Jack Balas, 2025; THE BIRTHDAY! (#2792); India ink & acrylic on 2 paper panels, 24 x 36 inches overall

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The Birthday! (Big one coming up!) Often times we'd go up to somebody's fishing cabin in Michigan or out to see relatives in Colorado. Later I'd be in Alaska or Newfoundland.
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My favorite stuffed toy animal was a tiger. (Frosted Flakes too).
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I read somewhere that "it's also in our art, which, at its contrarian and ambiguous best, is always on the job, probing, resisting, questioning and traveling miles ahead down the road."
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Two months ago I did a painting called "THIS PAINTING DOES NOT STOP." Neither does this one.
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We're counting on you.