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2024 in review

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Joe

Today I present Miss Tina Garceau’s continuing series of collages using five elements. She calls the series The Friday Five and the gallery below represents her work for 2024. Click on the images for a larger preview.

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Visual Metaphor • From Chaos to Calm

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Joe

Here is another in a series of visual metaphors that I provide to a counselor who coaches executives helping them sharpen their managerial skills and develop their leadership potential. In this one as with the all of the others the … Continue reading →

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Invasion of the Saucer Men

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Joe

My latest Halloween Head is based on the alien invaders from the drive-in, schlock classic Invasion of the Saucer Men released in 1957. I struggled with this one a bit because I watched the movie and kept referring back to … Continue reading →

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The Sketchbook from Heaven

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Joe_Williams

In the past I have written about sketchbooks I have bought that seemed like a good idea at the point of purchase but failed miserably when put into practice. Either the sketchbooks looked handsome on the shelf and proved unwieldy … Continue reading →

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Another Spent Sketchbook and Something Learned

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Joe_Williams

This was one of those Strathmore 400 Series Sketchbooks with the wire binding that I prefer. It laid flat; was easy to draw in and was a pleasure to sketch in. It measures 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches making it … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Tina!

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Joe_Williams

Here is this year’s birthday card for Tina. I decided to ape her Friday Five fashion with this one.

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Scarf Boy

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Joe_Williams

A while back the site Stuff White People Like did one of their many lists of objects and activities particular to Caucasians, and one of them was women wearing scarves as a year ’round fashion accessory. I chuckled because I … Continue reading →

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