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Everything #41 (Dragon Dreams of Flames) - #abstractplacing #abstractarrangement #theartofeverything #pdxartist #foundobjectart #foundobjects #garbageart #foundobjectsculpture #foundobjectcollage (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZxsjGAvt45/?utm_medium=tumblr

Something about… the everydayness of it. Something about… what you are primed to see you start seeing more of, to fit what you first saw. Something about… what you see isn’t really what you see but rather what you think you see, which actually is what you see, and so, therefore, what you express - Everything #40 (Wood and White) - #abstractplacing #taoe #pdxartist #foundobjectcollage #abstractarrangement #garbageart #foundobjects #foundobjectart #TheArtofEverything (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZfrOQ8P0SN/?utm_medium=tumblr

I’ve been struggling this past week or two with thoughts that seem to come up in cycles - is what I’m doing actually important? Is there something I could do to better fulfill a purpose in life, something that benefits others, makes me feel more “useful”? (a dangerous word). - It’s strange, this ideal paradoxical way of being - accepting where I am but also realizing there are things I need to do to learn and thrive. And as far as I can tell it’s about avoiding getting bogged down on either side - berating myself for not doing enough or getting complacent. A tough balance to strike, although it seems I’m getting better at weathering the storms, at staying upright and afloat. - Do you ever doubt your purpose, whatever you’re doing? What are some of the thoughts that come along with these doubts, and how do you deal with them? Let me know in the comments below if you feel like sharing… rockiness loves company :^) - “Leap Frog” Found objects on canvas - #abstractplacing #foundobjects #foundobjectart #pdxartist #abstractarrangement #assemblageart #garbageart #theartofeverything (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CY7ZudNP1DX/?utm_medium=tumblr

A recent purchase of one of my old Abstract Placings sparked something: over the last year, I have been moving away from found objects, and more towards traditional mediums like paint. Key word: traditional. - I realized that as much as I enjoy pure painting, my heart lies in objects and their stories. I’d left them because I thought I needed to create in what was a more “respectable” medium, one that is “taken seriously.” - There are a whole bunch of layers involved in those words, which I’ll leave aside for now, but what I needed was that one flicker of outside interest, to send the fire back deep from my toes. And it feels damn good. —- Please, let me know in the comments below: What are you making because you think you should? What would you create, what would you use, if that voice that says to make respectable things, to be seen as a “real” artist, was suddenly silent? What really drives you? - That’s where your truth lies. That’s what you need to show us, and yourself. - - “Clocking Out” Objects found on 12/12/2021 12” x 12” Part of the *Gold Series* of Abstract Placings (2nd picture - Abstract Placing from 2018 recently sold: “Next Steps”) - #theartofeverything #TaoE #pdxartist #abstractplacing #abstractarrangement #foundobjectcollage #foundobjectart (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXfkrevL9pu/?utm_medium=tumblr

“Beach 2” - #foundobjects on cardboard (8” x 15”) - See profile to own a little piece of me ————— Day 348 #yearofdailyart #TheArtOfEverything #usewhatsaroundtomakeart - - - - - - - - - - #abstractplacing #foundobjectart #collageart #pdxartist #outsiderart #artfromtheheart #selftaughtartist #abstractarrangement #garbageart #trashart #recycledart (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDS3a8rBKjS/?igshid=8475kotb15ea

“Feet of Magritte” - Day 322 #yearofdailyart #TheArtOfEverything - #Foundobjects , painted wood, plastic figures, carpet, leaf, paper, spider, bone, beet, marker, bullets and box, acrylic, toothpicks, screen, and thread on wood #usewhatsaroundtomakeart 27” x 44” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #abstractplacing #pdxartist #foundobjectcollage #WIP #outsiderart #primercontemporary #collageart #sauvagegallery #birdart #surrealcollage (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCP6JoXB6e4/?igshid=hth5zzpcu376

“Approximate Opposites” - Day 221 #DailyArt - Cut-up photos on paper ~ 17” x 15” - - - Cut up 10 pictures of past #abstractplacing of #foundobjects pieces, and experimented with putting them together in a halfway coherent way. - #TheArtOfEverything⁣ #UseWhatsAroundToMakeArt ______________⁣ -⁣ -⁣ -⁣ #collageart #paperart #foundobjectart #primer_contemporary #contemporarycollage #pdxartist #nondigitalcollage #abstractcollage #paintingwithpaper⁣ #loveanalogcollage1 ⁣#trashart #abstractarrangement (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-BkhTEhw6e/?igshid=ylgsqjedd0fw

Bandwidth - ⁣ - Day 186 #DailyArt - Acrylic and old school printing ink (hopefully not too toxic) on board - Forgive me for my foray into #emotionalabstraction It took a lot of restraint to not add more than the idea that ran through my mind this morning while, oddly enough, playing tennis: “ X = purple curly ink w/ black box X = pink fluff circle soft Bckgrnd - Lite/med. grey Middle - white small gas can upside down (saw small shape on court) - #TheArtOfEverything⁣ ______________⁣ -⁣ -⁣ -⁣ #abstractplacing #abstractart #abstractionism #contemporaryabstractpainting #pdxartist #UseWhatsAroundToMakeArt #timelapsepainting ⁣ (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ocekWhfdH/?igshid=1di5cvicih8ox