tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35856076701503180272024-03-21T13:19:20.175-07:00Paintings and Shitjfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03431821925319332854noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585607670150318027.post-41796909328179765032009-08-21T08:31:00.000-07:002009-08-22T01:51:20.579-07:00Burlap<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_3FbxO7lQmN9tCR09K1812OF05pjLgDifWruwUdugu6GoXWhkqxWCERl5lnHwuTcrY7p6GsfOueLrTRz6J-NKJ_2BlnkolTTEY0hurhYRMQRnn151phyikFpDRs9w-tNPKZnjX478imc/s1600-h/4.+burlap+shapes+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_3FbxO7lQmN9tCR09K1812OF05pjLgDifWruwUdugu6GoXWhkqxWCERl5lnHwuTcrY7p6GsfOueLrTRz6J-NKJ_2BlnkolTTEY0hurhYRMQRnn151phyikFpDRs9w-tNPKZnjX478imc/s400/4.+burlap+shapes+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372440379558855010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTbZhLRXjdTvpuAh3hTskf-CBi0p0TpcWna5-yuAygJ-4_9SRNUzg2XVBwYwoLdrxMKjL8MnIFY7JTquPefzjTb5fQnXKRud_nhZL30_lxptVljMzqM2THFC_1cVANlZcyvl82M53DbBD/s1600-h/3.+burlap+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTbZhLRXjdTvpuAh3hTskf-CBi0p0TpcWna5-yuAygJ-4_9SRNUzg2XVBwYwoLdrxMKjL8MnIFY7JTquPefzjTb5fQnXKRud_nhZL30_lxptVljMzqM2THFC_1cVANlZcyvl82M53DbBD/s400/3.+burlap+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372440292415989122" border="0" /></a>Oil and newspaper on burlap. Painted sometime in 2005.jfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03431821925319332854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585607670150318027.post-2477754414397568872009-08-18T10:07:00.001-07:002009-08-19T20:59:50.673-07:002004-2006<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-eKCLxkOY-owNcla38uosuD7ffpIGALnyjJTImsjts3o5UMr7b1uUMrD3-PYDinECJE46mVkmV_YWYN9L11VatF1v8frqVqx0t3jYMnY7lfgVVDEA-OyYWXCeuv6mM_njKWwn8XT3pkgM/s1600-h/11.+elephant+and+boon+.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-eKCLxkOY-owNcla38uosuD7ffpIGALnyjJTImsjts3o5UMr7b1uUMrD3-PYDinECJE46mVkmV_YWYN9L11VatF1v8frqVqx0t3jYMnY7lfgVVDEA-OyYWXCeuv6mM_njKWwn8XT3pkgM/s400/11.+elephant+and+boon+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371352455439096850" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Elephant and Boon</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYtAgeguzYkFeYoAKhT7iMdijbvbU_5MpbwzU5ZM71V1KqqXn8u6XntLWhR8KMpT6PWbIdhciobg0Z031JVob3tgNFlAil8X7N6YHr3rDXmRbGaQ35BQoR3EwTRDvkOFKFwHzDKfov2Jg/s1600-h/10.+america.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 397px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYtAgeguzYkFeYoAKhT7iMdijbvbU_5MpbwzU5ZM71V1KqqXn8u6XntLWhR8KMpT6PWbIdhciobg0Z031JVob3tgNFlAil8X7N6YHr3rDXmRbGaQ35BQoR3EwTRDvkOFKFwHzDKfov2Jg/s400/10.+america.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371352381389005282" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">America</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCs3pZnDgKS4P1Fk__jcHT5k2j57Et5uL-Ww7dTSe25e2RsttcApToB-u9dCzmWW9ZghDTKrXAQMOSfYIhHTzuIuwlCGSMSe3qG5bkeJ7uPxLWwlKmch4Y_r-TyvEvYjY5n0VayRBqnhGw/s1600-h/9.+Peoplerplastic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCs3pZnDgKS4P1Fk__jcHT5k2j57Et5uL-Ww7dTSe25e2RsttcApToB-u9dCzmWW9ZghDTKrXAQMOSfYIhHTzuIuwlCGSMSe3qG5bkeJ7uPxLWwlKmch4Y_r-TyvEvYjY5n0VayRBqnhGw/s400/9.+Peoplerplastic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371352319990715218" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Peoplerplastic</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIGhNCypzdo8KV6tGCFKp0FNqRTa0wuwZRwVTt4J4EScnVoh5Yx4B5fKFvK3mxCEqTbSbozqqo-X6Z4Lfp2F98IVuK7XB0oJr_a1V8BIcfdlvc2YJVYYlpV7XnCsAFyz1DvWkgT17bVoq/s1600-h/8.+woman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIGhNCypzdo8KV6tGCFKp0FNqRTa0wuwZRwVTt4J4EScnVoh5Yx4B5fKFvK3mxCEqTbSbozqqo-X6Z4Lfp2F98IVuK7XB0oJr_a1V8BIcfdlvc2YJVYYlpV7XnCsAFyz1DvWkgT17bVoq/s400/8.+woman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371352258502246610" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Woman</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-b-Cx5UT9sfPU2_Ec19wXpElY2I2e0DqRIal_VUEQG_NQUWJN2mWnuQv6vAvSzV_ZSa1qEhZmmsICtP8s75OxzFWFo2Uy7qe0cgj0yFsL-weo4AZtILNeX_z_RgmsX271S_o3sbgCymh/s1600-h/7.+Wild+Sheep+Man.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-b-Cx5UT9sfPU2_Ec19wXpElY2I2e0DqRIal_VUEQG_NQUWJN2mWnuQv6vAvSzV_ZSa1qEhZmmsICtP8s75OxzFWFo2Uy7qe0cgj0yFsL-weo4AZtILNeX_z_RgmsX271S_o3sbgCymh/s400/7.+Wild+Sheep+Man.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371352180163329122" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Wild Sheep Man</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4dAkNOB7lNI556PdOJbF9vlMlwQe71vjxilPoFnpwD2CL789JqAU6N1NweTyOREflNsR2udyYp6kU8KfiWvb5Rdf3WH1r5zWgfJrCP498KcZwo5FUYbDfpN3gsqn0PW7MZi59qtOS8urY/s1600-h/6.+elephant+man.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4dAkNOB7lNI556PdOJbF9vlMlwQe71vjxilPoFnpwD2CL789JqAU6N1NweTyOREflNsR2udyYp6kU8KfiWvb5Rdf3WH1r5zWgfJrCP498KcZwo5FUYbDfpN3gsqn0PW7MZi59qtOS8urY/s400/6.+elephant+man.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371352118817046130" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Elephant Man</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrBrM7xJt5tBbu9mN-HR95hF6FbttR_YQEDVvXde-pnwthlmXWaSaVSVhK0g7cRRX7YnZP-jQ3uajtw8iZPNbpQvxurZ8jWYRRg11lLgbUmRQ_x_nTVwApH2FdRJNTp6I04yWEfLqkHEG/s1600-h/5.+landscape+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrBrM7xJt5tBbu9mN-HR95hF6FbttR_YQEDVvXde-pnwthlmXWaSaVSVhK0g7cRRX7YnZP-jQ3uajtw8iZPNbpQvxurZ8jWYRRg11lLgbUmRQ_x_nTVwApH2FdRJNTp6I04yWEfLqkHEG/s400/5.+landscape+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371352062253173634" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">A Landscape</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1j5Nw9Cq4XsShfo1GOOEFSxIXDEtmtTlrU7loWDe0Og-zLfWk9rpTiwyVQdlwfEk7CgJTBYyEqeF_P77XEExXbPQ8WJ75OczBntr3P6fK-cuzwpDvccVwwGTcfPoYNC6lcwKm9fomfEx/s1600-h/4.+cow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1j5Nw9Cq4XsShfo1GOOEFSxIXDEtmtTlrU7loWDe0Og-zLfWk9rpTiwyVQdlwfEk7CgJTBYyEqeF_P77XEExXbPQ8WJ75OczBntr3P6fK-cuzwpDvccVwwGTcfPoYNC6lcwKm9fomfEx/s400/4.+cow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371351830714601698" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Baal (Holy Cow)</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQ6YCymClGjH0RhFGser_Y5M0CFoWDZcUI-IcSAbUyK0w5dzQqvyfBFBrPX2xh2ESOvWP8gUFP51HEC-UtWIS2aVVZQ2tcEnqD-lj4iHvVpkDTattYAWBWvUK581nxiYXDrZiIek9oG45/s1600-h/3.+cow+head.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQ6YCymClGjH0RhFGser_Y5M0CFoWDZcUI-IcSAbUyK0w5dzQqvyfBFBrPX2xh2ESOvWP8gUFP51HEC-UtWIS2aVVZQ2tcEnqD-lj4iHvVpkDTattYAWBWvUK581nxiYXDrZiIek9oG45/s400/3.+cow+head.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371351767272050354" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Baal (Bust)</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aR4Vm6zZcm2dqEsldhyShXPkpS_NQq9htNOEX-_Ccz5co3_vP-DwL2PTFLvnr2IZ2cna1QD_OYONSiZvbFFmQWoGO_vfc6TM3wvuV0B5IdAcvOraULlPkXEKgrfX3eI1dO6l6oExRUad/s1600-h/2.+bacon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aR4Vm6zZcm2dqEsldhyShXPkpS_NQq9htNOEX-_Ccz5co3_vP-DwL2PTFLvnr2IZ2cna1QD_OYONSiZvbFFmQWoGO_vfc6TM3wvuV0B5IdAcvOraULlPkXEKgrfX3eI1dO6l6oExRUad/s400/2.+bacon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371351707101537714" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Bacon?</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirag3W_ducmm6TArQ6ExYutmK9DVI_XQGMV0bf_A5xFbOYXQPl00oKkQ2TILzPVY2LXFMLhvSRGz4l_6yGWmv_xT-rMCahRR9l1Xtz1xIpj1MtZTISO_7wzbAv7K8RjYELCjDY807aQgPK/s1600-h/1.+meat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirag3W_ducmm6TArQ6ExYutmK9DVI_XQGMV0bf_A5xFbOYXQPl00oKkQ2TILzPVY2LXFMLhvSRGz4l_6yGWmv_xT-rMCahRR9l1Xtz1xIpj1MtZTISO_7wzbAv7K8RjYELCjDY807aQgPK/s400/1.+meat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371351639789251810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Meat</span><br /></div><br />The following post of paintings were made sometime between 2004 and 2006.<br /><br />'Meat' and 'Bacon' were made while reading a series of articles on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon_%28painter%29">Francis Bacon</a>. I was thinking about compositional tools Bacon had taken from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picasso">Picasso</a>. After realizing that he had 'taken' almost every design element from other painters, I decided to do the same.<br /><br />'Baal (Bust)' and 'Baal (Holy Cow)' were made while taking a class on early world civilizations. I was particularly interested in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer">Sumerian</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian">Babylonian</a> and early <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish">Jewish</a> cultures.<br /><br />'A Landscape' was made while thinking about middle America.<br /><br />'The Elephant Man' and 'The Wild Sheep Man' were made as bookends for 'Baal (Holy Cow).' The compositions were appropriated from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picasso">Picasso</a>'s portrait of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Stein">Gertrude Stein</a>. 'The Wild Sheep Man' comes from a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruki_Murakami"><span style="font-size:100%;">Haruki Murakam</span>i</a> story.<br /><br />'Woman' and 'Peoplerplastic' were made while listening to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buhloone_Mindstate">De La Soul's <i>Buhloone Mindstate</i></a>.<br /><br />'America' was made after reading <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Ginsberg">Allen Ginsberg</a>'s <a href="http://www.writing.upenn.edu/%7Eafilreis/88/america.html">America</a> poem.<br /><br />'Elephant and Boon' was made as a bookend for another <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triptych">triptych</a>.jfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03431821925319332854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585607670150318027.post-80078271918569573412009-08-11T14:56:00.000-07:002009-08-18T18:43:05.709-07:00Paintings!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIw6jE1BW4Umy86VMn3B7ZdaIHwilPWw_GyL1LXADHNaJhEwDRWYv6W8k8_JOrlTaOBLIBf7kLS2kEGBUse__VnRwWwwNw2ruAXFTuuJqe-JoaMrrStFUpPjgfhdQmBOTwe3u-zCemxJvF/s1600-h/16.+Maera+.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 342px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIw6jE1BW4Umy86VMn3B7ZdaIHwilPWw_GyL1LXADHNaJhEwDRWYv6W8k8_JOrlTaOBLIBf7kLS2kEGBUse__VnRwWwwNw2ruAXFTuuJqe-JoaMrrStFUpPjgfhdQmBOTwe3u-zCemxJvF/s400/16.+Maera+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371483663035806674" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Maera (Ja'mae)</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4g4WL4btSsEV8AjB_Th_pamND7l8ifM0NPNseFw24-PBeliouVox4L_UsDBXkHtqEy2Ji5E4IdmBQBFynFpCm9DcSbKyq5EnZFdZ4BQ4qeDqWsEviYwAsxfWku8LfoDbar5E5Y-S4Lmz/s1600-h/14.+House.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4g4WL4btSsEV8AjB_Th_pamND7l8ifM0NPNseFw24-PBeliouVox4L_UsDBXkHtqEy2Ji5E4IdmBQBFynFpCm9DcSbKyq5EnZFdZ4BQ4qeDqWsEviYwAsxfWku8LfoDbar5E5Y-S4Lmz/s400/14.+House.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371483545266237730" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">House</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJJzFBL4Ph_Kps57bly-MWicVhTkVtsKrmTDG3-yBUfCH2-0GZ7K24lNYfc0frKKCikAiFKm_wYopehahcbUidUA-5AhqCm2V5zuNZol9dkPeZKoEXjwk3VEJ1F0uSFdwEp1FDSoG8WeM/s1600-h/15.+Buildings.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJJzFBL4Ph_Kps57bly-MWicVhTkVtsKrmTDG3-yBUfCH2-0GZ7K24lNYfc0frKKCikAiFKm_wYopehahcbUidUA-5AhqCm2V5zuNZol9dkPeZKoEXjwk3VEJ1F0uSFdwEp1FDSoG8WeM/s400/15.+Buildings.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371483270074821906" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Buildings</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZR_aTQFcWwdpaLOupfIeR3TthmehfYstzGxcPugiCtQcKBe6fU66fGmBIbX6CEJz2mII_xZpcK8N1gIhTC2GcxRY2xXVpxjdA9VT9d1Tbazf1Dc31wBfvt05XWa996lOWXC-nbjOIWDfi/s1600-h/13.+Stories+%28other%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZR_aTQFcWwdpaLOupfIeR3TthmehfYstzGxcPugiCtQcKBe6fU66fGmBIbX6CEJz2mII_xZpcK8N1gIhTC2GcxRY2xXVpxjdA9VT9d1Tbazf1Dc31wBfvt05XWa996lOWXC-nbjOIWDfi/s400/13.+Stories+%28other%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371483137022518706" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Stories (continued)</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtVrVbm3BZY6Wp9QMMggdWcWGVbVbep0jPs82xaA95ULrKpdl6KdpeyNitra9LY55MxRku2X8XDRyjXaOm7LPR0Xol_c-aLGYb7FBxuq8MHDdWeh2Vf2YyrSVOWzLSRWrDaeJZt5r2EpF/s1600-h/12.+Stories.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtVrVbm3BZY6Wp9QMMggdWcWGVbVbep0jPs82xaA95ULrKpdl6KdpeyNitra9LY55MxRku2X8XDRyjXaOm7LPR0Xol_c-aLGYb7FBxuq8MHDdWeh2Vf2YyrSVOWzLSRWrDaeJZt5r2EpF/s400/12.+Stories.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371483065936150866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Stories</span></div><br />The images above are paintings created within the past two years or so. Many are incomplete and will likely remain that way.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span>jfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03431821925319332854noreply@blogger.com2