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Pinball machines from the 50', 60's and maybe 70's.

Atlantis pinball machine. Kodak Vision3 250D.

Retro Pinball Machine

classic arcade games

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"Perfect Nation"

acrylic on canvas

14" x 11" 2024

I started this tiny painting thinking of corruption and cover up, thought of Jack Ruby then my mind went to fast food and our nations over stimulation of sugar/and fake sugar in food. Draw your own conclusions. Our country seems to be in disarray. Hope you all enjoyed the debate last night.

On another note, after I finished the painting, it reminded me of Robert Colescott. I was kind of suprised how the piece reminded me so much of his work. He was a genius of openly showing the deepest paranoias that lives inside of all of us.

Beginning stage of "Perfect Nation"

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

-Proverbs 13:7

Blue argon MAIN and neon color SHOW ROOM neon sign shot on Kodak Gold 200.

LILY FLOWER ON FILM

Kodak VISION3 5207

Corridor Alley or the view down from the 7th floor? Kodak Vision3 250D rated at 400 ASA.

Corridor alley or the view from the 7th floor?

Blue fluorescent tube light shinning red light from the back. Kodak Vision3 250D @ 400 ISO. Norton Museum of Art.

Point Diptych

Dark Bird Feather with a split white top. Kodak Vision3 250D film.

Tree pointy green leaf pointed up. Kodak Vision3 250D film.

Point Diptych

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

-John 6:63

Orb Spider web

"Man of Acres"

acrylic on canvas

43" x 34" (2024)

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One of the many things I've learned about being a painter is that the more I can make my paintings look like my drawings the better. For me personally, there's something raw about drawing in pencil, pen, ink or colored pencils. Often times it can be a bit diffcult to translate that into a truly successful painting. It comes down to drawing more, painting more and observing more. It even comes down to the sort of brushes to use.

It's all one continual art project. It never ends. The truest form of art is what you put down on paper because often times it's not the final plan. At times we can divert from those tall stacks of used paper; it's often very raw we think, too real. A gallery owner once told me "I like your drawings, why don't your paintings look like your drawings?" It made me think, for one that maybe I'm not doing good enough of a job translating my sketches into paintings. Am I catching that true enegry? He was not giving advice per se, but it reaffirmed my belief in what I was working toward. Art projects are a lifetime, it continues and continues.