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Voyage. 15x15”, ink and oil

#monotype #printmaking

Finished, and sold. #oilpainting #portraitpainting #traditionalart

The Magic Show. In ancient Vedic literature, Māyā literally implies extraordinary power and wisdom. In later Vedic texts and modern literature dedicated to Indian traditions, Māyā connotes a "magic show, an illusion where things appear to be present but are not what they seem". Māyā is also a spiritual concept connoting "that which exists, but is constantly changing and thus is spiritually unreal", and the "power or the principle that conceals the true character of spiritual reality.

Casey sleeping. iPad and Procreate live sketch, about 30 min. . . . #sketchbook #digitalart #ipadart #thisthingissomuchfun #procreateart #procreateapp #livedrawing #portraitart

#sketchbook

#1 . . . #oilpainting #traditionalart #dailyart

Since everyone else is doing it....#artvsartist

“Mono no aware” (Japanese adage): the sorrow that results from the passage of things, awareness of impermanence, or transience of things. Both a gentle sadness (or wistfulness) at their passing as well as a longer, deeper gentle sadness about this state being the reality of life.

The creative and the receptive are the real secret of change. ~ I Ching #monotype #printmaking

#sketchbook

“Throw the lights away. Nothing must stand Between you and the shapes you take When the crust of shape has been destroyed. You as you are? You are yourself.” ~ Stevens Gouache and graphite on watercolor paper. . . . #traditionalart #gouachepainting #wallacestevens

#morningimages #minipainting

I’ve been doing a lot of these small concept oil sketches in the mornings; simple and quick. I find them very fulfilling. #minimornings #morningimages #oilpainting #sketchbook

Started out as an abstract ink piece and became trees. Now comes the waiting. The next step will come to me at some point. . . . #oilpainting #traditionalart #automaticart #instinctiveprocess #isontologyapplicablehere

Layering in the stars. . . . . #portraitart #portraitpainting #figurepainting #traditionalart #oilpainting

Morning images. #sketchbook