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Then, And Now (Part 5)
"Then, And Now" or "Then & Now" in the blog search feature, is an ongoing occasional series where themes of progression, time, and memory...
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Nov 8, 20232 min read
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Notes & Advice 12: Tapping Into The Creative Flow
Creativity is a universal force that we can tap into by opening up our awareness and observational skills through artistic training.
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Oct 19, 20232 min read
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Summer Plein Air: Chasing The Light
Summer in Texas, where I live and work, is never the best outdoor painting time. Extreme heat and incredibly harsh, searing daylight add...
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Sep 9, 20233 min read
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Run Script: gaiatheory/upload.exe
I. Upload And Transcend Since Vernor Vinge’s work in the 1980s there has been a belief by some that, through an event called the...
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Aug 1, 20232 min read
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Cybernetic Karma Algorithm
The DNA of any two people on Earth is supposedly 99.6 percent identical. If such biological uniformity flies in the face of all of our...
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Jun 22, 20233 min read
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The Three Hands Of God
A triptych spanning 12 years and a few different eras of my painting and stylistic evolution, this trio of paintings addresses the tense...
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Mar 14, 20233 min read
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Perception Of Being: NFT Redux
The Origin Story and The Epilogue Sometime around 2013, during a tattooing trip to South America, I was led into the Amazon rainforest...
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Feb 3, 20222 min read
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Art & Life 3: Self Love/Self Harm
Although May every year is mental health awareness month, like many others I believe that every month, week, or day of the year needs to...
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Jul 12, 20212 min read
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Notes & Advice 12: What To Consider When Setting Up A Still Life
Discussing some of the subtler points of still life setup with Jake Meeks of Fireside Tattoo Network and Podcast. Part of my alla prima...
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Apr 5, 20201 min read
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My 20-Step Program for Perfect Art Reproductions
If you’re a painter or visual artist working in any traditional media, capturing digital images of your work is practically a requirement...
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Mar 12, 20206 min read
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