art by raphael francis-rae

main blog: @6abczooballoon website: raphaelfrae.com

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"Those Dogs Are Graceful as the Moon" (acrylic, nail polish, plastic beads, & jump rings on piece of wood from a broken drawer). 15x16"ish

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untitled test subject, crayon on kraft paper

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"trust this device" (collage on previously painted canvas panel)

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"Off the Hook" (mixed paper collage)

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"Beg & Plead" (mixed paper collage, nail polish)

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TOUCHING GESTURES, mixed media on canvas (acrylic paint + embroidery thread on top of found oil painting w/ attribution on back to Gail Haberman of Chicopee, MA. "Oil on Canvas, Final Varnish, Date - 1968.") 2026.

original painting and its back. for elaboration on the embroidery thread, see TOUCHING GESTURES TOO.

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TOUCHING GESTURES TOO, paper collage + lipstick prints + mod podge + embroidery thread. 2026. Sewn to the back of TOUCHING GESTURES.

details:

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"like a diary" (8.5x11 collage)

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recent digital paintings 3/3

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recent digital paintings 2/3

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recent digital paintings 1/3

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last hour of the year (oil pastel and charcoal on newsprint)

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Woman in the Window (acrylic on canvas), painted for this window woman's newly married moms <3

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sakiya turns 30 (mixed paper media)

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COME TRUE (mixed media on wooden plank)

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self-portrait after 30-minute seizure (crayon on cardstock)

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"THE TOTAL HOT MESS THAT WAS THE WORLD'S LARGEST RUBBER DUCK"