Tuesday, February 9, 2010

..cheer real..


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"The king was in the garden, the queen was in the playroom."
2010
watercolor, colored pencil & graphite on paper.
9 x 12"

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Sunday, February 7, 2010

Pacify Yourself !


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"One man's monkey is another man's cigarette"
2009-10
oil/canvas, 8x10"
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Friday, February 5, 2010

Page IV


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Page from a sketchbook.; 2 versions of the same face.
2010

2010 Clifford Shikler©








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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

A Mouthful Of Art.

The nations of this imaginary world reside on a planet ruled by the laws of presumed purpose and reptiles. One of the strongest marks of genius is hard work. The young master was ready. The internal organs of the server are codified. A link between allegory and contemporary art emerges. He begins to reenact his obsession with perfect female grace. So-called alternative spaces embody a reaction and a contempt for glamorous reaches. So the young master once again found himself caught in a position of choosing between his inner imperturbability or the pull of riches. In the end, he did what most individuals do with a choice; compromise solution.
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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Candle/Light


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Candle/Light
2010
BFT
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Fauxroid: iPhone



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Untitled photographs, 2010.
Enduring a lengthy withdrawal.
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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Sandy Introspection


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"Beached Man"
2009
colored pencil, watercolor

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Friday, December 11, 2009

Space-Age Rivalry




1) "Boy in space, resting on the world"
2) "Young giant boy from outer space inspects the world"

Collage, 2009
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Outerspace: After Thought


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"Earth and surrounding stars",
from The Globe Traveler

2009
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Outerspace:


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"Globe in orbit. Good visibility, despite the cloud cover."

Photo taken from the unmanned Global Space Rover II
2009
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Night Stroll: Minatory Flicker





"Mary"
"Window"
"Fence"

Digital photographs, 2009
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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Late Breaking Dispatch


There was an overwhelming smell of gas today enveloping Dumbo, Brooklyn
as dozens of firefighters stood around cracking wise
while two or three officers discussed a neighborhood-wide evacuation on their walkie-talkies.
Ultimately, no mass evac was ordered and no monumental explosion took place (toppling the Brooklyn side base of the Manhattan Bridge) either.
Wheew!

Photograph was taken with an iPhone on Thursday, 12/3/09.
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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Pond Life :Growing in Water



Flowers growing near the shore of
a pond in Cape Cod.

2008
Digital photographs.
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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Lake Life: Beyond The Drowning Pool



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"Untitled #1 & #2 - Lake Life"
A Pond In Cape Cod, 2008
Digital photograph


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Friday, November 20, 2009

A Drowning Pool




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Underwater activity; a lake in Cape Cod.
Digital photographs.

2008
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Monday, November 9, 2009

I've Never Been Very Good At Home Décor



"Untitled: Woman In Red", 2009

watercolor

It's like the stock market crash, here one day, gone the next.
You'd think people would have learned.

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Sunday, November 1, 2009

When The Moon Hits Your.........


"Moon Over Los Angeles", 2009

photo collage
first printing: 16x21"

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Anne Was The Last Queen Of England And The Last Queen of Scots.



"Untitled: Portrait Of A Lady", 2009
watercolor and colored pencil, 11x11".





Queen Anne Cup And Saucer
(Vintage.. they say)

There might not be a connection between these two images.
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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Outer Space My Love


"Moons", 2009
colored pencil, watercolor, oil paint, pastel on paper, 9x11"

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Monday, October 12, 2009

The Realm of the Unknown: A Stern Warning


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"Ass Backwards", 2009,
pastel, charcoal and gold paint on black paper, 9x12"

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Borrowed and Inspired: Rick Baker



"Sailor Dick", 2009, pen on paper, 9x9".

After Rick Baker's "Popeye"
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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Pages:



....like sands through the hourglass, these are the days of our lives....
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Saturday, September 19, 2009

In my end is my beginning.



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"630–700nm"2009,  pastel on kraft paper,  9x12".

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 --> click on the image to enlarge <--

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Thursday, September 17, 2009

doodle |ˈdoōdl| verb [ intrans. ] scribble absentmindedly : "he was only doodling in the margin."



Sketchbook
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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Scetch Book...what if you couldn't perceive sound...


"What?", 2009, blue mechanical pencil, 8x10".
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Sunday, September 6, 2009

Recent Drawing; Girl-Face or Just Another Girl From L.A.



◊ I ◊ I ◊


No, it's not Stevie Nicks.

"Girl-Face or Just Another Girl From L.A.", 2009
pastel, gold paint, paprika, clear shellac on treated paper.

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"This is not my beautiful house", 2009, graphite, watercolor and pencil, 10x14"

Giovanni Bellini. "Pietà" c. 1505, Tempera on panel, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy.

There's no comparison being drawn here, on any stratum, other than the fact that a parent is holding their child. And even there, one is alive while the other is... well, dead.

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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Profile: Ani


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"Ani", 2009, colored pencil, pastel, charcoal, 8x11".

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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Only A Matter Of Time: "That's what she said."


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"Cherry-O Baby, time waits for no one..not even me",
2009, pencil, 12x14".


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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Gang Conflict: Compund Composition




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"She stole my hoody!", 2009, graphite, watercolor, paprika and charcoal on treated linen paper.

»» click on image to enlarge it ««


©2009 Clifford Shikler




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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Recent Drawings: Man-Face or From the Brink of Death



"Man-Face or From the Brink of Death", 2009,
graphite
, colored pencil, Conté crayon, clear shellac on paper, 9x12".

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Saturday, August 1, 2009

iPhone: Doodle.

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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Lost Ghost of Venice Beach


It is any one's guess where the ghost came from, but it's a bigger unknown where it has gone.
From the top of this hill, you can spot it hovering
over the houses between Venice and Manhattan Beaches.
But in an instant it will disappear.
That's what it does.
It's fleeting and impermanent, like some dreams.
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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Fresh Matter: At an end.


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"Kiss Alive", 2009, oil on canvas, 22 x 30"

Recently completed.Freshly detested.

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Monday, June 22, 2009

Final.


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"Ass in the Grass", 2009, oil on canvas, 20 x 24".

Title's can speak a low whisper.

( click to enlarge )
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