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Margot Voorhies Thompson is a pretty great artist living and working in Oregon.
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Margot Voorhies Thompson has an impressive resume

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“Stone and Lichen Palette, Joshua Tree National Park,” 2020 First Thursday Opening tonight @russoleegallery @russoleegallery #stoneandlichenpalette #russoleegallery @joshuatreenps look Painting within a painting Stone and lichen Palette Desert light Near Hart Mountain, Abert Rim, Warner Valley, OR #intensecolor #stoneandlichenpalette #desertlight #intensecolor #vivid look Painting within a painting Rock and lichen palette Near Plush, Warner Valley, Oregon #intensecolor #vividcolor #desertlight look This morning’s sun lights up my studio wall #painting #lightandshadow look Work table #tubesofcolor look Desert light painting detail Color intensities #vividcolor #desertlight #paintingdetail #paintingwithinapainting #abstractlandscape look Painting detail Bright color for a rainy day #paintingwithinapainting #detail #intensecolor #desertcolor look A blast of color for what ails you on this winter’s day! Work in progress, painting detail #lifeisvivid look Desert Lichen Palate painting detail Gouache and watercolor Vivid color!#desertlichencolors #lichenpalate #vividdesert #intensecolor look Desert lichens #desertlichens #vividlichens #vividcolor look Desert Lichens#desertlichens #desertcolor #vivid look Painting detail look Painting detail Intense color look Painting detail Vivid color Painting within a painting #vividcolor #paintingdetail look Viver! Intense light, intense color look Vivid Desert #detail #paintingwithinapainting #intensecolor #vivid #desertlight look Represented by the Russo Lee Gallery in Portland, Oregon Group show opening tonight See new work #Paintingwithinapainting 4 layers with more to come Work in progress #russoleegallery @russoleegallery look Hot color #vivid #hotcolor #desertmemory look Painting within a painting Work in progress Vivid color #paintingwithinapainting #vividcolor look Collage detail with original printed elements Woodcut, monotype, watercolour #abstractcalligraphy #collage #originalelements #intensecolors look Collage with original printed elements Detail Woodcuts,monotype, watercolor,gouache #collage #originalelements #inventedalphabet #calligraphy #abstraction look Sketchbook layers , building surface Thinking of desert color and brilliance #sketchbooklayers #sketchbook #intensecolors #vivid#desertcolor #brilliance look Painting detail Work in progress Layers Inner light Intense color Painting within a painting #paintingwithinapainting #intensecolor #layers #paintingdetail #workinprogresss #innerlight #desertlight look Painting detail Work in progress Layer upon layer Abstraction Fractured desert landscape #abstraction #fractureddesert #intensecolor #workinprogress #layers look Detail from this painting in progress Building layers Abstraction Fractured desert landscape #abstraction #fractured #desertlandscape #intensecolor look A small detail of a larger painting I enjoy building up layers in a painting’s surface, working both additively and subtractively Color Intensity and motion are current pursuits #workinprogress #paintingdetail look Iron oxide Rusted landscape #ironoxide #rustedlandscape look Chalk drawing#chalk #drawing look Fire and erosion in the desert Charcoal Earth pigments look Thinking about erosion #earthpigments #erosion #desert #paintonpaper look Twisted woody shrub, a calligraphic tour-de-force shaped by its life in the desert #gloriettacanyon look Desert rocks and wildflowers in Coyote Canyon, Borrego Springs Intense color look Watching the clouds move swiftly over the mountains from Yaqui Pass #clouds #yaquipass #pointofinspiration look Dramatic skies from Yaqui Pass Point of inspiration look Hiking in Glorietta Canyon Desert wind and intense colors Drifts of wildflowers after last night’s rain My kind of place Elements for future paintings abound look Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park Color study Desert color look Stones in the Joshua Tree National Park #stones #rocks #joshuatreenationalpark #color#structure look Frosty tree, indigo sky, early morning California roadtrip #frostytree #indigosky #indigo #earlymorning #roadtrip #california #hipstamatic #salvador look Color test Ochre and amber Painting within a painting Gouache and watercolor Layers #paintingwithinapainting #gouacheandwatercolour #intensecolor look Color test, gouache Afterglow Intense color Painting within a painting #paintingwithinapainting #colorvibrations #intensecolor #gouacheandwatercolor look Ethereal transformation #spirit #ethereal #transformation look Rolling calligraphic forms in wintry light Light and shadow #circularforms #calligraphic #gesture #abstraction #lightandshadow #wintrylight #motion look Intersecting forms#wireforms #intersecting #intersectingforms #abstraction look Playing with intersecting forms #wireforms #intersectinggorms #abstraction #seeingthrough look Color and texture Detail from a recent painting #intensecolor #autumnmood #texture #layers #gouache #watercolor look #burned #forestinrecovery #gatheringcharcoal #drawing #foragingartmaterials look #insectarchitecture #waspnestinterior #blowdown #exposedinterior #forestwander #siuslawnationalforest #treasure look #siuslawnationalforest #walkinthewoods #forestlight look #collageelements #preparingelementswithgudyo #teachingcollageworkshop @sitkacenter look #teachingacollageclass @sitkacenter #collageelements #backingwithgudyo look #sitkacanoe #rivergraffitti #boatscraffritto #boatbottom look If you are a student or an artist-teacher, Sitka is one of the finest places ever Inspirational setting and values #gettingready #teachingcollageatsitka #sitkacenterforartandecology #collageclass @sitkacenter #bestplace look Wavelength look More Textures look Works in Progress look Opening the Mouth of the Dead look Playa Sketchbook look Paintng within a Painting look Playa, Another Detail look Playa, Painting Detail look Oregon Coast look Mictotextures look Thinking of Playa look Underpainting Drip look A Pencil Drawing look Drawing Turned Into a Pattern look Texture look Mountain look Oregon Outback look Desert Poem, Windstorm Over the Playa look Desert Poem look Desert Conversation look Spider Calligraphy look Intense Color look Between Night and Day look Forest architecture read Forest Cathedral look
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“Stone and Lichen Palette, Joshua Tree National Park,” 2020 First Thursday Opening tonight @russoleegallery @russoleegallery #stoneandlichenpalette #russoleegallery @joshuatreenps

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Painting within a painting Stone and lichen Palette Desert light Near Hart Mountain, Abert Rim, Warner Valley, OR #intensecolor #stoneandlichenpalette #desertlight #intensecolor #vivid
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Painting within a painting Stone and lichen Palette Desert light Near Hart Mountain, Abert Rim, Warner Valley, OR #intensecolor #stoneandlichenpalette #desertlight #intensecolor #vivid

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“Stone and Lichen Palette, Joshua Tree National Park,” 2020 First Thursday Opening tonight @russoleegallery @russoleegallery #stoneandlichenpalette #russoleegallery @joshuatreenps

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Painting within a painting Rock and lichen palette Near Plush, Warner Valley, Oregon #intensecolor #vividcolor #desertlight
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Painting within a painting Rock and lichen palette Near Plush, Warner Valley, Oregon #intensecolor #vividcolor #desertlight

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Painting within a painting Stone and lichen Palette Desert light Near Hart Mountain, Abert Rim, Warner Valley, OR #intensecolor #stoneandlichenpalette #desertlight #intensecolor #vivid

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This morning’s sun lights up my studio wall #painting #lightandshadow
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This morning’s sun lights up my studio wall #painting #lightandshadow

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Painting within a painting Rock and lichen palette Near Plush, Warner Valley, Oregon #intensecolor #vividcolor #desertlight

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Work table #tubesofcolor
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Work table #tubesofcolor

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This morning’s sun lights up my studio wall #painting #lightandshadow

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Desert light painting detail Color intensities #vividcolor #desertlight #paintingdetail #paintingwithinapainting #abstractlandscape
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Desert light painting detail Color intensities #vividcolor #desertlight #paintingdetail #paintingwithinapainting #abstractlandscape

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Work table #tubesofcolor

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Painting detail Bright color for a rainy day #paintingwithinapainting #detail #intensecolor #desertcolor
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Painting detail Bright color for a rainy day #paintingwithinapainting #detail #intensecolor #desertcolor

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Desert light painting detail Color intensities #vividcolor #desertlight #paintingdetail #paintingwithinapainting #abstractlandscape

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A blast of color for what ails you on this winter’s day! Work in progress, painting detail #lifeisvivid
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A blast of color for what ails you on this winter’s day! Work in progress, painting detail #lifeisvivid

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Painting detail Bright color for a rainy day #paintingwithinapainting #detail #intensecolor #desertcolor

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Desert Lichen Palate painting detail Gouache and watercolor Vivid color!#desertlichencolors #lichenpalate #vividdesert #intensecolor
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Desert Lichen Palate painting detail Gouache and watercolor Vivid color!#desertlichencolors #lichenpalate #vividdesert #intensecolor

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A blast of color for what ails you on this winter’s day! Work in progress, painting detail #lifeisvivid

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Desert lichens #desertlichens #vividlichens #vividcolor
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Desert lichens #desertlichens #vividlichens #vividcolor

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Desert Lichen Palate painting detail Gouache and watercolor Vivid color!#desertlichencolors #lichenpalate #vividdesert #intensecolor

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Desert Lichens#desertlichens #desertcolor #vivid
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Desert Lichens#desertlichens #desertcolor #vivid

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Desert lichens #desertlichens #vividlichens #vividcolor

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Painting detail
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Painting detail

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Desert Lichens#desertlichens #desertcolor #vivid

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Painting detail Intense color
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Painting detail Intense color

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Painting detail Vivid color Painting within a painting #vividcolor #paintingdetail
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Painting detail Vivid color Painting within a painting #vividcolor #paintingdetail

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Painting detail Intense color

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Viver! Intense light, intense color
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Viver! Intense light, intense color

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Painting detail Vivid color Painting within a painting #vividcolor #paintingdetail

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Vivid Desert #detail #paintingwithinapainting #intensecolor #vivid #desertlight
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Vivid Desert #detail #paintingwithinapainting #intensecolor #vivid #desertlight

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Viver! Intense light, intense color

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Represented by the Russo Lee Gallery in Portland, Oregon Group show opening tonight See new work #Paintingwithinapainting 4 layers with more to come Work in progress #russoleegallery @russoleegallery
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Represented by the Russo Lee Gallery in Portland, Oregon Group show opening tonight See new work #Paintingwithinapainting 4 layers with more to come Work in progress #russoleegallery @russoleegallery

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Vivid Desert #detail #paintingwithinapainting #intensecolor #vivid #desertlight

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Hot color #vivid #hotcolor #desertmemory
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Hot color #vivid #hotcolor #desertmemory

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Represented by the Russo Lee Gallery in Portland, Oregon Group show opening tonight See new work #Paintingwithinapainting 4 layers with more to come Work in progress #russoleegallery @russoleegallery

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Painting within a painting Work in progress Vivid color #paintingwithinapainting #vividcolor
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Painting within a painting Work in progress Vivid color #paintingwithinapainting #vividcolor

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Hot color #vivid #hotcolor #desertmemory

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Collage detail with original printed elements Woodcut, monotype, watercolour #abstractcalligraphy #collage #originalelements #intensecolors
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Collage detail with original printed elements Woodcut, monotype, watercolour #abstractcalligraphy #collage #originalelements #intensecolors

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Painting within a painting Work in progress Vivid color #paintingwithinapainting #vividcolor

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Collage with original printed elements Detail Woodcuts,monotype, watercolor,gouache #collage #originalelements #inventedalphabet #calligraphy #abstraction
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Collage with original printed elements Detail Woodcuts,monotype, watercolor,gouache #collage #originalelements #inventedalphabet #calligraphy #abstraction

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Collage detail with original printed elements Woodcut, monotype, watercolour #abstractcalligraphy #collage #originalelements #intensecolors

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Sketchbook layers , building surface Thinking of desert color and brilliance #sketchbooklayers #sketchbook #intensecolors #vivid#desertcolor #brilliance
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Sketchbook layers , building surface Thinking of desert color and brilliance #sketchbooklayers #sketchbook #intensecolors #vivid#desertcolor #brilliance

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Collage with original printed elements Detail Woodcuts,monotype, watercolor,gouache #collage #originalelements #inventedalphabet #calligraphy #abstraction

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Painting detail Work in progress Layers Inner light Intense color Painting within a painting #paintingwithinapainting #intensecolor #layers #paintingdetail #workinprogresss #innerlight #desertlight
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Painting detail Work in progress Layers Inner light Intense color Painting within a painting #paintingwithinapainting #intensecolor #layers #paintingdetail #workinprogresss #innerlight #desertlight

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Sketchbook layers , building surface Thinking of desert color and brilliance #sketchbooklayers #sketchbook #intensecolors #vivid#desertcolor #brilliance

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Painting detail Work in progress Layer upon layer Abstraction Fractured desert landscape #abstraction #fractureddesert #intensecolor #workinprogress #layers
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Painting detail Work in progress Layer upon layer Abstraction Fractured desert landscape #abstraction #fractureddesert #intensecolor #workinprogress #layers

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Painting detail Work in progress Layers Inner light Intense color Painting within a painting #paintingwithinapainting #intensecolor #layers #paintingdetail #workinprogresss #innerlight #desertlight

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Detail from this painting in progress Building layers Abstraction Fractured desert landscape #abstraction #fractured #desertlandscape #intensecolor
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Detail from this painting in progress Building layers Abstraction Fractured desert landscape #abstraction #fractured #desertlandscape #intensecolor

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Painting detail Work in progress Layer upon layer Abstraction Fractured desert landscape #abstraction #fractureddesert #intensecolor #workinprogress #layers

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A small detail of a larger painting I enjoy building up layers in a painting’s surface, working both additively and subtractively Color Intensity and motion are current pursuits #workinprogress #paintingdetail
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A small detail of a larger painting I enjoy building up layers in a painting’s surface, working both additively and subtractively Color Intensity and motion are current pursuits #workinprogress #paintingdetail

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Detail from this painting in progress Building layers Abstraction Fractured desert landscape #abstraction #fractured #desertlandscape #intensecolor

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Iron oxide Rusted landscape #ironoxide #rustedlandscape
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Iron oxide Rusted landscape #ironoxide #rustedlandscape

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A small detail of a larger painting I enjoy building up layers in a painting’s surface, working both additively and subtractively Color Intensity and motion are current pursuits #workinprogress #paintingdetail

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Chalk drawing#chalk #drawing
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Chalk drawing#chalk #drawing

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Iron oxide Rusted landscape #ironoxide #rustedlandscape

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Fire and erosion in the desert Charcoal Earth pigments
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Fire and erosion in the desert Charcoal Earth pigments

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Chalk drawing#chalk #drawing

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Thinking about erosion #earthpigments #erosion #desert #paintonpaper
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Thinking about erosion #earthpigments #erosion #desert #paintonpaper

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Fire and erosion in the desert Charcoal Earth pigments

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Twisted woody shrub, a calligraphic tour-de-force shaped by its life in the desert #gloriettacanyon
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Twisted woody shrub, a calligraphic tour-de-force shaped by its life in the desert #gloriettacanyon

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Thinking about erosion #earthpigments #erosion #desert #paintonpaper

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Desert rocks and wildflowers in Coyote Canyon, Borrego Springs Intense color
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Desert rocks and wildflowers in Coyote Canyon, Borrego Springs Intense color

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Twisted woody shrub, a calligraphic tour-de-force shaped by its life in the desert #gloriettacanyon

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Watching the clouds move swiftly over the mountains from Yaqui Pass #clouds #yaquipass #pointofinspiration
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Watching the clouds move swiftly over the mountains from Yaqui Pass #clouds #yaquipass #pointofinspiration

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Desert rocks and wildflowers in Coyote Canyon, Borrego Springs Intense color

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Dramatic skies from Yaqui Pass Point of inspiration
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Dramatic skies from Yaqui Pass Point of inspiration

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Watching the clouds move swiftly over the mountains from Yaqui Pass #clouds #yaquipass #pointofinspiration

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Hiking in Glorietta Canyon Desert wind and intense colors Drifts of wildflowers after last night’s rain My kind of place Elements for future paintings abound
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Hiking in Glorietta Canyon Desert wind and intense colors Drifts of wildflowers after last night’s rain My kind of place Elements for future paintings abound

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Dramatic skies from Yaqui Pass Point of inspiration

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Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park Color study Desert color
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Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park Color study Desert color

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Hiking in Glorietta Canyon Desert wind and intense colors Drifts of wildflowers after last night’s rain My kind of place Elements for future paintings abound

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Stones in the Joshua Tree National Park #stones #rocks #joshuatreenationalpark #color#structure
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Stones in the Joshua Tree National Park #stones #rocks #joshuatreenationalpark #color#structure

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Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park Color study Desert color

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Frosty tree, indigo sky, early morning California roadtrip #frostytree #indigosky #indigo #earlymorning #roadtrip #california #hipstamatic #salvador
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Frosty tree, indigo sky, early morning California roadtrip #frostytree #indigosky #indigo #earlymorning #roadtrip #california #hipstamatic #salvador

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Stones in the Joshua Tree National Park #stones #rocks #joshuatreenationalpark #color#structure

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Color test Ochre and amber Painting within a painting Gouache and watercolor Layers #paintingwithinapainting #gouacheandwatercolour #intensecolor
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Color test Ochre and amber Painting within a painting Gouache and watercolor Layers #paintingwithinapainting #gouacheandwatercolour #intensecolor

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Frosty tree, indigo sky, early morning California roadtrip #frostytree #indigosky #indigo #earlymorning #roadtrip #california #hipstamatic #salvador

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Color test, gouache Afterglow Intense color Painting within a painting #paintingwithinapainting #colorvibrations #intensecolor #gouacheandwatercolor
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Color test, gouache Afterglow Intense color Painting within a painting #paintingwithinapainting #colorvibrations #intensecolor #gouacheandwatercolor

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Color test Ochre and amber Painting within a painting Gouache and watercolor Layers #paintingwithinapainting #gouacheandwatercolour #intensecolor

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Ethereal transformation #spirit #ethereal #transformation
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Ethereal transformation #spirit #ethereal #transformation

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Color test, gouache Afterglow Intense color Painting within a painting #paintingwithinapainting #colorvibrations #intensecolor #gouacheandwatercolor

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Rolling calligraphic forms in wintry light Light and shadow #circularforms #calligraphic #gesture #abstraction #lightandshadow #wintrylight #motion
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Rolling calligraphic forms in wintry light Light and shadow #circularforms #calligraphic #gesture #abstraction #lightandshadow #wintrylight #motion

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Ethereal transformation #spirit #ethereal #transformation

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Intersecting forms#wireforms #intersecting #intersectingforms #abstraction
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Intersecting forms#wireforms #intersecting #intersectingforms #abstraction

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Rolling calligraphic forms in wintry light Light and shadow #circularforms #calligraphic #gesture #abstraction #lightandshadow #wintrylight #motion

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Playing with intersecting forms #wireforms #intersectinggorms #abstraction #seeingthrough
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Playing with intersecting forms #wireforms #intersectinggorms #abstraction #seeingthrough

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Intersecting forms#wireforms #intersecting #intersectingforms #abstraction

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Color and texture Detail from a recent painting #intensecolor #autumnmood #texture #layers #gouache #watercolor
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Color and texture Detail from a recent painting #intensecolor #autumnmood #texture #layers #gouache #watercolor

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Playing with intersecting forms #wireforms #intersectinggorms #abstraction #seeingthrough

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#burned #forestinrecovery #gatheringcharcoal #drawing #foragingartmaterials
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#burned #forestinrecovery #gatheringcharcoal #drawing #foragingartmaterials

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Color and texture Detail from a recent painting #intensecolor #autumnmood #texture #layers #gouache #watercolor

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#insectarchitecture #waspnestinterior #blowdown #exposedinterior #forestwander #siuslawnationalforest #treasure
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#insectarchitecture #waspnestinterior #blowdown #exposedinterior #forestwander #siuslawnationalforest #treasure

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#burned #forestinrecovery #gatheringcharcoal #drawing #foragingartmaterials

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#siuslawnationalforest #walkinthewoods #forestlight
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#siuslawnationalforest #walkinthewoods #forestlight

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#insectarchitecture #waspnestinterior #blowdown #exposedinterior #forestwander #siuslawnationalforest #treasure

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#collageelements #preparingelementswithgudyo #teachingcollageworkshop @sitkacenter
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#collageelements #preparingelementswithgudyo #teachingcollageworkshop @sitkacenter

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#siuslawnationalforest #walkinthewoods #forestlight

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#teachingacollageclass @sitkacenter #collageelements #backingwithgudyo
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#teachingacollageclass @sitkacenter #collageelements #backingwithgudyo

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#collageelements #preparingelementswithgudyo #teachingcollageworkshop @sitkacenter

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#sitkacanoe #rivergraffitti #boatscraffritto #boatbottom
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#sitkacanoe #rivergraffitti #boatscraffritto #boatbottom

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#teachingacollageclass @sitkacenter #collageelements #backingwithgudyo

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If you are a student or an artist-teacher, Sitka is one of the finest places ever Inspirational setting and values #gettingready #teachingcollageatsitka #sitkacenterforartandecology #collageclass @sitkacenter #bestplace
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If you are a student or an artist-teacher, Sitka is one of the finest places ever Inspirational setting and values #gettingready #teachingcollageatsitka #sitkacenterforartandecology #collageclass @sitkacenter #bestplace

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#sitkacanoe #rivergraffitti #boatscraffritto #boatbottom

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Wavelength
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Wavelength

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If you are a student or an artist-teacher, Sitka is one of the finest places ever Inspirational setting and values #gettingready #teachingcollageatsitka #sitkacenterforartandecology #collageclass @sitkacenter #bestplace

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More Textures
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More Textures

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Wavelength

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Works in Progress
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Works in Progress

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Opening the Mouth of the Dead
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Opening the Mouth of the Dead

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Works in Progress

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Playa Sketchbook
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Playa Sketchbook

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Opening the Mouth of the Dead

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Paintng within a Painting
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Paintng within a Painting

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Playa Sketchbook

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Playa, Another Detail
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Playa, Another Detail

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Paintng within a Painting

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Playa, Painting Detail
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Playa, Painting Detail

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Oregon Coast
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Oregon Coast

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Mictotextures
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Thinking of Playa
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Thinking of Playa

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Underpainting Drip
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A Pencil Drawing
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A Pencil Drawing

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Drawing Turned Into a Pattern
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Drawing Turned Into a Pattern

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Texture
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Mountain
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Oregon Outback
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Mountain

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Desert Poem, Windstorm Over the Playa
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Desert Poem, Windstorm Over the Playa

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Oregon Outback

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Desert Poem
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Desert Poem

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Desert Conversation
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Desert Conversation

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Spider Calligraphy
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Spider Calligraphy

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