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I am wrapping up one of my really big paintings. \u00a0This bad boy, The Offensive<\/em>, is 74″ x 96″–roughly 6 by 8 feet. It comes from a series of paintings with\u00a0subjects that are\u00a0more topical than my recent\u00a0work. At different times, I\u00a0become\u00a0engrossed by such topics. If you peruse my gallery, you’ll seem some of them there. I’ll have The Offensive<\/em>\u00a0in my gallery soon. Its size alone presents challenges, both in making it and in photographing it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am wrapping up one of my really big paintings. \u00a0This bad boy, The Offensive, is 74″ x 96″–roughly 6 by 8 feet. It comes from a series of paintings with\u00a0subjects that are\u00a0more topical than my recent\u00a0work. At different times, I\u00a0become\u00a0engrossed by such topics. If you peruse my gallery, you’ll seem some of them there. 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