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Viet-Nam War VII and Viet-Nam War VIII

http://www.amyjackson.cc/paintings/vietnamwar7.html Those titles sure get predictable but that’s what this series is about. Yo. I feel it, too. I am ingrained in this process and it is a serious emotional healing thing. Just in case anyone wondered. Okay. There is the … Continue reading

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Jamaican Sunset … Viet-Nam War VII – I

Long time no see! Things are really intensely … seriously intense lately. Good and bad, I guess. I’ve been painting, but … a lot going on in my life. Hard to know where to start. Painting … Above is the … Continue reading

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Viet-Nam War VI Finitti and Jamaica Sunset I

http://www.amyjackson.cc/paintings/vietnamwar6.html It took painstaking effort to finish the white edges of the large sections of colors you see above. And outright courage, not to misstep … to go too far into the other colors. You may see that the lightning … Continue reading

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Viet-Nam War VI – II

It took a few hours to get this black background in, and it’s not IN all the way, as you can see. I need to find the brave soul to paint into the other colors there, into their edges just … Continue reading

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Viet-Nam VI – I

I stop here to show you what this piece looks like before I paint the background completely Mars Black. Stark. I may also add sparks of blue or white to the bolt occurring to the jungle leaf. Very symbolic. When … Continue reading

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Viet-Nam War IV Finitti and Viet-Nam War V – I

http://www.amyjackson.cc/paintings/vietnamwar4.html It was really hard to leave this one with her raw edges out there in the open, but war, any war, is not smoothed down and even, pretty, even the flowers … well, it is a metaphor. You see, … Continue reading

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Viet-Nam War III Finitti and IV Sketch

http://www.amyjackson.cc/paintings/vietnamwar3.html So, I must admit, I’ve been painting all this time without blogging to you about my progress. What’s up with that? I don’t know, you all. But at least I’ve been painting and creating and moving along with it, … Continue reading

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Viet-Nam War III – III

It has been some time since I’ve blogged, and I have done some significant painting on the piece that I need to report in to you all here. First of all, I painted in the Iron Oxide, Burnt Umber, Raw … Continue reading

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Viet-Nam War III – Sketch and I

So with all the pieces, I really intended them to be completely abstract. What? No, I did. With this painting I’m getting closer to that intention. As you can see in the sketch above, there are large areas for block … Continue reading

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Viet-Nam War I Finitti and Viet-Nam II a la Momentito

http://www.amyjackson.cc/paintings/vietnamwar.html After much effort, I can now say that Viet-Nam War I is done.  It did take much decoding in terms of color, but also spontaneous painting at the end. I mean that I had to get really close to … Continue reading

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