Looking to the Other Side

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Acrylic on canvas panel, 20×16″

Just playing with some pretty pictures. I’m in an experimental few weeks. I guess it would be nice to be completely consistent in what I produce, but that’s not how my (ADHD) mind works. 

There’s a consistency in drawing style, but not in content or even always in execution. For instance, I’m playing with this faux linocut look now, but I will probably go on to something else before long. 

What I’ve come to realize is that that’s OK, although it might not be the best approach from a strictly business perspective. But the larger point is that if I’m going to keep painting (I am) what I do has to be sustainable. And that means coming to terms with and accepting how an ADHD brain works. 

I get bored sooner or later, no matter how much I enjoy whatever it is I’m doing. I always need to try something new. And then another new thing. And on and on. 

What I’m working towards is to maintain some kind of core consistency, even though that might be a pretty loose term as applied to my painting while still allowing me to keep the dopamine flowing with the next exciting new thing.

So we’ll see how that works for me. I’m cautiously optimistic that I’m starting to hit the right balance. If nothing else, I won’t be beating myself up for not presenting a consistent “brand.” And not beating myself up is a big win.

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Tornado

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20×16” Acrylic on canvas panel

This is another one scaled up and painted from an earlier very small black and white version I did as an illustration for a publisher 20 years ago.

Looks like I’m embracing my cartoon roots more and more lately. It’s been tough fighting my urge to make things more realistic and for them to make sense. So in that regard, I’m very happy with this: not accurate realistically, but it sure gets the idea across.

Do you like it? If you do, imagine what fun it would be having this original artwork delivered right to your door.

If you do like this painting, please share – because it really helps!

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So you can still feel like a billionaire! If you’re not in the position to become my patron, no worries! Your friendship means the world to me.

Reseeding After An Apocalypse

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Acrylic on canvas panel, 16×20″

Not necessarily THE Apocalypse (however you might understand that), but any apocalypse. The meteor that killed the dinosaurs and most of the other life on our planet, for instance. 

The point is that given enough time, life always comes back. It comes back different, but it comes back. And our dear Grandfather Sun is behind it all, endlessly, patiently, pouring energy into our little corner of space.

Sometimes you have to look at a long time scale to see the hope. A very long time scale. Actually, a ridiculously long time scale.

Island of Eternal Summer

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Acrylic on Canvas, 18″x24″

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The seasons have begun to turn all around, but on the island it’s eternal summer.

That island lives somewhere in my head, but I sometimes lose my way and need to find it all over again. The trick of course, is to not focus on the seasons turning all around. The colder harsher seasons may seem real — but as long as the island exists, are they really?

Descent

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Acrylic on MDF panel, 6″x6″ $96.00

Descent of what exactly, I’m not sure. 

I guess this is one of those instances where abstract meets representational and logic finds somewhere else to hang out for a while.

The logic part had me hesitating to post this but the abstract part kept saying “it’s OK just go for it.” So here we are.

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Wildfire

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Acrylic on MDF panel, 6″x6″ $96.00

Thinking of all those affected by the wildfires in western North America. 

This didn’t start out as anything like this. It was just a little 1″ square doodle, but as I brought it up to size I just kept seeing it this way. I guess putting this in my “Sparks of Joy” collection is a little ironic. But so often great disasters have a beauty within the horror. Not to glamorize them, but it’s just a fact that things like fires and explosions can be pretty spectacular visual events.

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Tsunami Alert

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Acrylic on MDF panel, 6″x6″ $96.00

Things are changing, and they’re changing fast and they’re changing massively. Things are not going to continue as they always have.  

Of course, the only thing constant is change. Which isn’t necessarily bad, since stasis is death. But too rapid change can also be death. What will be swept away? Will it be a cleansing or destruction?

All I know is it’s coming.

The sides of this artwork are attractively painted black and you can hang it immediately with the attached paracord.

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Gilded Leaf In A Green Cage

Posted on by Spyder Webb
Acrylic on canvas, 8″x10″

Sometimes I wonder if our well meaning Green movement has become a mental box that we put nature in so that we can think we’re actually doing something good. But in fact we’re just worshipping the idea of nature as long as it’s not too much of a hassle to actually do anything to make things better?

Do you ever wonder the same thing? Especially for us artists with our choices of supplies & mediums…

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