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Some new pieces in 2024.

#stencil art #art #graffiti #spraypaint #spray art #hand cut #art in cleveland #ohio #cleveland #neo

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The magic of Mylar!  I created a stencil of Degas’ Little Dancer Aged 14 out of Mylar and then used different combinations of paints to put together a small collection of paintings.  

I’m going to put this stencil away for a bit to focus on some other pieces but I’m sure I’ll come back to her again in the future.  

#degas #edgar degas #Little dancer aged 14 #art #stencil art #spray art #urbart #mtn94 #supportart

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Today marks the 53rd anniversary of the shootings at Kent State University.  On May 4th, 1970, the Ohio National Guard randomly fired into a group of students protesting the Nixon Administration’s bombing of Cambodia (which was technically a neutral country in the Vietnam War).  Thirteen students were struck by bullets and four were killed.  

Of the four killed, two were not even participating in the protest.  The guard simply became frustrated and fired on unarmed college students.  People have claimed all sorts of things about the demonstration to justify the shootings but the reality is there is no evidence to support any of the claims.  They just turned, in unison, and fired into a crowd.  

Donkeysanddug supports freedom of speech, the right to assembly, and student activism.  

#kentstate #mayfourth #tinsoldiers #ohio #kentstateshootings #student activisim #kent state #nixon #freedom of speech #kent state shootings #may 4th #may 4th 1970 #may 4th coalition

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Penelope based on Jens Adolf Jerichau’s sculpture.  The sculpture can be found at the Glypoteket in Copenhagen.  

#art #street art #penelope #jens adolf jerichau #spray art stencil art

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She’s done!  When I was in Copenhagen in November I went to the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek for a day (thanks to Søs and family for planning the day and including me).  It was a good opportunity for me to photograph some of the sculptures.  I’ve been using sculptures more and more frequently as subjects for my paintings.  This is my painting of Degas’  Little Dancer of Fourteen Years (La Petite Danseuse de quatorze ans).  

This is a seven level stencil on wood board using MTN 94 paints.  

#art #painting #stencil painting #stencil art #degas #little dancer #la petite danseuse de quatorze ans #glyptoteket #copenhagen #denmark

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#sophie scholl #art #graffiti #ohio #cleveland #stencil #stencil art #spray paint

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It has been years since I’ve been in Austria.  Great to be back!

#austria #salzburg #seeallthethings #travel #travelphotography #photography #rainyday

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Pretzels, beers, dirndls, blue skies...Thanks München!  

#wiesn #wiesn2022 #munchen #bayern münchen #munich #germany #oktoberfest #pretzels #beers #dirndl #prost #einprosit

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A match made in heaven...

#travel #photography #meth #meth and me

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I’ve spent a ridiculous amount of time on public transportation over the past twenty years.

#bus ride #bus #public transport #public transit #san francisco #street car

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I had about five hours for a wander in Frankfurt.  I managed to squeeze in the Old Opera House, a walk to the Old Jewish Cemetery, a trip through the old part of the city, and a quick look through  Kaiserdom Sankt Bartholomäus.

#kaiserdom sankt bartholomäus #frankfurt #germany #travel photography #photography

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I just returned from Warsaw.  The depths of human horror are very evident.  As you walk through the city there are several reminders of the Warsaw Ghetto and the hundreds of thousands that perished there or were staged there to be sent to Treblinka.  Horrible and disgusting.  

#holocaust #warsaw #warsaw ghetto #warsaw ghetto uprising #humanity at its worse #tragedy

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I painted this years ago as a tribute to the students who were shot at Kent State on May 4th, 1970.  I titled this, “The Day My Government Wanted to Kill Me”

I remember the day well and how quiet it was in my house.  My mother was a graduate of Kent State and she had a sister attending at the time of the shootings.  I recall my father saying, “The government wants to kill everyone.”  

There is still a large segment of the US population that thinks the killings were justified.  But, none of the evidence supports that position.  The events of the day were well documented forty years ago.  And, the facts are, a military arm of the US government fired, in a planned and unison way, indiscriminately, into an unarmed group of students.   

#kent state #kentstate #may4 #kent state shootings #student activism #may41970 #four dead in ohio #antiwar protest #protest

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It took me about six weeks to finish up this piece.  Blame a fractured finger on that.  She’s being shipped out in the next few days and a print will be hanging in Copenhagen in about eight weeks.  

#haserots angel #the crying angel #angel #haserot #The Angel of Death Victorious #angel of death #angelofdeath #cemetery #gravestone #headstone #death #painting #art #urbanart #painting on glass #cleveland art #cleveland #lake view cemetery