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Making Music
My Sonic Journey I am now recording original music and making it available for soundtracks, films and other uses, with permission. Listen to more of my music This particular track features my clarinet playing. At one time I was training to be an orchestral...
Grooming
Trump is grooming his followers. He is a known predator and grooming is essential to how they operate. People say they don’t understand how a sexual deviant can get a kid to agree to go with him alone into a room and get him to voluntarily give up his/her innocence....
Portrait of Buzz Harper
One of my most memorable experiences as a portrait artist, this portrait of Buzz brings back the wonderful times we had together. Buzz was an extraordinary designer, specializing in 18th century French decor. His homes are like museums filled with historical gilded...
Justin Time
We had a wonderful Holiday Party / Portrait Demonstration last evening at the Summerville Art Guild. Justin, my awesome neighbor agreed to pose and I think it came out rather well. I love it when my work is so appreciated. And I really enjoy painting from life with a...
Seeing as an Artist
"Who am I anyway? Am I my resume?" from A Chorus Line What is in our identity that makes us who we are? What is it in a person's face, that if we capture it, we call it a likeness? People boast, "I never forget a face." What is it in a face that is so...
Podcast Hit the Mark
Welp, the live podcast went very well, I have to say. It flowed easily and we covered a lot of ground about CSA. My hope is that what we talked about was helpful to others who are struggling with the recovery. You need not suffer alone. NAASCA and many other programs...
Perpetrators and Survivors
In response to releasing "The Destroyer" out into the universe, a lot of insights (and incites) have emerged. I will share a few of mine now. The video, is not intended to resolve the epidemic of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Resolution of that problem, so deeply rooted in...
The Destroyer
TRIGGER ALERT - Mature content. Light This video (below) may be challenging for those recovering from Child Sexual Abuse. That is the intention. It is a poem, created from the perspective of the abuser. It was intended as a therapeutic exercise in empathy, by me, and...
Hush Little Child
Why Does the biggest issue of our time not get discussed in national politics? Sexual violence pervades every system in our society from the highest governmental institutions to our own homes. It is in our blood. I'd go so far as to say it is the American way:...
Watching Democracy Fall
Republicans are enthusiastically voting to make our country unsafe, under insured, uneducated, underpaid, underfed, uninformed, unable to vote. Why? Because at the end of the day they believe themselves immune from such misfortunes. Bad things only happen to those who...
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.This is your last chance to register for my 1 day in-person "Chasing the Light" workshop at Perspective Gallery in Mt Pleasant this Sunday. I have a couple spots left and they have your name on them! It's a small group and we're going to get into some pretty deep into some fun new techniques. Inject some new life and joy into your painting process!
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6, 2025 Contact: Robert Maniscalco, artist/author [email protected] mobile: 313-689-2993 Maniscalco Presents Several Important Portrait Commissions and Publis...I love watching (and making) @these process videos. #Process is #painting #paintingdemo #drawingdemo #portraitdemo #portraitpainting #paintwhatisee #realism #learntopaint #realistic #studyart #artmentoring #drawnow #paintwhatyoulove #mastriusartist Portrait Society of America Charleston Artist Guild & CAG Gallery ART on the Square - Summerville #portraitsketch ... See MoreSee Less