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Desert Breeze

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 A fox princess in Arabian Nights style~from sketch~ To finished painting~ To video!

Nothing

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  Jason is an incredible artist and writer out of Norway.  He specializes in spare, existential stories, of which the reader may find themselves thinking much about the meaning behind them.  This heartbreaking presentation of an old woman nearing the end resonates a great deal with me.  I have never seen such empathy expressed so well before. From If You Steal , Jason.  Fantagraphic Books 2015 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_(cartoonist)    Pining for the Fjords.   https://misterscribbles.blogspot.com/2021/05/jason-conquers-america.html  

Ernest Shepard, The Wind In The Willows

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   First published in 1908.  I got my copy 60 years later and I still have it. Badger, Toad, Ratty, and Mole discuss re-taking Toad Hall. Ratty and Toad. Mole yearning for his old home. Ratty rejoices after finding a boot scraper while him and Mole are lost in the Wild Wood. On a beautiful spring day, Mole meets Ratty and they go for a picnic.  Mole has never been so happy. Delight and wonder. Ratty and Mole seek refuge with Mr. Badger in the Wild Wood.   "Now the very next time this happens, I shall be exceedingly angry"! The stoats and weasels have taken Toad Hall and turn away Badger and Mole. Toad's best friends in the world prevent him from buying and driving his latest motor car. Toad, having deceived Mole, strolls into the Red Lion where he will soon meet his fate.    The profligate Mr. Toad of Toad Hall. Toad is nuts for automobiles and has bought and wrecked many of them. Dressed as a washerwoman, Toad hijacks an auto that kindly gave him...

Miss Oregon

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 Who knows how to chop timber better than a beaver? From sketch~ To finished painting~ To video-Oregon is the beaver state after all!

Country Queen

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 A tribute to the ladies of country music~from sketch~ To finished painting~ To video-could she be the next Dolly Parton?