I've been carving my own stamps with that linoblock stuff, and mixing it with watercolors. I think these images are pretty simple(istic) and self-explanatory. I made work about mountaintop removal and the environment hoping it would go over well in a specific venue. People needs to sling a few bucks and it..if only I were schlepping my craft ( Read more... )

I am done with canvas and plastic paint for a good while.


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It's strange to go into a grocery store and be aware of the consumer demographic the place is targeting. Yesterday, I went to Foodland in what I guess is north Charleston. The frozen foods section was bigger than the produce section, and the frozen desserts section was even bigger than that. There were two whole aisles of candy. Country music ( Read more... )

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I finished my painting for the "Emerging Artists of WV" art contest...I don't expect to place or win. The reception and awards this year will coincide with the dedication of the new state museum. The painter doing the judging is a realistic who paints natural stuff, and the division of culture and history will probably want a realistic pretty ( Read more... )

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Officials at the AQA board said their request that schools destroy the anthology containing the Carol Ann Duffy poem "Education for Leisure" had been triggered by concerns in two schools about references to knives. A spokeswoman confirmed the decision had been made in the context of the current spate of knife-related murders. Duffy, widely ( Read more... )

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Garfield Minus Garfield."Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young ( Read more... )