OMG, the skies!
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For those of you who were curious, this is the contents of my studio backpack- watercolors, acrylic paint, palette knives, palettes, paint containers, sketching kit, paper, brushes, and some misc stuff.

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The intense pink of the sky is made hotter by the orange that seems to burn through. Is this a sunset enhanced by some unfortunate man-made event? We are standing on solid ground, in an ordinary scene. But the further we look, the more the world turns into a dream.

#contemporarylandscapepainting

Still loosening up those sketch muscles. Trying to approach a sketch the way I might jazz improvisation. Creating studies drawing from some watercolor artists whose abstract approach I find interesting to see if I want to incorporate these kinds of marks into my process.

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Another small work I'll be taking with me for a show during my artist residency.
Title: "Dance with Me." The palm tree is vibrant, formed by abstract areas of pooling paint. It is equally a palm tree, an explosion and a flower.

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#contemporarylandscapepainting

Another one of my small works painted in the last several months. "Parliament of Sparrows" The houses perch like sparrows on a wire and seem to lean on each other, conferring, or perhaps trying to keep their balance in an unfriendly environment.
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I've been working on a series of small paintings. This one is titled - "American Dream (Pink)". The intense colors create a slightly hallucinogenic Alice-in-Wonderland feel. The American dream slowly melts into a pile of peppermint frosting.

#goldenfluidacrylics
#contemporarylandscapepainting

Loose watercolor sketching. Always ready to mess around and try something new. This idea might be something I put in my toolkit.

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Back in the studio!

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