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Welcome. I have created this "sketchblog" as an attempt to simply do more art. I will attempt to do something creative once a day be it with pencil, paint, ink, marker, photography or whatever. But, I will be realistic, let's say I'll try and post at least 3-5 times a week. I hope you return to visit or better yet, subscribe via RSS. Here are my first additions for December 1-3.
Daily Keemo. 11.23. Words Fall Like Butter Off My Eyelids
Words Fall Like Butter Off My Eyelids
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I probably should stay away from the keys tonight. The doctor gave me some vicodin to deal with the pain in my left side, just below the ribs but above the hip and the bruise there is the size of a paperback and things are spinning and slanted just a bit and I suppose that painting is easier in this state of mind and the words fall like butter off my eyelids onto the screen. So, I am going to stop there and just leave this painting as it is... with four hearts. ...Enjoy!
Daily Keemo. 11.19. Two Of Us Going Nowhere
Two Of Us Going Nowhere
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Just daydreaming and painting. That's it...Enjoy!
Daily Keemo. 11.16. In The Mirror You Realize How Unfinished You Are
In The Mirror You Realize How Unfinished You Are
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To be honest with you I don't really feel much like writing this evening. It was one of those days when you don't remember half of the car ride home because you are staring out the window with your mind on other things and you get home and catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror and you realize how unfinished you are as a human being. To be honest, I don't feel like doing much at all this evening. The corporate world has taken it out of me. If it was just me, I would trade my life in the corporate world for a bologna sandwich. The details are unimportant as I can assume that most of you have had that similar thought at one time or another. You know what? I think I am just going to leave it there. It is really enough said and I can see I am getting nowhere except maybe getting a little off my chest but none of that changes things. With that, here is to realizing that you are unfinished and knowing it is OK and embracing it...Enjoy!
Daily Keemo. 11.13. The Skin You Should Have Been Born With. 1889.
The Skin You Should Have Been Born With. 1889.
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As a graphic artist and a history buff, I love old design. Particularly old advertisements. These old ones from pre-1900 are interesting because they often don't use any imagery all, just text. It reads like a high school AP English term paper about the product. "Dermador is a liquid for external application" is the big tag line. That just wouldn't work today. Today it would be something like "Dermador. It Gives You The Skin You Should Have Been Born With." Which is equal parts lie and hope and doesn't tell you exactly what it does, although that part is still consistent with the original. Even after reading the entire page all I could figure is it was a lotion of some kind and could cure anything that may be going haywire with your skin. I am not really sure where I am going with this other than some rambling about history and art and lies and hope and design and writing and all of it coming together 120 year later with some wine, some paints and a reason too look back and a reason to look forward...Enjoy!
Daily Keemo. 11.10. It Is Our Song And We Fall Into Each Other
It Is Our Song And We Fall Into Each Other
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When I look at this painting I like to think that it tells its own story and doesn't need me in the way. ...Enjoy!
Daily Keemo. 11.5. I Rarely Work In Silence.
I Rarely Work In Silence
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I rarely work in silence. There is always music or talk or something coming over the speakers that are to my right. For some reason, and seemingly out of nowhere I will run across a song that just captures the moment or the emotion of the moment and I put it on replay until I can't listen to it any longer. Well, this is the case with this song, Starving In The Belly of the Whale by Tom Waits. Anyway, listening to the song the other day I realized that I had never attempted to paint a whale in my life (let alone staring in the belly of one) so I figured it was about dang time I gave it a go. Well, I guess that could be said about alot of things that you have never tried before. It's just best to give it a go and hope for the best. Here is to hoping for the best...Enjoy! PS. I wish fish really looked like this. I would immediately take up scuba diving. Also, is it just me or does this whale just make you smile?
Daily Keemo. 11.4. Raise Your Arms And Let Them In.
Raise Your Arms And Let Them In
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It is Halloween today. The paints are drying and I am listening to Tom Waits and he is Starving In The Belly of the Whale and he also says that God's Away On Business and that Misery Is The River Of The World and what does any of this have to do with the piece of art? I am not really sure I guess. I guess simply that this is today and this is what I was doing and this is the art that was created. So, with that, Riase Your Arms and Let Them In...Enjoy!
