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"The Illusion of Self." I was mesmerized by this prickly pear, one pad casting a shadow on another like a mental representation of the self, leaf shadows like sleeve tattoos. I play a perceptual game where I focus on three or four areoles (that's the spots where the spines attach) per pad and make faces out of them (eyes, nose, optional mouth). I really see the face, its personality - but of course, the choice is arbitrary and many faces are hidden inside a single pad. Is my self-image just the same? I tried to suggest as much in the drawing. Come see me at the opening tomorrow! Sharing wall space with brilliant artist friends at @untitledgallerytucson Tucson announcement post! I'm taking part in events on each of the next three weekends.(!) "The Hug (Dissolution Diptych)." Same dead saguaro as my recent post, made to occasional whiffs of decay when the wind picked up. Hyman Bloom's art is always on my mind for this kind of subject (see attached fragment of "The Anatomist"), but this time I was also inspired and encouraged by the pre-Raphaelites' extravagantly detailed plant renditions (see John Everett Millais's "Ophelia.") I decided to make this a (lopsided) diptych after a delightfully generative figure drawing session at Untitled Gallery, which saw me lying on the ground and extending my drawing across two pages of a pad. And now for the official announcement post: I'll be showing my art at the Oro Valley Spring Art Festival tomorrow and Sunday, 10-4. 12155 N Oracle Rd, Oro Valley, AZ 85737. It should be a good one - or so I hope, based on the good-luck javelina I met on my way to pack a batch of drawings into the car. (It was drinking from the water drain below my balcony and I watched it from the steps until it waddled off.) 🐗 First of all, Tucson area announcement: I'll be showing my art at the Oro Valley Spring Festival of the Arts THIS WEEKEND. Oro Valley Marketplace, March 7 & 8, 10-4 AM. Wonderful night yesterday at @untitledgallerytucson! Drawing on the floor like a kid, shamelessly stealing everyone's ideas during breaks, and finding something new and generative in layered figures. Excited to keep playing with these overlapping and tessellated selves. "Shuttle Stop 9." From a beautiful mid-December afternoon by the creek. "Autumn Gold." Not your typical desert landscape, but you can still spot some saguaros in the background. One of several I made by Sabino Creek over the past few months. I feel unbelievably lucky to be able to live in the desert and still be walking distance to fall colors and (seasonal but frequent) running water. I drew this one a couple days after a heavy rain, and the creek was ruuuussshing by. The next day, I drove up Mt Lemmon to enjoy the snow. You really can have it all. Iridescent oil pastels (with some hard pastels thrown in).

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