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2023 works
CROSSING (#2443, 2108, 1666,
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![]() WAYNE THIEBAUD DRAFTSMAN India ink on paper, 30x22 inches |
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I'D SAY WE'RE FUCKED (#2444) |
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![]() SO DIFFERENT, SO APPEALING? India ink on paper, 22x30 inches |
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FROM OUR 1ST CAMPOUT (#2447) |
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SEED (#2452) |
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WONDERLAND (#2445) |
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MY BIRTHDAY (THIS YEAR HIT THE
MARK) (#2453) |
IT WAS MY FIRST TIME MODELING
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THE WINDUP, THE ITCH (#2422) |
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INTERVIEW (#2441) |
BOWL OF BASKETBALLS (After Matisse)
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DUKS SKUD DUSK DUST (#2455, 1061) |
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![]() India ink on paper, 30x22 inches |
xxx GRADUATION. I go every year. Join the trickle of people, then a river streaming into the big bowl of the football stadium at sunset, sit up in the stands surrounded by Moms and Dads and sisters and bros, grandparents, neighbors-you can feel their happiness, their joy. We listen to the speeches, watch the ceremony, hear the kids shout as they are awarded their degrees, the fireworks, and then the lights come on and the smoke clears and everyone immediately is in search of Their Kid, somewhere down on the field. They meet up on the ramps, in the halls, out on the quad. This is the best part, this is why I go. To see how happy these families are, proud, first generation grads especially, taking big group photos. The very first time I went there was a family of 14 people all lined up waiting for someone to come along and take their picture. That someone was me. Back then I didn't know how to work a cellphone camera, so I've prayed ever since that I didn't screw it up. They worked so hard. I think I go back every year looking for them. Maybe I will find them again. Or someone like them. YOU. This time I'm ready. Waiting. OK smile now. CLICK. (Today is Fri. May 12, 2023) xxx |
![]() India ink on paper, 22x30 inches |
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Jack Balas, 2023;
BALM (AND IT IS VERY WARM) (#2435) |
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LOFT (#2413) |
THE BRIEF HISTORY OF NATURE (#2411) |
ISSUES & COMMENTARY (#2425) |
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WE FILL EACH PAGE (#2426) |
BULL ON THE ROOF (#2409) |
ANTITHESIS (THE NEW ASSISTANT)
(#2421) |
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![]() (MUSE/ MUSEUM SERIES) India ink on paper, 22x30 inches |
So this guy Reginald Marsh is drawing me at Coney Island today while I flex and these people are gathered around to watch and somebody just took a photo and this is a drawing of the photo in a catalog of Marsh's paintings and drawings and 73 years after his drawing and theory doesn't get better than this. I SHOULD KNOW. I WAS THERE. TRUST ME. | |||
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IT'S MIDNIGHT AND I'M DRIVING
A MOUSE
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GOOD FRIDAY, HONOLULU (#2419) |
GANG SHOWERS (#2391) |
IN TODAY'S NEWS (#2410) |
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ON CUE (PROW) (PROWL) (#2415) xx |
WHITEOUT (#2396) (In progress) |
KUHIO (#2398) |
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THE NEW WORLD (#2401) |
WE DO NOT GIVE UP (#2397) xx |
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POSTER BOY (#2394) |
THIS IS NOT MY DOG (#2399) |
THE GULF STREAM (#2404) xx |
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PROLOGUE (#2393) xx |
NO COMMENT (#2405) xx |
Colorado
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LEGION (#2387) |
SAYING YES (#2392) |
Fountain, Colorado
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EMPIRE OF COURSE (#2387) |
CHOIR (CHAIR) (#2382) |
Colorado |
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JB @ Paris Photo xx |
Tucson, AZ |
Tucson, AZ |
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THE BRONZE ELK (#2388) |
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Tucson, AZ x
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2022 works
OFFSTAGE THE NARRATOR'S VOICE
RISES: |
![]() Magazine drawing -- ArtForum November 2022 |
![]() A SUDDEN GUST OF SNOW AT WAIKIKI (FOR HOKUSAI) (#2369); India ink & acrylic on paper, 22x30 inches |
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Some guy
down the street has covered his car windows with decals-- for
cities, countries, national parks, ski areas, brewpubs, whatever.
I had a suitcase just like it growing up-- states I'd been to,
or wanted to see, places, a real steamer trunk like from the
movies. My reflection in the glass today made me think of it
differently, though. I haven't see it in years. (Sat. Nov. 12, 2022) |
![]() India ink & acrylic on paper, 15x20 inches |
![]() India ink & acrylic on paper, 22x30 inches |
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![]() India ink on paper, 15x20 inches |
![]() India ink and acrylic on paper, 22x30 inches |
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![]() ACE WAS JOGGING (#2373); India ink on paper, 30x22 inches |
![]() OUT OF HAND (#2366); India ink & acrylic on paper, 22x30 inches Click on image for text |
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![]() FIRST DAY BACK (#2357); India ink on paper, 22x30 inches |
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CALL FOR ENTRIES (#2362--2436)
(revised 2023)
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![]() Farnsworth Museum Rockland, Maine |
![]() India ink on paper, 15x20 inches |
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![]() SO HONORED (#2300) India ink on paper, 22x30 inches |
![]() India ink on paper, 30x22 inches |
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HEADED TO MAINE (#2365) |
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![]() Oil, enamel & ink on canvas, 44x60 inches |
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BIRTHDAY BOY (#2289) XX |
![]() India ink and oil on paper, 22x30 inches |
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ONE WAY OR ANOTHER (#2290)
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![]() India ink on paper, 22x30 inches |
Monday was laundry day next door to where I lived in college: sheets and towels and whatnot put out like clockwork, flapping in the breeze from an Andrew Wyeth painting in the side yard of an Edward Hopper house. That view from my window was the best watercolor I ever did in those days. On the other side was a bunch of college kids like me, and I could look down into their yard too. They liked to sit out, but they didn't seem to do much laundry ever. |
LAUNDRY DAY (#2287) |
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![]() (#2370); India ink on paper, 30x22 inches |
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![]() ON NO DAY DOES THE PIER DISAPPOINT (#2358); India ink & acrylic on paper, 22x30 inches |
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![]() India ink, gouache & acrylic on paper, 22x30 inches |
![]() BRANDON ON THE GYM BARS (#2282) India ink on paper, 30x22 inches |
![]() India ink, watercolor & gouache on paper, 30x22 inches |
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TALISMAN (TELL THE WORLD) (#2275) |
![]() India ink & gouache on paper, 10x12 inches |
AMAZING (#2260) |
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WE HOLD THE RIVER (#2258) |
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HUCK AND JIM SEZ: WE READ ABOUT
A RIVER, |
![]() India ink, watercolor & acrylic on paper, 22x30 inches |
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![]() India ink, watercolor & gouache on paper, 30x22 inches |
![]() India ink on paper, 12x9 inches |
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![]() India ink & gouache on paper, 30x23 inches from the series MUSE/ MUSEUM |
![]() India ink, watercolor, gouache & acrylic on paper, 22x30 inches |
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STRINGER (#2259) |
![]() Self-portrait with Andrew Wyeth's "Portrait of Young Swede" |
THE NEW COLOSSUS, STILL (#2248) |
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![]() India ink, gouache & watercolor on paper, 19x15 inches |
MORNING SURF (#2244) |
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WRITE OF SPRING (#2240) |
DUST (#2227) |
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GUSHER (#2236) |
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![]() India ink, watercolor & acrylic on paper, 30x22 inches |
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SOME DAYS (#2269); oil and enamel on canvas, 46x42 inches Text: Some days I just want to paint but I don't know what. So I just start. Somedays it can be a sky. Today it's the ocean. Some days I add something, then I can figure it out. I'm glad there's a lot of some days. |
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HOT HOUSE (#2221) |
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![]() India ink & acrylic on paper, 22x30 inches |
![]() India ink on paper, 11.5 x 9 inches |
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HORSE POWER (A Better Metaphor
Could Not Be Had) (#2251) |
![]() India ink & acrylic on paper, 30x22 inches |
![]() India ink, watercolor & acrylic on paper, 22x30 inches |
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AND WITH AN ESSAY BY SOMEBODY ON SOMETHING (#2219); India ink & acrylic on paper, 30x22 inches |
WALLPAPER FOR BOYS (#2234) |
MOUNTAIN TIME (#2239) |
MORNING SURF (#2244) |
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FRIDAY, 10 P.M. (#2224) |
WAIT ROOM (#2215) |
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![]() India ink & watercolor on paper, 30x22 inches Click on image for text |
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OUR NEW FISHING BUDDY (#2229) |
ON THE ROAD (#2218) |
STILL LIFE WITH APPLES AND MEXICAN
TIN |
HOOK (#2247) |
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NIGHT GAME (#2220) |
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zzz AND WITH AN ESSAY BY SOMEBODY ON SOMETHING (#2219); India ink & acrylic on paper, 30x22 inches |
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BLUE AND YELLOW (For Ukraine)
(#2254) |
FLAG (#2216) |
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AND TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT IT
(A TRUE STORY) (#2235) |
I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY (#2226) |
BETA (#2255) |
LANDSCAPE WITH TREE AND BASKETBALLS
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