Author: Hggns
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Lines of Departure
I may have posted this one before; it’s actually from late 2009. But this is a professionally done shot, so I think it will look much better. There were two layers, or “drops”. One for the yellow and blue/gray of the sky, the second for the black in the foreground. We’ll look at what can…
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Rebel Without a Caucus?
It remains far easier to obstruct commonsense reform on Capitol Hill, than to bring it to an actual vote. Though I’m hopeful that the Health Care Bill will pass, I’ll admit that it’ll be a relief just to see some resolution. A yes vote, for most Americans, means moving on to the process of evaluating…
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Strange Daisies, Indeed
“Strange Garden”, 1/1, 30×42″ Laura from the Art Students League very nicely e-mailed last week that she would like to use an older image of mine that she spied on the Open Press web site for a post card she was putting together. I definitely said yes, the more you get your stuff out there……
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"A" is for: Are You Ready For Some Football?
Poor Mexico. So far from God, and so close to the United States. -Porfirio Diaz, Mexican Dictator. I predicted as I took my place at the bar, that the USA would fall to the Dutch by either 2-0, or 2-1. The first would be the expected result, given the last game in Amsterdam and their…
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Save the Orphans
Some “orphans” sit in my drawer at the studio because I don’t have time to figure out what to do with them. So I made time for a few on Monday. On the right is the first layer, from last fall some time. Then I did a second drop Monday. Now it’s finished, one small…
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More From Monday
Interior, 1/1, 15×21″ This is also from last Monday. Kind of a test run. It has pencil lines, because I love drawing and have wanted to include it in monotypes for a while. The different colored torn papery-looking elements are chine colle, loosely translated, that means “different colored torn papery process”. They are wheat-pasted on…
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One Last Gray Day
I ‘ve done a larger, vertical version of the Ridgetop theme. While the photo isn’t that good, I’m going to move on to some other ideas, so I decided to wrap up the gray-on-gray/negative space thread for now. The best of these can be found here, in a portfolio with commentary. Be sure to click…
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Obstructed View
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers. -Thomas Pynchon From the ridge top east of Colorado Springs, CO you get a view overlooking the little upscale city and the Front Range behind it, including Colorado’s most iconic “Fourteener”, Pike’s Peak. It’s so close you can seemingly…
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Gray Days
“Ridgetops”, Monotype, 15×21″ I’ll do a larger version Monday. I’ll lighten the far ridge, and adjust the scale and distance. I promised myself some more interiors, so I think that’ll be next. Nor have I done a “fun” Weekend-type post lately, so I’ll work up something of that nature.
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More Winter
“Winter” 30×22″ Monotype This is a larger version, from Monday, and it actually came out better than this rather amateurish snapshot might indicate. I wanted to post it simply to complete the progression I’ve been yammering on about. I’m getting it photographed for possible publication, and when I have that, I’ll post a complete portfolio…
