"Looking up gives light, although at first it makes you dizzy." ~ Rumi
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the black and yellow garden spider (also called the writing spider; Argiope aurantia) and the banded garden spider (A. trifasciata), which have vivid yellow and black markings on the abdomen, are commonly referred to as garden spiders.
https://www.britannica.com/animal/garden-spider
Although it is often refered to as a banana spider...which is were I am connecting the irony and source of my inspiration...from the piece #Comedian created by artist #Maurizio_Cattelan...known at the moment as the
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The last male Sumatran Rhino in Malaysia has passed, yet Harpan (the baby here) still lives in the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Indonesia
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These are the results from a request to create a piece based on a fathers son's nicknames. The older brother is the moon, second the bear, third the bird. Added the stars as the parents.
His first request was of a tattoo of sorts ...but I struggled and my drawings kept turning into children illustrations. I so enjoyed the challenge and it gave me an opportunity to honor the love of family. At the same time, it was hard to associate them into a tattoo:) .
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"When life puts rocks in your way, build something nice with them."
Volksweisheit
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"Unthought-of Frailties cheat us in the Wise."
~ Alexander Pope, Moral Essays (1731-35), Epistle To Temple, line 69.
I really had to ponder this quote and figure out how to illustrate it. A spider came to mind...so tiny and fragile in comparison yet invokes so much fear. Then considered a daddy long leg.
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"Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes." ~ Jawaharlal Nehru, Address to the United Nations (28 August 1954)
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Not going as I hoped...so putting it away for a bit
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Starting of a small painting...by request:)
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A loved ones...loved one.
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“Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.” - Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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"Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness." ~ St Augustine of Hippo
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Adding color... creative process
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In the process of developing the next "Bird, tree, card" painting. Building off the root sketch and incorporating a harpy eagle. Which heard of but never really "looked at before... and wow. They are beautiful, huge and so odd.
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Sketch complete...next to paint
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“All good things are wild and free.” ― Henry David Thoreau.
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These are the results from a request to create a piece based on a fathers son's nicknames. The older brother is the moon, second the bear, third the bird. Added the stars as the parents.
His first request was of a tattoo of sorts ...but I struggled and my drawings kept turning into children illustrations. I so enjoyed the challenge and it gave me an opportunity to honor the love of family. At the same time, it was hard to associate them into a tattoo:) .
