my hand, painting a woman's eye

my hand, painting details on a cactus flower

a shot of my studio, featuring my painting of a man & woman with multiple hands covering their faces, amidst a patch of cacti, in front of a sunset sky.

Well, I think I might have finished it, with these last little bits. I’ll have to let it dry & oil it out, to be sure. Those cadmiums have dried out a lot… they’re going to glow!
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It’s the initial sketch for an oil painting. The red is more easily covered by paint.

A drawing for a painting of woman with the head of a steller’s jay, looking over a cityscape, holding a Molotov cocktail.

A little more sketching. I can’t have her spilling her cocktail, now can I? Red pencil on an 18.75x9 inch canvas.
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It’s really weird that the only “freedoms“ right wingers seem to care about involve at least the potential of other people getting hurt. As if “liberty” is a permission structure for tyranny…

A drawing for a painting of woman with the head of a steller’s jay, looking over a cityscape, holding a Molotov cocktail.

Maybe I can get this done for a show by June. It would be easier, if I could stop cramming tiny little details into it. Red pencil on an 18.75x9 inch canvas.
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It matches his heart.

It’s so very California to be several months into this “the top 2 primary will doom us!” cycle, and have yet to hear *anyone* in office or running for office propose doing anything at all about continuing to live under this grossly undemocratic system. All complaints, no solutions!

And people actually wonder why turnout is so regularly low…

It’s so very California to be several months into this “the top 2 primary will doom us!” cycle, and have yet to hear *anyone* in office or running for office propose doing anything at all about continuing to live under this grossly undemocratic system. All complaints, no solutions!

My hand, painting the red flowers of cacti, with human figures behind

Got those little flower details in. Now, to let it dry for a week, oil it out, and see what’s left,
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A framed poster for a long ago show, signed by all the members of the Skatalites who played, that night. Reads: TWO JUST MEN PRESENT The SKATALITES WITH SPECIAL GUEST TOO HECTIC MON, APRIL 15 • 1996 9:30 P.M. HAUNT 114 W. GREEN STREET - ITHACA TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW $10.00 At Rebop Records, Ithaca Guitar Works, Mandolin Winds In Cortland, Haunt or Charge By Phone At 607-277-2726 Jamaica's Legendary Godfathers Of Ska Honor The Haunt With A Rare Appearance.. The Roots Event of The Season

Now that was a night…

Sure am looking forward to my life getting more precarious again because of some rich dudes’ gambling addiction 😕

I don’t fill my house with paintings because I thought the walls looked empty…

All this “AI” nonsense is predicated on a fundamentally flawed assumption that possession of the end result is somehow more gratifying than the process of creating it. Maybe our tech will overlords should talk to other, non-tech folks, from time to time.

my hand, painting a woman with multiple hands covering her face, amidst a patch of cacti, in front of a sunset sky.

Fixin’ some stuff. I’m getting close to this one being done.
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As a Californian who makes under $100k: I want to pay taxes, because I want the government to do the things we can’t do on our own! I actually want to pay *more* in taxes for stuff like healthcare, that will cost less than when I pay a private insurer!

My hand, painting tiny little spines on cacti with a 0 round brush.

I finally got all the spines in. Now, for more little details!
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I will always believe that only people defending base 12 measures are those who use them the least.

I feel like I finally see an upside to AI “art”… it pretty much destroys the market for that Jon McNaughton guy’s awful fascist paintings.

“My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." R Reagan, 1984. No one remembers anything, anymore.

Gotta savor ‘em when you find ‘em… they can be so few & far between, these days.

The world ain’t all bad…

It's been a while since I lived in VA, so I don't remember what the law was regarding spitting on architecture. I'll definitely be looking it up if this thing get built, though. Sadly, I'm sure the law would definitely not be on the side of pissing on architecture.

If it isn’t just torn the hell down, the next dem prez at least needs to turn it into a public graffiti wall…

There goes our scumbag governor, only concerning himself with what’s good for him, personally, while the state falls apart. Please, dems, laugh this jerk right out of the ‘28 primaries.

www.latimes.com/california/s...

My hand, painting spines on the cacti that surround a woman with 3 hands, covering her face.

Another night of spines. I probably have one more. And then other little fussy bits!
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As seems to be the case with so many trends, this one started in CA, where we had August in March...

My hand, painting spines on cacti. Some have red flowers.

Working on those spines. 3 hours of quality time with my 0 round brush.
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Growing up in the DC area added an extra bit, for me. I remember my dad telling me that since we were so close to so many obvious targets, there was no need to worry, we wouldn’t even know what happened…

A photo of my recently completed painting table, in my studio next to a painting in progress of a man with 4 arms covering his face, surrounded by cacti. I’ve had the metal cabinet on wheels for a while, now (awesome find at the Re-Store), but had still been using my old painting cart that I made decades ago. I built the top & drawer, put together a new brush holding setup. It’s great! The surface is larger, to accommodate a larger piece of glass for my palette (courtesy of Street Santa). The drawer is also larger, to more easily hold all my paints and stuff. It worked great on its maiden voyage.

Got my new painting table finished, and painted a few more spines. More info in ALT.
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