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Make Something With One Hand

This is day two of the week long series from my ‘Sketchbook with Voices’ a sketchbook given to me back in the 80s that had an assignment, idea, or statement about art at the top of each page. The assignment … Continue reading

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What to Take

This is the fifth in a week long series on Photography. Check out Monday’s offering to get the scoop on it from the beginning. One of my favorite artists, Robert Irwin, has a saying that became the title of his … Continue reading

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Don’t Stand Too Far Away

This is the fourth of a week long series on my take on photography. Go to Monday’s posting to see the series from the beginning. Actually, I say stand too far away or too close… or too low or too … Continue reading

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Guess Who?

This is the third in a week long series on my take on Photography. Go to Monday’s posting to see it from the beginning. The rule is to get the whole face in the frame, the whole person, everything perfect. … Continue reading

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Know Your Camera

This is the second in a week long series on my take on photography. Go to Monday’s posting to see the series from the beginning. Whatever you do, LEARN what your camera can do! Do not brag about ‘Oh, I … Continue reading

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Gilded Blue

For many years after we moved from California and I wasn’t creating art work for exhibiting and selling I was creating backgrounds for my computer. I probably made at least one a day for many years. The original photographs were … Continue reading

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Truths and Things I Made Up About This Woman #18

We were staying the night at the Inn at Price Tower, Frank Lloyd Wright’s one and only freestanding ‘skyscraper’ in the world (it’s 16 stories high so it isn’t crazy tall by any means). It is about 50 miles north … Continue reading

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A Nut Praying to Saint Mesh

Just something different for fun. This is from my sketchbook back in the 90s, with some colorizing from some early digital software.

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Truths and Things I Made Up About This Woman #21

I had gone down to Oklahoma City from my home in Tulsa (about 100 miles) to drop off my presentation for the upcoming Photoslam event. I decided to take the day and check out some galleries down that way, something … Continue reading

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Composition with Colored Woman and Colored Wall

My daughters’ threw a party at our house back in 2002 on the last day of school. One of their friends had her whole arm tattooed. I saw her sitting in this chair and next to her I could see … Continue reading

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