when hobbies become obsessions

I post things made out of sand on vacation, some of my paintings and drawings are on here too. Mainly because I cannot relax like normal people.

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Abstract landscape with water

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Abstract forest with fox

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Hasty abstract landscape

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Perseverance/Wolf from "Pieces of You" 4/4

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Courage/Lion from "Pieces of You" 3/4

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Strength/Horse from "Pieces of You" 2/4

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Wisdom/Owl from "Pieces of You" 1/4

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Roco 6x6 2017 preview online available now. This is their yearly fundraising event. All artworks are just $20. Find out more: http://roco6x6.org/6x6x2017_intro.php #roco6x6 #roco137

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Drawing with cats

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If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming you If you can trust yourself when all others doubt you but make allowance for their doubting you too If you can wait and not be tired by waiting or being lied about deal in lies Or being hated don’t give way to hating And yet don’t look too good nor talk too wise If you can dream and not make dreams your master If you can think and not make thought your aim If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same If you can hear the truth you’ve spoken twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools Or watch the things you gave your life to broken and stoop and rebuild with worn out tools If you can make one heap of all your winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch and toss And lose and start again at your beginnings and never a breath or word about your loss If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve long after they are gone And so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will that says to them “hold on” If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue or walk with kings nor lose the common touch If neither foe nor loving friend can hurt you If all count with you but none too much If you can fill the unforgiving minute with 60 second worth as if a mile Yours is the earth and everything that’s in it And which is more you’ll be grown my child.

Adapted from “If” by R. Kipling

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Done by request for a friend.

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Praying animal series. Spiritual life is not a theory. Donating these drawings to Rochester Contemporary, for their fundraiser, 6 x 6.