Thursday Painting Time

A new gorilla painting...


A self-portrait for February...


Based on a short story by Isaac Asimov...

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Painting two more

This week's back-page comic ad for my website in the Twin City's own City Pages. Keep your eyes peeled!





I've been painting a lot more than I've ever had since high school. Actual painting, not digital painting. So there are some new ones that I've started tonight/yesterday. The top one is an eventual self-portrait of sorts, and the bottom one is inspired by an Isaac Asimov short-story, "The Last Question." There's a third canvas ready to go, but I'll wait a few before I start on that one, too.



I finished the Gorilla painting tonight. I've decided to title it: "iGorilla."



I don't know who made this image, but I get a real kick out of it. So whomever did this, salut!

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City Pages and Gorilla Painting

This week's City Pages back-page comic... Snowmen behaving badly...



The Gorilla painting is coming to an end I think. I'm pleased how he's looking so far.



I don't think I posted this; it's a video for Foot In The Door (see previous post), and I appear about 1:26 minutes into it. Enjoy!

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Gorilla Evolution!

Cute, eh?

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Gorilla Painting with Golden

I've been wanting to paint again for a long while, and this last week, I've started this painting. Here's what it's looking like right now. I need to work on the mouth, and of course, add pupils. Still a work in progress, mind you!



I've been painting with Golden™ Open Acrylic®, which is pretty neat. I don't pretend to understand the chemistry behind it, but this stuff takes a lot longer to dry! So I can take my time, and not have the metaphorical gun to my head of a quick drying time that acrylic usually means. (Though I'd never ever use Alizarin Crimson, if I can help it, this is a nice photo)



I've also been using Golden™'s fluid acrylics too. They paint like cream!

I'll take the time to write a better review of Golden™ paint in a later post.



Before I forget: HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

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City Pages, Week 3, + some other news

Here's last week's Citypages update.

I've been dealing with some personal issues, so work on the Hudson Book and Junkyard Empire cover has gone slowly. But I'm hoping to get some more Hud book done this week, and the JE cover is getting closer and closer every time I talk to them.

Working at J's has been toughening my skin, and introducing me to some of the more tragic parts of humanity. All the lies, deception, alcoholism, light racism, dealing with my own prejudices on agism, and some really confusing management choices.

But on a different note, I've got another job working at Linders (Larpenteur Avenue between Rice and Dale, Saint Paul). I'll be working as a cashier, and being in a place with sunshine, fresh scents, and the educational opportunities to learn more about horticulture, other than going to the MN State Fair.



Nikki's cousin turned 6 recently, so I made her this card to go along with some teeshirts Nikki bought her at the Como Zoo.

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