"Disconnected" 10" x 8" graphite

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Remember back when we were kids and you stayed connected with your friends by visiting them or talking on the phone, (real or the cup and string method) mostly visiting them. Now we have the internet(facebook, email, etc) and cell phones for texting. Has all of this technology really made us more connected? We sit in front of our computer screens or stare at our cell phone while texting instead of actually calling or visiting someone. I think maybe, instead of connecting us more, in a way all of this has actually made us a little more "Disconnected".
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"Toppled" 8" x 10" graphite *SOLD*

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Here is another trompe l'oeil. This one was really fun to do. I showed my kids after I got it done and they said "cool". I've included a picture showing what it would look like framed.
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"Framed - Green Apple" 14" x 11" oil

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This is a trompe l'oeil painting. (French for 'deceive the eye') is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions, instead of actually being a two-dimensional painting.
It's kind of cool how the frame and apple look like they are floating in front of the wall.
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"Cherries" 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" oil

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Here is another mini painting. It is a down view of some cherries on a table.
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"Glass Vase with Lemon" 10" x 8" oil *SOLD*

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Did I mention I really like painting glass and shiny surfaces? Here's another one. It's on canvas.
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"Green Apples" 5" x 7" oil *SOLD*

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I like the dramatic shadows in this one. The edges of the apples get lost in the background.
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SOLD "Distorted No. 3 - Lemon and Glass of Water" 7" x 5" oil

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Here's another "distorted" composition. I really like doing these, but this will be the last one for a bit while I work on other compositions and subjects.
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"Lemon Halves" 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" oil

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Here's another mini painting. Now back to some larger stuff(not too large though), maybe a pencil drawing, not sure yet....

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"Oranges & Lemons in 7up Crate" 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" oil

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Here's another mini painting. This one was really fun with all of the colors and different textures on the fruit and wood crate.

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"Pear on Wood" 1 3/4" x 1 1/4" graphite pencil

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Here is a pencil drawing of a pear on an old piece of wood. This is the same composition of a mini painting I did a few days ago. The mini painting is small, but this one is REALLY small. It's about 3 times as small. I've included a quarter in one of the photos for size reference. This was done with a .5mm pentel mechanical pencil. I've put this one up for auction on ebay framed as shown above.

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"Pear on Wood Shelf" 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" mini oil

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Here's the last of the mini paintings for this grouping. I've got more planned, but not finished yet. This on is a pear sitting on a old piece of wood. I really like how the wood texture came out on this one.

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"Blue Bottle with Lemon" 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" mini oil

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Here's another mini painting. These are really small paintings. The size is ACEO 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". I've included a penny in one of the photos for reference. This one is a blue bottle with a lemon. I like how you can see the light filtering through the bottle and hitting the surface of the table.

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SOLD "Lemon Slice in Sun Light" 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" mini oil

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Here is the first of a grouping of "mini" paintings that I've completed. These are really small paintings. The size is ACEO 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". I've included a penny in one of the photos so you can get a good size reference. This one is of a lemon slice back lit by the sun.

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SOLD "Distorted No. 2 - Lemon with Shot Glass" 8" x 10" oil

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Here's another "distorted" composition. I really love capturing the way the object distorts in the glass. It's like painting a bunch of little abstracts in one painting.
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SOLD "Red Chance - Monopoly" 10" x 8" oil

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Here is a view of the red chance space on a monopoly board. Look, you can see the reflection of the red question mark in the hat. I've played this game lots and lots of time without really noticing that there were different colors of question marks on the chance spaces. Huh.
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"Two Marbles" 10" x 8" oil

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Here are two marbles on a glossy surface lit by a window off to the right.
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SOLD "Distorted - Lime Slice" 8" x 10" acrylic

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Here is a painting of a back lit lime slice with a shot glass. I thought it turned out to be a pretty cool composition with the back light and distorted lime in the glass.
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