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Portrait of Butch

by [email protected] | Jan 8, 2025 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Portraiture

The Posthumous Portrait Challenge Here’s an interesting recent commission, from a blurry B&W snapshot taken in the 1970s, evidently on an airplane. Butch passed away last year and his wife of many years decided to have her favorite pic of him made into a...

Wrong is Right on

by [email protected] | Oct 19, 2024 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View

Dannagal Goldtnwaite Young has written a book called Wrong, which was recently featured on an episode of Hidden Brain (on NPR), called, “Sitting with Uncertainty.” Wrong is a very enlightening book that not only sheds a much needed light on our political...

The Last Supper in Haiti

by [email protected] | Oct 14, 2024 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, World View

It was confirmed for me yesterday that the Watermission compound in Porta Prince, Haiti, where I painted the Last Supper mural fell out of their hands in 2023, when they abandoned the property and the country was taken over by gangs. This was part of my work on The...

How to Eat a Dog

by [email protected] | Sep 15, 2024 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View

Haitian Refugees in Springfield OH Here’s my response to the Springfield Haitian-Refugees-eating-pets conspiracy theory. At the end of the day, instead of wondering IF anyone would eat someone’s pet we need to be asking WHY? Can you imagine the level of...

Am I Entitled?

by [email protected] | Sep 14, 2024 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, World View

Am I entitled? I was born into advantages that have set me up for a good life. But am I entitled? I worked hard and made the most of those advantages. But am I entitled? I have dedicated my life to lifting everyone up with the success I have enjoyed. But am I...

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