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Fragments I – Process II – Pizza Dough Recipe
I’ve continued to paint, first in the charcoal regions, which to me represent my depressive states. ARgh. Such as they are. Below my belly, in my head. That black area remains gripping my torso. The soft areas for some time … Continue reading
Viet-Nam War Series Finitti, Earth Painting Finitti … Hooray!
http://www.amyjackson.cc/paintings/vietnamwar10.html It is with an enormous amount of relief and clarity that I bring closure to the Viet-Nam series. I do strongly suggest that you stop reading my blog here, click the link above a) for a much bigger and … Continue reading
Viet-Nam 9 – Circles – More
So now I stop painting for the day, having finished the lower sections more and completed more silver on the upper left area. There is an art deco style to the lower sections that reminds me of the camouflage of … Continue reading
Viet-Nam War 9 — Process Foto — Silver and Gold
Continuing to clarify here, with the additions of silver, gold, Titan Buff and Raw Umber. Why? because the Raw Umber adds the Earth as it comes from the Earth itself. The silver and gold remind me of the very real … Continue reading
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Viet-Nam War 9 – Opportunity for Change
I stared for so long at the original atomic bomb foto. Finally I decided how to fill it in with meaning. First, the head of the mushroom cloud itself. To me, wars on Earth are a waste of resources that … Continue reading
Viet-Nam War IX: Hell on Earth/War
This is no Lotus Flower this Hell on Earth … this state of perpetual warring … however, some war is necessary? I do not know for how long. I believe in a United Nations. I believe in International Human Rights … Continue reading
Viet-Nam War VIII – Purgatory – Finitti
So the eighth in a series of ten, intense paintings, is completed. http://www.amyjackson.cc/paintings/vietnamwar8.html A great sense of clarity comes along with the completion of this painting, and hard-won. For this painting is now subtitled, Purgatory. The last and next two … Continue reading
Viet-Nam War I – II
I am almost completed with painting, now that the canvas is covered with paint. You can see that the sky, which I painted yesterday, is in ripples of black and a pale blue (which I mixed from Prussian Blue and … Continue reading
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Rainforest II – XIII
You may well have wondered why I hadn’t blogged since November 8th. And maybe you hadn’t. But here’s why. I posted this on Facebook, but you wouldn’t have known that, either. There was a gang of young African-American young men … Continue reading
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Rainforest II – XII
This represents several days of painting as well, but although I’ve had some simple things to communicate, everything going very slowly, don’t you know … I have not blogged them until now — that the canvas is completely covered with … Continue reading
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