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verbalism

The Recidivist ⇖ The Recidivist The Recidivist study 1 The Recidivist study 2 The Recidivist Smiles ⇖ The Recidivist Smiles The Recidivist Smiles study 1 The Recidivist Smiles study 2

Japan from afar

Assorted Elegant Beauties of the Present Age ⇖ Assorted Elegant Beauties of the Present Age Assorted Elegant Beauties of the Present Age study 1 Assorted Elegant Beauties of the Present Age sketch 2 Assorted Elegant Beauties of the Present Age sketch 3 Assorted Elegant Beauties of the Present Age sketch 4 Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued ⇖ Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued sketch 1 Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued study 2 Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued study 3 Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued study 4
Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued study 5 Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued study 6
References 7–16 are pictures drawn in Japan of historic carved wooden Noh masks in the family collection of the Konparu-ryū school of Noh drama, including the masks of Hannya and Namanari seen near the bottom of the tattoo in this painting and in the next work, Tattoos II. Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued reference 7 Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued reference 8 Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued reference 9 Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued reference 10 Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued reference 11
Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued reference 12 Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued reference 13 Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued reference 14 Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued reference 15 Customs of the Boss Lady, Continued reference 16
Tattoos II ⇖ Tattoos II Tattoos II study Manga Fan: Sonya-Mandala ⇖ Manga Fan: Sonya-Mandala Manga Fan: Sonya-Mandala study 1 Manga Fan: Sonya-Mandala study 2 Manga Fan: Sonya-Mandala study 3 Manga Fan: Sonya-Mandala study 4
Manga Fan: Sonya-Mandala study 5 Manga Fan: Sonya-Mandala study 6 Manga Fan: Sonya-Mandala study 7
Studies 8 and 9 are drawings of further characters discerned on the linoleum floor, and most of them were put into this painting. (See Nanette of the North reference 1 and Cupcakes head sketch 1.) Manga Fan: Sonya-Mandala study 8 Manga Fan: Sonya-Mandala study 9 Manga Fan: Sonya-Mandala study 10
Graffiti Girl ⇖ Graffiti Girl After Kinpa, a small portrait of a blonde Japanese girl drawn from memory, my plan was to paint a larger waist-length picture of a similar figure. But that idea was transformed when I noticed an incidental stack of sketches on tracing paper for the intended painting (1). The newly formed concept was to paint a different, larger figure (2) showing overlapping contours of her changing postures (3), with a plaque (ema) on her chest expressing her wish to become a singer, standing in a street (4) where the signs and graffiti-covered walls would display the names of many Japanese singers and their bands. Graffiti Girl reference 1 Graffiti Girl sketch 2 Graffiti Girl study 3 Graffiti Girl study 4
Graffiti Girl sketch 5 Graffiti Girl sketch 6 Graffiti Girl sketch 7 Graffiti Girl study 8
Graffiti Girl study 9 Graffiti Girl study 10 Graffiti Girl study 11 Graffiti Girl study 12
Graffiti Girl study 13 Graffiti Girl study 14 Graffiti Girl study 15 Graffiti Girl study 16
Tomodachi ⇖ Tomodachi Tomodachi sketch 1 Tomodachi sketch 2 Tomodachi sketch 3
Tomodachi sketch 4 Tomodachi study 5

graphic design

A Christmas Carol in Drama ⇖ A Christmas Carol in Drama poster A Christmas Carol in Drama poster study 1 A Christmas Carol in Drama poster study 2 A Christmas Carol in Drama poster study 3

3-D

Ushabty of Menmet ⇖ Ushabty of Menmet Ushabty of Menmet study 1 Ushabty of Menmet study 2
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