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Musicians

Early this year I did two musician portraits to be used on new CD’s. Both musicians are friends who perform at Coffee Catz in Sebastopol. They also perform in many other venues as well. Riggy Rackin plays guitar & a beautiful custom-made English concertina, & has an astonishing repertoire of Renaissance airs, sea shanties, & bawdy & haunting tunes. His new CD, Somewhere in Between will be out this fall. See www.riggy.com. Michael B. Serious plays guitar & sings like a brilliant curmudgeon—original songs & unique interpretations of Tom Waites, Richard Thompson, & others. His CD will be out any day now. Michael has also used this linocut for posters & tee-shirts.
Somewhere in Between—Riggy Rackin acrylic , 30 x 30”	Michael B Serious linocut, 8 x 8”, $80

Chemicals

Early this spring I was commissioned to work up some images showing the havoc wreaked by toxic chemicals in the environment. I started my thought process by reading Theo Colburn’s Our Stolen Future, which ought to be required reading for every high school senior. Here are two of the resulting seven watercolors.
Chemical Men 2 watercolor, 19 x 22”, giclee only, $40	Feeling Bad Chemically 2 9 x 11”, giclee only $40

Vegetables & Fruits

While working at Sebastopol Gallery a couple of months ago, I became fascinated by a new painting by Robert Breyer, called Radishes and Klee. It was a simple watercolor of a bunch of radishes with leaves, framed by a charcoal & ochre zigzag border vaguely reminiscent of mountains. With all due respect, I just had to try some fruits & vegetables in borders of my own. In April & May I painted 16 or 17, including pear, yam, cherimoya, and rutabaga. I still like Robert’s radishes the best.
Taos Carrots 4 watercolor, 16 x 12”, $400	Onions of a Far Night watercolor, 9 1⁄2 x 12”, $350

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