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Tulips 3 weeks ago

This is how far i am so far. Would like to know what you guys think. My mom started it as a new hobbie, but she doesnt like pianting, so i took over the painting. And i really liked it. Before this piece, the last painting i did was on school.



Lunacera wanting to redesign my life.

deleted the background 14 months ago

because i was frustrated and sad because i didn’t really know what else to do with myself… with that time. ugh. frustrated but the paint always helps. so i got rid of the background completely. no buildings, no people, just hues of rose and burgundy… and it works. praise frustration to make the portrait more interesting than it was in the beginning. i also added little folds and wrinkles on my subject’s shirt. the rosy background made it onto the shirt too. it’s weird but it works.



Lunacera wanting to redesign my life.

well, damn. 14 months ago

tonight is the night i finish already. i’m tired of looking at this same dude every day! it needs something, definitely. tonight i finish, even if it sucks. after all, it’s only on paper. i was too afraid to do it on canvas. ain’t that a drag!



Lunacera wanting to redesign my life.

It began with 14 months ago

It began with a little portrait of a controversial author I had never heard of before. The black and white newspaper photo was powerful and inspiring, and I thought it would make a good oil painting. I haven’t played with oils in YEARS, but I thought it was time. I jumped in full force and am 80% done. But things have changed. I look at the painting and feel it needs something other than what the original shows. I want to add surreal elements to it- not simply copy the original photo. I’m conflicted and afraid to finish. What’s the worse thing that could happen? I even avoided painting it on canvas so that it would seem more disposable.



Lunacera wanting to redesign my life.

Happening 15 months ago

I am ALMOST done with my portrait this controversial writer who I had never heard of before. It is looking pretty good I think…



A Staggering Rat of Heartbreaking Something or Other "I musta made a wrong toin at Al-buh-KOY-kee"

Thursday, August 7th, 2008 15 months ago

Yeah, yeah, yeah!



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Today 15 months ago

while the paints are still strewn from the week’s deadlines, while all is still fresh and the afternoon stretching unencumbered, I will finish.



A Staggering Rat of Heartbreaking Something or Other "I musta made a wrong toin at Al-buh-KOY-kee"

Back to the Big Picture 16 months ago

I know how to finish it. At last. Simply. When deadlines are done, I will do it in one fell swoop and then smile very quietly in a knowing, Rat-like way that suggests it was intended to be completed this way all along.



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Flies on the Windscreen 16 months ago

Torrential rains have turned the Factitious Girl into primordial ooze. When the sun comes out and dries her off, I will see the progress (or subsequent demise).



Untitled 16 months ago

I got a painting lying around at home, wating to be set.. it´s for one of my best friends and I need to get it finished… suck it up!



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