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Current Paintings: 2015-2019
SEEKING QUESTIONS TO LIFE'S BIG ANSWERS
When I painted landscape imagery
and the constructed environment years ago, I liked to talk about
formal concerns: painting as map or diary or arena linking visual
and verbal, conceptual and material, fact and fiction, abstraction
and representation; not to mention a blend of styles and a viewer
building bridges between disparate ideas. While all this remains
true, with the paintings today I would say that, given how many
images we are all bombarded with every day via the media, I am
simply interested in making memorable ones.
The figure has taken center stage
since the early 2000's, and there are perhaps four different
levels on which one can consider the work: 1) on the beauty level,
by which I mean the combination of painting media (watercolor,
oil, ink) and styles (abstraction, representation) in a complementary
tension that augments the imagery involved; 2) on a political
level, in that my goal with the guys who dominate the images
and constitute my muse is to populate an art world with them--
an art world where the female image, nude or otherwise, is about
as normal as a burger and fries, while the male image continues
to be considered, by some, suspect, and is thus in short supply;
3) on the textual level, presenting titles that can be read in
varying ways and short stories that are written before or after
the images come along, but in any case are springboards for the
reader's imagination; and 4) on the transcendent level, an attempt
to depict a thoughtful, if not vulnerable, Everyman, reaching
beyond the fleeting surface idealization associated with youth
and hopefully going far in terms of metaphor, poking around such
timeless ideas as: truth, beauty, faith, time, the infinite,
what we learn and what we know.
It may seem questionable indeed
these days to even concern myself with such unanswerables, but
in an era when political and spiritual leaders assert that they
in fact have the answers for us all, I think that art has the
capacity to imagine otherwise, to offer some transcendent spark
to bridge the gap between intent and form, between idea and the
evidence of our lives. Muse indeed.
Note: At times
my focus is on paper works in series, for instance the MUSE/MUSEUM
watercolors and TATTOO DETOUR drawings from Honolulu. Therefore,
select images from these series have been incorporated onto this
page along with the "usual" canvases. More images from
these series can be found on their dedicated pages.
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DO THE MATH
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IOWA: THE AFFECTIONS
OF HER PEOPLE,
LIKE THE RIVERS OF HER BORDERS,
FLOW TO AN INSEPARABLE UNION
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SHIP OF COOLS
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SERIES: MUSE / MUSEUM
ALL YEARS
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EL TEMOR (THE FEAR)
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CROSSING BY MOONLIGHT
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BACK OF THE YARDS
(SANDBURG'S BOY)
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THE DRAWING
ROOM
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REACH 4 (SEAGULL)
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ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY
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REACH 1 (PIER)
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TATTOO
DETOUR 11
Drawings from Honolulu
2017
SERIES
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THE TRUE CROSS (Study)
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HIGHROAD
Permanent
Collection
University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor
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LANDING
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THE ARCTIC-PACIFIC DIVIDE
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COUNTERACT
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O CANADA
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JOKE
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TOMORROW AGAIN
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AHA
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LIST 1 (BOOK OF THE MONTH)
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REACH 7 (PENPALS)
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MAN IN MOON, MOON IN
MAN
(VAULT)
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SUSURRO (WHISPER)
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REACH 5 (BEER)
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KEEP
(TO BE PROMISCUOUS IN THOUGHT)
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REACH 3 (BOOK)
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FIRST DRAFT
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LATEST NEWS
(IF WORDS COULD TALK)
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REACH 6 (SLEEP)
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WHAT ARE THEY REALLY
SAYING?
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FATHOM
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COAT
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REACH 2 (PALLET)
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FOREVER
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WRING
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GRANT WOOD SEZ TO WORLD:
COME OUT FIGHTING
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TWAIN
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LEDGER (DAY ONE)
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THE WALL
, NOGALES
(LA PARED)
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THE OBERDICK HOUSE
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ALL KINDS OF THEORY
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REUNION
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UNTITLED (BEAR)
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BACK THERE
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CHECKERED PASSED (TIED)
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I CAN THE AL-CAN
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SEVEN SEAS
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RAINBOW
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LIGHTS OUT
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FORT HONOLULU 1
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RETURN_AL
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FORT HONOLULU 2
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SWITCHBACK
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FORT HONOLULU 4 (Bull)
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POET'S HOLIDAY
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THE BIG HORIZON
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FORT HONOLULU 3
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ON THE TABLE
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OPEN SEASON
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THE BOY FROM MOOSE JAW
ARRIVES AT WAIKIKI
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CHASM
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THE BOXER SONATA
(A Choreographic Proposal)
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LAKE EFFECT
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EL RIO
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HIGH PLANES PLAINS
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THE FROST RAILING (Study)
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CASCADE (PENMANSHIP)
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THIS MUST BE AMERICA
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MI TIERRA
(Self Portrait as Jared)
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D-ICE
(DOUBLE SELF-PORTRAIT)
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FLOOR TO CEILING
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OUR TATTOO
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THE LANDSCAPE AS FEMALE
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DO YOUR BEST
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YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR
ANSWERS HERE
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ONE IF BY LAND, TWO
IF BY SEA (SAFE)
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HOMECOMING
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INTERMISSION
(THE LOST WAX AND FOUND)
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EDITOR'S LETT_R
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L--IF--E
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TRANSFER
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JOIN
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THUS DID WE BUILD OUR
SUMMER
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MOM
Collection,
21C Museum, Louisville, KY
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AND HERE WE ARE
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THE BIGGER PICTURE
A.K.A. THE RIVER
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR
THOUSAND WORDS
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POOL (HONOLULU)
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TEST
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CHRISTINA'S WORLD
(THE DAY I MET ANDREW WYETH)
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SHORE
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THE GOOD FIGHT (2)
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KIRK (THIS ONE)
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SLAPSHOT (EVERY SUNSET)
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WE'VE COME TO TAKE YOU
HOME
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PORTAGE
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CENTRAL PARK STUDY
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PAUL BUNYAN:
BESTING THE MYTH
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UNTITLED #1526 (in progress) |
OUT ON A LIMB
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REARVIEW |
NESSUN DORMA
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EL MUNDO PEQUENO
Sold
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re:COVER
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CARRY
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THE PASSING OF THE WEST
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AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT
(MONDAY)
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ANCHORAGE
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BOB HOWE WANTED TO PAINT
STORIES
(FOR ROBERT CHARLES HOWE, 1954-2002)
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YOUNG BLADES ATOP MT.
MARSDEN
(FOR MARSDEN HARTLEY)
Collection,
Bates College Museum of Art
Lewiston, Maine
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WATERMARK
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ADDING TWELVE FEET
TO KATAHDIN (Study)
Collection,
Bates College Museum of Art
Lewiston, Maine
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THE VETERAN IN A NEW
FIELD
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TREEHOUSE
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SAFETY GLASS
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THE GREATER MOOSE
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MI CASA ES SU CASA
(Study)
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AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT
(WEDNESDAY) (DEER)
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DEUS EX MACHINA
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EPIPHANY 2
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THE STORY OF FIREWOOD
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DEPTH
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AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT
(TUESDAY)
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WELCOME HOME
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MILE SWIM
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MASTERPIECE
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SUMMER READING
(study)
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SEND (REPLY)
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KEEPER
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CIRCUMSTANCE
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EL MUNDO NUEVO
Permanent
Collection, Denver Art Museum
Denver, Colorado
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THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER
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NO ONE SHALL PLAY
ON WET FIELDS
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TOWARDS DUSK IN THE RINCONS
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FRONTISPIECE
(CARVE YOUR INTITIALS...)
Collection,
Bates College Museum of Art
Lewiston, Maine
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WE PAUSE FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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SIGN
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WE LAUNCH OUR SHIPS
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THE NOTION OF THE ARTIST
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COWBOYS ROPING A LIEUTENANT
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TWO LIGHTS, CAPE ELIZABETH
(study)
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EVERY LEAF ON THE TREE
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THE FARMHAND, OR, GRANT
WOOD'S
RE-ENTRY INTO IOWA, TRIUMPHANT
Sold
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AS IF IT WERE PLANNED
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STANDING OVATION
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SUBTITLE
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OUR TOWN
(THE OLD COLONIAL)
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HURRY HOME
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LINGER
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SLIPCASE
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THIS WONDERFUL WORLD
AWAITS
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PLEASE INFORM SENDER
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HOLD
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EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
(CATCH)
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A E I O U
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NEW YEAR'S DAY (KINDRED
SPIRITS)
(THANK YOU)
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MINE
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ITCH
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WE HAVE ALL WAXED AND
WANED
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FROM
MUSE/ MUSEUM 2015
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ALWAYS
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FACE IT, MADAM DIRECTOR
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SCENIC ROUTE
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FROM
MUSE/ MUSEUM 2015
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HIGH ROAD
(Study)
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YOUR FULL PAGE
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BLUE PRINT
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FROM
MUSE/ MUSEUM 2015
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EPIPHANY
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KNOCK ON WOULD
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CROWN
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FROM
MUSE/ MUSEUM 2015
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THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL
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BACK ROAD
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MARINE STUDY
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SERIES
TO THE
MUSE MUSEUM SERIES
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COMPANION PIECE
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THE WAY HOME
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HARBOR
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RECOUNT
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ZEITGEIST
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THIS IS HOW WE BREATHE
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FLAGSHIP
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THE MAINE EVENT
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THIS TIME AROUND
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CAGE FIGHTER
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ARMADA
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ARTIST'S CHOICE
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THAT BOOK, LATE AT NIGHT
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THE HAPPY ENDING
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FRONT ROW
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FOUNTAIN
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DIPLOMA
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CHERRY BOMB
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THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
sold
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WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT
IT
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RESERVOIR
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AUTOGRAPH
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HITCH
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BIG DIPPER
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PEARL
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THE AUDITION
Permanent
Collection
University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor
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THIS IS AMERICA
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
X
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OPEN FOR CONVENIENCES
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THIS IS HOW IT STARTS
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CROSSING THE EQUATOR
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FROM
TATTOO DETOUR 9
DENNIS THE MENACE IN HONOLULU
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DUST JACKET
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NEST
sold
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GIFT BOX
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FROM
TATTOO DETOUR 9
DENNIS THE MENACE IN HONOLULU
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A TRAILER SOMEWHERE
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SERIES
TATTOO
DETOUR 9
DENNIS THE MENACE IN HONOLULU
2015
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