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endangered
by Foothills , October 4, 2011—12:00 AM
This is a collage created almost entirely from recycled magazines. (The sun is gold leaf) I worked on this by grading the magazine photos by value and then treating the value sketch (gridded up onto 24_36 piece of black matboard from an 8,5_11 b/w photograph) like the base for a big big jigsaw…
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Night Creature
by Foothills , August 4, 2011—12:00 AM
These things really creep me out especially when they start to fly!!! But you have to admit that they do have interesting design qualities…
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Scottish Wildcats in Danger
by Foothills , December 2, 2010—12:00 AM
This painting won the Mayor's Choice Award in the recent "Masters of Moment " show in El Cajon California.
There are only about 400 of the pure bred wildcats left and they have been declared an endangered species. They have been hunted to near extinction as their territories have shrunk. In addition interbreeding with feral cats has reduced the strain…
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