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All of the pieces are scratched, some are additionally coloured, using photos I have taken. The photographs are printed on photographic paper, they are not digital. The technique is entirely analogue; I have not used Photoshop or any other image editing software. Size is consistently 6×4″.

a minor lord of hell

a minor lord of hell

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autumn grass

autumn grass

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autumn leaves sketch

autumn leaves sketch

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blue tree

blue tree

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sun king sketch

sun king sketch

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court of the sun king

court of the sun king

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3 birch

3 birch

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forest 2

forest 2

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mother of serpents

mother of serpents

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forest 1

forest 1

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modern city repair

modern city repair

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vase

vase

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star stretch

star stretch

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mountain reflection

mountain reflection

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two circles

two circles

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Fireworks

Fireworks

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Marlene

Marlene

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Witchy cat

Witchy cat

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collage machinery

collage machinery

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granular landing

granular landing

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sunflowers

sunflowers

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palette purple eye tree

palette purple eye tree

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beein’ flower

beein’ flower

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1 hen fails 2 see 3 thieves

1 hen fails 2 see 3 thieves

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three fields

three fields

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Into the country

Into the country

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three masks

three masks

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garden collage

garden collage

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ode to Ellsworth Kelly

ode to Ellsworth Kelly

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Maket happy clown

Maket happy clown

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garden study triptych

garden study triptych

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All Natural

All Natural

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Unhappy gardens

Unhappy gardens

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garden miniature 3

garden miniature 3

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garden miniature 2

garden miniature 2

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garden miniature 1

garden miniature 1

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swallowtail butterfly

swallowtail butterfly

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multi one cell sea creatures

multi one cell sea creatures

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poetry at work

poetry at work

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mandala for modern times

mandala for modern times

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staples

staples

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garden layout

garden layout

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flower study

flower study

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orange and yellow

orange and yellow

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blue bird red bird

blue bird red bird

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gold finch black bird

gold finch black bird

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daisy study 2

daisy study 2

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daisy study 1

daisy study 1

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Circe and Odysseus

Circe and Odysseus

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Garden leaves 2

Garden leaves 2

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Garden leaves 1

Garden leaves 1

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ode to Stanley Whitney

ode to Stanley Whitney

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Garden study 2

Garden study 2

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lightly roughed up

lightly roughed up

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field and barn

field and barn

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Monsters!

Monsters!

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red horse

red horse

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A-Q Capital letters

A-Q Capital letters

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Mr. Blue

Mr. Blue

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Laneway

Laneway

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Big Fish

Big Fish

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Le parfum

Le parfum

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dirty circles

dirty circles

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HC

HC

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chevrons gradient

chevrons gradient

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absence makes 1

absence makes 1

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Left hand self portrait

Left hand self portrait

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Fire Be

Fire Be

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absence makes 7

absence makes 7

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collage washi

collage washi

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2 Birch

2 Birch

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absence makes 6

absence makes 6

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Sleeping Nude 2

Sleeping Nude 2

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Nude 1

Nude 1

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Circle 6

Circle 6

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absence makes 8

absence makes 8

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Swatch

Swatch

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Takahiro summons Buddhas of fire

Takahiro summons Buddhas of fire

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Not My Hat

Not My Hat

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Get Me the Police!

Get Me the Police!

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Bear

Bear

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absence makes 4

absence makes 4

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Home Safe

Home Safe

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Absence Makes 2

Absence Makes 2

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absence makes 5

absence makes 5

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Stay between the lines

Stay between the lines

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Razor cup

Razor cup

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Circle 5

Circle 5

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Rock wall

Rock wall

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The House Alone

The House Alone

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Circle #1

Circle #1

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Circle #4

Circle #4

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Pedestrian Parade

Pedestrian Parade

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Summer dock on a grey day

Summer dock on a grey day

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Water

Water

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Monstros mask

Monstros mask

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Hexes

Hexes

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Helmet

Helmet

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Green Man

Green Man

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Nude 6, A New Day

Nude 6, A New Day

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Nude 3, Nude in a field

Nude 3, Nude in a field

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Safe Harbor

Safe Harbor

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Night Voyage

Night Voyage

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Time to Head Home

Time to Head Home

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Day’s End

Day’s End

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Mass

Mass

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Heat

Heat

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Light

Light

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Spin

Spin

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Sound

Sound

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Writing:

Bike Night

Twin beat of tire spokes braid night air
into set of rapids a canoe would fall upon.
Creases of energy propel me deliriously
forward, folds of force comfortable as pillows,
wells of gravity like muscles from beneath.
My legs pound the circle of bicycle pedals
through night soft as sweater, dark, brilliant,
a night when you feel buoyant, lucky

Valour

It’s not about the biggest car.
Not about being first.
About indulging the urge to kill
in the name of privilege and wealth.

Valour defines its arena one way:
deny fate, envisage what should be.

I will swim again

Today, I pretend everything is fine.
The lake is calm, weather hot,
the great blue water stretches
to kiss the wide blue sky uninterrupted,
and the lake beckons,
spreads its arms wide, says,
“Swim with me,
“Remember.”

1,000 lives

1,000 lives.
Each one never perfect,
undone by the weakness of living.
One life as an aesthetic only to hate more.
One life as an addict only to suffer more.

Singing

Sight is instantaneous, illusory and easily confused. Ask any magician.
Our eyes connect directly to our brain. Our visual processing occurs at incomprehensible speeds, passing through various parts of our brain electric speed, and most of those internal mental processors are developed to cut down the incoming information