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The
Birth of Venus(2007)
An
original take on an old Botticelli theme. Sandro's Venus
looked a little uncomfortable to me, standing up in her shell while
afloat on the choppy seas, so I decided to have mine seated. I
also made mine more Mediterranean looking (Whatever was Botticelli
thinking? His Venus looks more Scandanavian!)
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The
Garden in a Forest (2005)
Rendered
in oil, rather than the customary acrylic, this is the
artist's first Riverbanks Road garden on, as seen through his mind's eye
when the plants were tiny seedlings. Yes, it turned out very much
like this, except the tomatoes never ripened before the frosts hit, and
the cayenne peppers never materialized at all.
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The
Blues Police (1997)
This
was painted for a 1997 show at Listen Here, a tribute to a previous
exhibit in which Captain Belchfire not only made his public debut, but
also helped the local music shop win top honors the nationwide Alligator
Records competition for creative music shop promotions of their products
(Blues LPs for the most part.)
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Bilbo
and the Trolls (1987)
Loosely
adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, the Trolls have captured all
the dwarves and bagged them up to eat at their leisure. According
to Tolkien, Bilbo was hiding in the bushes at this time, while Gandalf
(in the background at left) threw his voice to make the trolls think
the other trolls were arguing with them. Soon they were all arguing
with one another about who's arguing with who. The Moon went down,
the Sun came up, and the trolls, caught out in the open, immediately
turned to stone, and the quest for the Lonely Mountain continued...
The
only picture the artist has painted twice; the original was destroyed in a
fire in 1984.
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Starfighter
Mandala (1979)
This
was first exhibited at the 1979 Westercon (West Coast Science Fiction
Convention,) held that year at the Drake Hotel in San
Francisco.
Of
24 paintings, all but two complete (and for which a show was being
tentatively scheduled), this is the only one to survive an apartment
fire, though some heat blistering and smoke damage added some
needed touches. The show was postponed 12 years while the artist painted
more (although only Bilbo and the Trolls was ever specifically
repainted.)
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Lord
of the Nazgul (1978)
Signed
in capital olde English and with the elf rune for "G", this
piece is dated 1978 and may be the oldest extant work of the
artist. Reflecting his tastes in fantasy literature, this is the
leader of the Ringwraiths from J.R.R. Tolkien's LORD OF THE RINGS, shown
flting his winged steed over Mordor, with Mount Doom in the background
spewing fire.
Okay,
this one survived the fire of '84 too, but it wasn't on the wall like
the others. I had it stashed in a closet where it wouldn't scare the
cat.
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