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Pastel - 12" x 12"

Works on Paper

Bow Wow short for bow chiki bow wow . well first siting dog i've ever drawn , and it turned out pretty good. My opinion is that this is my 2nd best drawing . my night owl is my favorite picture. But hey I have my opinions and you have yours :).
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Moments of thought....

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Craft

Wheel thrown body and handbuilt, carved foot; abstract surface design with underglazes, pencils, presstype; 04 glazed interior, unglazed, bisque sealed exterior.

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Comic Con

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Photography

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Kristen Muench watercolor. 22"x30"   www.muencharts.com

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Mix media collage

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Turn of the century rural school building

Mixed Media

The idea behind this work came from a found object that I bought at a small local antique store in Ames, Iowa. The object was made of cigarette packages folded together in a ring. I learned that it was classified as prison art and used as a trivet. I created a silver component that complimented the object; ultimately creating a bracelet. After I created that work, I took the folded ring apart and learned how it folded together into itself. From there, I created a smaller version of the bracelet using colorful paper with a mica coating and sterling silver. Eventually the design developed into brooches and pendants.

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a lovely photo taken on the Highline in NYC

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Mixed Media

Gouache and salt on paper

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A mid-Spring, mist-covered vineyard greets the morning sunrise of rural California

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Website: http://MANDEMart.com 
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MANDEM is a working team of artists, one of whom lives with the genetic disorder Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) that causes failure of connective tissue. The Hypermobility series recenters that disability as a form of beauty via MANDEM's signature approach to the classical realist tradition of figure painting. Using studio models diagnosed with connective tissue disorders, such as EDS, the series captures moments where joints hyperextend or dislocate and the body moves into broken-seeming, impossible configurations. These technique-oriented mixed media/oil paintings explode the line between medical documentation and art. This project began during MANDEM's artist residency at the Associazione Culturale Il Palmerino (Florence, Italy). Hypermobility has exhibited in Italy, England, Canada, and the United States. (http://MANDEMart.com/hypermobility)

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Mixed Media

"Midnight Snack" is a painted ceramic tile mosaic. We see that perhaps it isn't only humans that get late night food cravings!

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Mixed Media

This is the front cover of my first musical album. 

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A photo that turned out to have a credible image of the Buddha in the bark. I had been reading about Buddha Nature in Everything, and sure enough, it showed up.

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Oil on Linen 36" X 30"

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