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| I channel an 18th century Korean cabinet. This one is gone, but I'm working on another. |
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| Let us try for once not to be right -- Tristan Tzara mirror |
“People never notice anything.”
J. D. Salinger
Matisse and his Bathers. I chose to show a much young
man than he was when he did these paintings. The quote is from Matisse, "It was in me, this dance."
“What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art.”
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
The mirrors and collages are finished with multiple coats of
brushing lacquer. I use acrylic, watercolor, inks, pastels, rubber stamps, decorative papers, collage, color copies, and anything
else at hand. I almost always use my own epigrams on the mirrors, but occasionally I quote, as above.
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| Anxiety mirror with self-portrait. Well, who isn't? |
And who doesn't worry?
“In life you need either inspiration or desperation.”
Tony Robbins
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| My only protection is this constant worry. |
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| Red-Crested Flamingo Invasion |
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| Phony Wisdom |
This figure was made of fiberglass with pigments mixed into the resin
as it was applied to the fabric. My hair is now somewhat shorter. In those days I made large fiberglass masks, and masks and
figures cut out of sheets of plywood, with other wood shapes applied, some turned on a lathe. I painted the figures with automotive
spray lacquers, which were difficult to master and required endless hours of sanding.
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| The artist with Green Man sculpture, in the 70's. |
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| The purposeful life must struggle with the constant maddening distractions of everyday life. |
These masks are sand cast in urethane foam. The eyes are made of casting
resin and dyes. I made three hundred of these.
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| Some masks |
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| I worship God's better side. |
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| If you truly want to preserve the wilderness, stay home. |
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| Hair anxiety |
This is my Twitter picture, at the moment. If you're
one of those people always looking
for more ways to waste time, follow me
@stoicmike.
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| Sometimes I really need to take some time to think. |
“The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.”
J. K. Rowling
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| I would cast plenty of stones, if only I were without sin. |
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| Dignity is never in a rush. |
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| How to live is a more difficult problem than the origin of the universe. |
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