this is no. 5 in a painting documentary (paintamentary) series featuring Obama. I am far from a political artist, I do however enjoy to paint life, and that includes a portrait paintamentary of the 44th president.
Obama five ‘Are you a believer?’
acrlyic on panel
30x40x2 in.
c.2013
I will always be humbled by the giants.
fotoMahaloness few words can describe a day with the mountains, fotos will have to suffice.
The desert painting which began as a sketch on a piece of paper scrap from a friend which transformed into a vast, panoramic dreamtime Dali-esque, desert scene, footsteps disappear into the dune landscape, and not too far in the distant horizon a desert oasis mirage, dream or reality, the desert painting has been quite the pilgrimage, creative explorations to be continued…
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Stages in desert painting, one early rendering, perhaps a loose blueprint and the last a near completed painting.
and a special message from Mahaloness, violence is not the answer. That is all for now.
Throughout my career as an artist, I have painted many faces, from the famous to the unknown, all different and unique in their own beautiful way.
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girl with pearl earring (dream in Japanese of a pearl that holds the universe remix)
16x20x2 in.
acrylic on panel
c.2012
the sunshine coast mona lisa
Painted on found driftwood (flotsam)
c.2012
mother earth
watercolour
c.2013
obama: are you a believer?
part of a paintamentary following the obama years
c.2009
portrait of an unknown hopi
watercolour
c.2013
When I make art there many things that are on my mind. Knowing this I work at my concentration, even if the world is asking me to pay attention. To concentrate is to discipline the mind while remaining open to a myriad of possibilities, this applies to life and art, perhaps one and the same, perhaps something else we don’t know about, and thats alright with me.
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An eagle and nest on tree of life, on a lake, on a planet in space in a universe and so on. c.2014
As I observe nature, nature observes me.
Image -bus and sea container mural art. c.2014
I may make cosmic looking art but it is the natural world that keeps me grounded when required
many eyes without a face
digiart c.2012
what would life be without natural elements?
Image -blurred digi image of bald eagle perched on a dead spruce tree c. 2014
taken near Windermere BC
setting wolf moon over Canadian Rockies c.2014
In the book Man and his Symbols there is said to be an anima and animus within every man and woman. There is also an animal element which is a theme that comes up in my work, reminding us of our connection with all living beings on our planet, and the Earth herself. As humans continue to hurt the environment due to progress it is clear as day that we must act as stewards now more than ever before.
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animals in my art…
magic 3-D bus airbrush art,animal motifs woven into human form
Isis breath of life
acrylic on canvas
c.2012
Interwoven
48×48 in.
acrylic on canvas
c.2007
whale in phosphorescence
made on flotsam (salvaged driftwood)
c. 2012
buddhabear
16×20
acrylic on panel
c.2012
(painted following an encounter with a Grizzly bear)
wolfman
12×12 in.
acrylic, birch bark and feathers on canvas
c.2012
Charlotte’s portrait
acrylic on paper
c.2008
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‘Art is subjective’ -everyone
If everyone says it is, is it?
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5 random moments in creative exploration
Be kind
art is a remnant of an exploration.
winter serves up it’s own version of beautiful here in Canada when one sees through the cold.
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winter in Canada
