and opened up the packets, washed and dried them, then painted on them. These are about 3” by 5” without frames.

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Posted this on Facebook 2/17/2023

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FROM THE GUARDIAN September 2022

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The first line of the article below is stunning but the article that follows (see link) is even more so. Please read and come back here to tell me what you think.

“I’m a psychologist – and I believe we’ve been told devastating lies about mental health…”


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/06/psychologist-devastating-lies-mental-health-problems-politics?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Art, papier mache

LA PETITE JEUNE FILLE

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She starts as chicken wire. Elle commence avec le grillage.
I add paper bag brown paper. Je la fais avec les sacs de papier collés au grillage.
She gets hands and feet. Also shorts. Elle a maintenant les mains et les pieds et elle porte le short.
I finally decided on pedal pusher length pants and gave her hair and eyes etc. Voila les cheveux et les pantalons plus long.
In the gallery …

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TEABAG PAINTINGS

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Yes teabag paintings! I took apart and washed the paper in a teabag, prepped it with gesso and painted on it. These are about 3” by 5” roughly. The two faces sleeping under the moon were just experiments but the white New England farmhouse is now framed and for sale. Today I will also post a new papier mâché sculpture but in a separate blog post. Paint is gouache acrylic and acrylic.

You can see the edges of the teabag paper here.

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New Cat in Oil Pastels

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Painted this afternoon for another member of Brattleboro Time Trade. Oil pastel 11” by 14”

Animals, Art

White Cat in Oil Pastels

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