Flying Toad : 2024-10

Enjoying flight, Belle, and each other.

A beautiful day to tow in Lola.

Some shots are just epic.

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Baltimore : 2024-10

Nice building, nice brick - Pratt Street Power Plant.  Had a great lunch at Phillips Seafood.

USCGC Taney WHEC-37 in dock near Phillips, and her medals (below).

A great sign - if you were confused to whom it's written.  Another great

brick building, holding the Public Works Experience.

I like word play and this was a great idea incorporated into a nice walkway in Pierce's Park.

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Ghost Town Museum : 2024-10

We visited the Ghost Town Museum in C Springs on the first day of October. We'd seen it several times and we finally made the time to give it our full attention.

The shot - on a couple of saddles and Kim's new hair!

Some of the rooms and old carriages.

A two-headed calf from 1963 in Peyton, CO and a news/printing room.

A 1903 Cadillac with one cylinder making 8HP!  Best seller.

I also panned for gold, found some gold but didn't get any action shots.

Kimberly thinks it's pyrite crystal, but it's gold.

Some Michelin 3-Star meals - thanks to Kimberly!

Walked a graveyard in Idaho - perfect weather - and saw a very apropos tombstone.

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Dragonmans and Madison : 2024-09

We had been wanting to go to Dragonmans for awhile and finally made it just after the Labor Day weekend. It is one of those places that you have to see to appreciate. We kind of knew that but it quickly becomes clear when you visit. It has a massive collection of war memorabilia.

Near the entrance of Dragonmans. To get there, you pass about 30 danger/no trespassing/warning signs.

Overlooking one of their dozens of vehicles.

If you're in the area and the timing works, go see Dragonmans!

A couple of interesting / eerie gasmasks.

I also made it to Madison WI, thanks to one of my trips. I'd never been there and it was nice.

I had some time to walk around and popped into the capitol building.

A couple more shots of the capitol.

Many cool houses and buildings in the area. This apartment building, the Quisling Terrace, really grabbed my attention. I thought it's lines were perfect.

The hotel, the Edgewater, was very nice and a shot of a rather nice jet.

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Sabre Two : 2024-09

Sabre Two

02 September 2024

Acrylic on canvas

20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.9 cm)

FOR SALE

I bought a frame (for the frame) which had a pretty firm canvas in it. It was actually a print on vinyl of Shirlene Stewart's Black Mother and Children from the mid century 1900s. I was going to make an 'orange dance' to follow the style of Blue Dance, but something of a Super Sabre started to emerge so I went with that. I wanted it to look a little dated and deco. I'm not sure I wrangled it all in, but thought I better stop so as not to ruin the simplicity. I originally had some green in there depicting some terrain and probably should've kept it in for the sake of the frame.

A gif showing the 2-3 days I worked on Sabre Two.

Back in its frame of origin.

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Last Exit : 2024-08

Last Exit

26 August 2024

Acrylic on canvas

18 x 24 in (45.7 x 60.9 cm)

FOR SALE

This canvas had evolved into a sort of sketch pad and a place to dispose of leftover paint. As I applied the paint, I initially envisioned two concrete walls with a person peering through a gap towards a more appealing world beyond. I pictured the walls extending above the top of the canvas. However, I decided to reveal more of what awaited outside and emphasize that reaching this better place was more challenging than just stepping outside. The freedom seeker is poised at the brink of escape, with the decision being the only barrier.

This is the original canvas...unfortunately, many stages were not photographed.

It probably sat in various forms for almost a year.

Currently, it is unframed.

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Jangmi : 2024-08

Jangmi

24 August 2024

Acrylic on hardboard

9.75 x 24 in (24.8 x 60.9 cm)

FOR SALE

I needed to paint something as I was a bit mired in the Kroger project and work. Good problems to have but I still needed to paint. What to paint can be an issue, so I painted some flowers K recently purchased. The actual vase is pink but almost the same color as the flowers so I changed it up. I had a frame that was sitting around so I painted this to fit. It was an embroidered Bible verse in Korean so I called this Jangmi. It was a good exercise and flowers and glass are always good practice.

This was the original piece in the frame I used.

I can't decide which I like better - with or without the mat. I think they both work.

I packed them together so it remains an option to switch. 

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Rare View II : 2024-08

Rare View II

23 August 2024

Acrylic on hardboard

12.75 x 41.25 in (32.4 x 104.8 cm)

FOR SALE

This was the second sketch for the Kroger Project. I cleaned it up and added some more detail.

This was the original sketch.

As of now, it is unframed.

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Pikes Pride : 2024-08

Pikes Pride

23 August 2024

Acrylic on hardboard

12 x 42 in (30.5 x 106.7 cm)

FOR SALE

This was the first sketch for the Kroger Project. I cleaned it up and added some more detail.

This was the original sketch.

As of now, it is unframed.

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