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We moved my dad to the assisted living part of their complex this week, so I went down to Florida to help out.

This afternoon Bill Colletti came to sing oldies and play pocket trumpet. I did one painting for him and one for my dad to hang in his new place.
#slowcamerapaparazzi @billcolletti

Back to Dog beach, my favorite place down here for Plein air painting.

#art #oilpainting #pleinair

Some Plein airing on the beach. Delnor-Wiggins Pass beach. Naples, fl.
#art #pleinair

Year of the Dragon passes the torch to Snake

#art #lunarnewyear #newmoon #fullmoon

Invocation

— Rachel Pollack, from Seventy Eight Degrees of Wisdom, talking about the Emperor tarot card.

But if the entire system is corrupt, producing only bad rulers, then stability becomes the enemy of morality”
2/3 …

“In its more negative aspects the Emperor represents the power of unjust laws in a society where stability takes precedence over morality. Once we establish law and order as supreme then a corrupt ruler becomes a disaster.
1/3

One wolf in three trench coats?

Ok, but Shelob/Frodo was not based on mutual consent

Thank you!

Back to Multnomah Falls, this time in the morning. Still no sun on the falls. So I stood in the same spot, same size panel, sketched out the same composition, and then did the painting to see how it would come out different from two days ago. (Posting both pics, today’s first) #pleinair #art

Just finished Somewhere Beyond the Sea!

I’m planning to try a morning next. Hopefully friday morning will be clear. Otherwise I wait til next week. Unless it’s a foggy morning. That would make a cool waterfall painting!

Been wanting to paint Multnomah Falls for awhile. Not sure what’s the best time of day. I guess there’ll just be different moods. So here’s a clear sky day at 4pm with no direct sun.
#art #pleinair #oilpainting #multnomahfalls #columbiagorge

WIP teaser
#art #wip #yearofthedragon #yearofthesnake

America’s Shadow

Always visible, now broadcast in our faces. This country has not been good at shadow work

Continuing my fog-chasing adventures. This time to Lincoln mem park by Mt Scott.
Got up late so I didn’t get the enveloping obscurity, but I did get the pnw cool green mist.
#art #pleinair #fog

Finally caught the fog, but had to go all the way up to council crest to paint it.
#art #pleinair

Went out fog chasing in the early morning. Dropped by the river, but the fog had risen, so I did a little forest path piece. Started out all tonalist, but then got a bit overworked and now it feels kinda thomas kincaiderific. Didn’t quite get what I was going for, but I got somethin
#art #pleinair

Black Wolf Moon

I only recently learned the second new moon in a month is called a black moon. That’s when I started this piece. Today, on the Full Wolf Moon I finished it (there may be some tweaking when it dries and I glaze it a bit).
Now it’s come full cycle.

#art #blackmoon #wolfmoon

Manbat!

In space, now one can hear you SQUEEEEE!

Throwback to SpaceBear’s first appearance in a Spooktober series a few years ago.
#art #illustration #spooktober #cutebears

A fun one at Holocene last night. A rockin show with art vendors. I got to paparazzi all three bands and show some of my spooktober skull paintings!

Kenzy Peach, Grimiss, and Vonnie Kyle, & a shot of my booth O’paintings

#slowcamerapaparazzi #art #oilpainting #livepainting #pleinair #pdxmusicscene

I’m
Totally from earth. I have human organs and the rite number of fingres

Out Plein-airing again. This time in a little nook off the Johnson Creek trail on the Springwater Corridoor. Biked there with my easel, and caught this little backlit tree and dappled sunlit water. (Plus some progress pics)
#art #pleinair #pdx #johnsoncreek

Memetic Dragons are Harder to Slay

#art #blackvelvet

One advantage of being too lazy to get out of the house before 3 is that I can catch the golden hour at the inadvertent beaver pond by Error Heights Park, down the street from my house. A good chance to practice my reflection work and simplifying overly complex scenes.

#pleinair #goldenhour #pdx

An opera poster for a performance of Hansel & Gretl. (Plus some sketches).

Who knew Engelbert Humperdink had a namesake?

#art #illustration #opera #oilpainting