In times of turbulence and an uncertain future, my mind casts itself toward magical thinking and mythical creatures. A Djinn is an Arab mythological creature made from smokeless, scorching fire. You have probably heard of the famous Djinn who emerged from Aladdin’s lamp.
If you had only one wish, would you wish for more wishes?
5″ x 7″, oil on canvas board.
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Today’s painting is about my black cat, Diablo. His weight this morning, taken despite much indignity but no scratching (this time) is 18 pounds.
He is growing increasingly spherical in shape and has to squeeze tightly through the normal cat-sized door to enter the room where his food is kept. Perhaps this will limit his future weight gain, Winnie-the-Pooh style. We’ll see. (I suspect the neighbors of feeding him on the sly, but only God knows why they would.)
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and ten more.
I haven’t abandoned my 30 paintings in 30 days project, though I have neglected posting it to this blog.
As of today – day 28- I have completed 21 pieces. I will need to finish 9 things in 2 days to complete successfully the challenge. It might not happen.
It probably won’t. And that’s okay.
I’ve enjoyed the project tremendously and will try it again. And hopefully get a little closer next time. Just before the portrait of my imaginary therapist’s real cat, I finished a little watercolor that I forgot to take a picture of. Honest, I did. The rest are below.
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Tagged 30 in 30, crazy, gnarls barkley, imaginary therapist, tiny paintings, watercolor
Oil on Board. 5″ x 7″
30 paintings in 30 days #11
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Oil on board (wood), 10″ x 8″. 30 in 30 #7.
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Oil on canvas board, 6″ x 8″
30 paintings in 30 days. #6.
Oil on canvas board, 5″ x 7″.
30 in 30 #5
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Tagged 30 in 30, Dealer, John Martyn, Let Me In
Oil on canvas, 8″ x 10″
30 in 30 #4
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Tagged 30 in 30, about a boy, Adrift, I Watched the Film The Song Remains the Same, melancholy, Sun Kil Moon
Oil on canvas board, 8″ x 10″. # 3 of my 30 in 30.
Dedicated to a gifted painter – perhaps the shyest artist I have ever known.
She did not know her own power. Rest in peace, Kathy.
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