Friday, July 27, 2012

Face in the Mop

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Once you see this Bunsen Honeydew-like face on the side of this mop, you can't un-see it. Also reminds me of a Don Martin character.

Puppy Painting

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Among the peculiar items that already came pre-loaded with my new studio/gallery in the Highlands: this painting of a pile of pups, given a lavishly ornate gilt frame. It's actually a pretty good painting, although the perspective of the head of the dog chewing another dog's ear is off. But hey, what do I know, I paint cartoon ducks in bow ties.

King of Fans

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I will always be...

Jack Fry's at Dawn

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Blurry Blue Mary

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The macro on my camera absolutely refused to focus on this Virgin Mary night-light. I wonder if the blue light had anything to do with it; I've noted oddities in the way my camera responds to blues and purples in the past.

Baer Fabrics

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Taken from moving car.

Despite reports that it was torn down, it's still standing. For now.

Monday, July 23, 2012

Bunny

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Outlook Inn Back Patio

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Rusty Chimay Sign

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Wicker Lampshade

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End of Campbell Street

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Campbell's a funny street. One end of it just vanishes near River Road, and the other comes to an abrupt dead-end here in the hospital district.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Antique Victorian Print

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It came with the house.

I sometimes fear that I'll eventually end up inside the picture, like Jack Nicholson at the end of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.

Fabric Triskelion

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Industrial Windows

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Pabst Blue Ribbon Sign

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Outside the Outlook Inn.

New Art Studio

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My latest designated island of sanity - a historic old house in the Highlands that, while greatly in need of repair and restoration, suits my purposes perfectly for a workshop/painting studio/getaway.

Removal of a false dropped ceiling that some goob added sometime in the last 50 years revealed glimpses of the amazing original hand-stenciled art-nouveau ceiling.