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I grew up at "the end of the road" in the very small size woodsy town called Ely in way northern Minnesota (5hrs north of Minneapolis) and quickly got out ;) Went to MCAE art school for 11th and 12th grade in Minneapolis. After that I just journeyed around a bunch!, a bunch a bunch! from Arizona to Colorado, from Seattle to San Francisco and every where around them, with of course the adventure to Europe and traveling all over from Spain to Amsterdam judging the Cannabis Cup to skiing down the Swiss Alps, seeing the Dali museum and sitting at Jim Morrison's grave. I now live in Seattle with friends and family spread out all over, I love to paint and to pay the bills I've worked lots of jobs but I'm good with people so restaurant work has made for a good fit. Plus with the whole jump up and go traveling thing. What else, what else... I don't know there's tons, look for the book. And Hey! Please comment (remember you need to follow me to comment) and I'm still painting so there's often new stuff, I'd love to have you as a follower and hear your comments, or as known on my page a dream makers :)
A Fine Kitchen
Acrylic on Canvas (with some needlepoint)
2' by 3'



So my lovely girlfriend comes up to me with this picture saying
"baby my Dad really likes this depiction of Palm Spring picture and 
thought it was kinda your style. Wink, wink" Her father recently
got a house down there and moved from Seattle a few months prier.
 His timing was perfect, I was looking to start a big painting and
wasn't sure what I wanted to do. When I saw the Palm Springs picture
I thought instantly about how it was the exact opposite of the gray 
Seattle he was leaving and came up with the two windows idea.
I wanted to incorporate his dogs cause he's one of those
"I love my dogs a freakish amount" people and so I thought it
would be nice to do like a glamour shots look to them. The 
other picture I figured could equal his beloved dogs
 would be his daughter. I wanted to do a "bless this kitchen" style
thing in the middle but didn't want it to say that. So in trying to figure 
out how to paint a needlepoint looking sign, I found it better to just
needlepoint it and sew it to the canvas. I wanted some fun perspective 
so I went with the kitchen sink idea, it was fun to do orchid but 
a first for me. Oh and in the Seattle window it's a humming bird
feeder, his wife and him had one outside there Seattle 
window they very much enjoyed... or so Sarah tells me.
Done in Seattle 2011.   







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2 comments:

  1. JWGREGGApril 20, 2011 at 9:28 AM

    "I like it. Its kinda Cartoony" Just Kidding. This is a genius idea. Why did you change the Joy bottle? This is going to be the best gift he ever received. OK, second best, Sarah is most likely first. Keep up the great work.

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  2. gutsofsteelApril 22, 2011 at 1:29 PM

    I agree with him. I do think its genius. I know my dad will love it. Thank you so much for putting the time and effort into this.

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