| This is a journey of sorts from one frame
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| | painting I did not like."The Power
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| of mind to another and the colors and
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| | Within Me" 48x36 oil and gold liner on
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| moods that guided me. I describe three
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| | canvas dated
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| paintings and their
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| | August 2002 is part of my "African
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| process."Anticipation" 36x24 oil on
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| | Series" *
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| canvas, dated, Sept. 1998, from my
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| | This painting is part of my "African
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| "Passion Series" *was actually a
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| | Series". I used phthalo green
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| breakthrough piece for me. I had been
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| | along with my beloved full palette in
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| painting my "Victorian Series" for
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| | this series. I painted this
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| months, spending hours on
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| | quickly as well. It almost feels like a
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| modulating the colors. I paint a lot
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| | fever, it just flows. I
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| from photos. My goal with the
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| | attribute that to doing my homework so
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| "Victorian Series" was to put in as many
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| | to speak. All those years of
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| colors in the skin tone as I
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| | modulating and painting in sepia tones,
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| could. Looking at a photo or life long
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| | my constant drawing in
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| enough a lot of colors begin
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| | graphite gives me a base of
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| to show themselves that normally go
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| | understanding. I put down colors as I
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| unnoticed. Modulating many
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| | feel them, almost in a dance and it is
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| colors I became frustrated and bored
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| | most certainly trance like. I
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| after finishing 10 or so of
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| | use a lot of paint and use big brushes.
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| them. I had a canvas that I had painted
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| | I work from dark to light.
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| a dark blue and decided that
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| | I save the lights and small brushes
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| maybe it would be ok to just
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| | until I am pretty sure that I am
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| play.....and not modulate at all. I
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| | happy with the painting in general. It
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| found a picture that I liked, studied
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| | is always tempting to use
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| the colors, filled my brush a
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| | small brushes and add some highlight but
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| fresh for each stroke and applied them
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| | I remind myself that that
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| to my canvas. I have not
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| | would probably ruin the painting and
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| modulated to the extent that I was
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| | make it appear tedious.
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| since. I continued painting with this
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| | Sometimes they don't work, but I just
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| color palette naming
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| | think, "So What!" I can always
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| the series "The Passion Series". I still
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| | paint over it, that is the gift of doing
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| tried to fit every color in
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| | oils. I think sometimes
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| the rainbow on my palette as I do to
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| | there is more freedom in oils than there
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| this day adding small nuances
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| | is in drawing and most
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| wherever I can. I would add here too
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| | certainly watercolors. Painting on large
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| that the series before "The
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| | canvas' is also very free.
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| Passion Series" was "Hawaiian Legacy"
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| | When I paint small I become locked up
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| which is predominantly done in
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| | and back to where I started
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| sepia, tones.Another example of moving
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| | when I modulated colors. When we draw on
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| forward is "Girl On Phthalo Green" 36x48
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| | paper we try to tell
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| oil on canvas, dated Oct. 2000 and from
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| | ourselves that it is 'just paper' to try
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| my "Cosmopolitan Series" *
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| | to set ourselves free from
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| I became tired of the palette of blues
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| | worry about the end results, but oils
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| and fell in love with phthalo
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| | make a better friend to me.In all of my
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| green for a time. I guess I still love
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| | paintings emotion plays the strongest
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| it. This painting was
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| | part. This is
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| greatly influenced by Modgliani. When I
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| | the part that takes the longest. If
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| was in high school, many
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| | anything must be right it is the
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| years ago, my mother asked me to copy a
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| | emotion felt by the image, so that they
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| Modigliani for her house. I
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| | can breath. Sometimes I
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| painted a 60x72 piece for her in corals.
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| | cannot get that part and it is so
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| I never forgot that
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| | frustrating to me that I cannot
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| painting nor Modigliani. When I feel
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| | sleep at night. It becomes the only
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| truly inspired paintings are
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| | thing I think about. I choose
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| done quickly and the brushstrokes are
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| | to paint mostly women because I am one
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| done wildly. I am in heaven
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| | and because I think they are
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| during these times. I painted this in
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| | beautiful.
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| perhaps 3 hours over another
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