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February 8, 2008
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Acrylic on canvas, 16X20 inches.

An oldish piece, likely around 1996.
A constant in my work (I've recently noticed) is a predilection for putting things into glass containers. Perhaps it stems from the time I saw a two-headed baby in a jar of yellow-brown liquid at a carnival. Pleasant dreams for an 8 year old. But then, maybe that has nothing to do with anything.

The greatest life lesson I've ever learned came from the 1968 film Planet Of The Apes. A scene near the end has Taylor (Charlton Heston) conversing with the ape Dr. Zaius:

Says Taylor, "A planet where apes evolved from man? There must be an answer..."
Zaius answers, "Don't look for it Taylor, you may not like what you find."
No truer words were ever spoken.

There's a great big looming broken and busted Statue of Liberty waiting just around the bend, and I prefer speculation to irreversible truths. Who knows, perhaps the very weight of inspired speculation can alter those concrete inevitabilities that are waiting to be revealed.
That would be super plus great.

Thanks for looking ;)
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*10com Oct 27, 2009
Fascinating specimen. Have you ever been to the Mutter Museum?
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`kolaboy Oct 28, 2009  Professional Traditional Artist
Thank you =)
No. For myself, the reality is too disturbing...
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~hiphopfarendo Nov 15, 2008  Professional
i'm still trying to wrap my head around the artist's comments and the implications of the painting itself

but i really like both. thank you for being artistically stimulating. :3
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`kolaboy Nov 15, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
Thank you for looking =)
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~Levinitus Sep 5, 2008
So much feelings in this one, to much at the same time i have to stydy it another time. I love it already in a big band porpotion, in the meaning that i am gonna love it more everytime i se it :+fav:
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`kolaboy Sep 5, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
Many thanks =)
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~Phagos May 2, 2008
The tank thing is really neat
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*hank1 Apr 20, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
Danny,

Have you read "The Man Who Laughs" by Victor Hugo?

Robert Tracy
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`kolaboy Apr 20, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
I have indeed.
Hugo means a great deal to me. The character of François-Bienvenu Myriel (Les Miserables) so impressed me that I was greatly tempted to pursue a catholic vocation.....
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~epstein Mar 2, 2008
reminds me of coffee breaks at work
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