#odditiesbyernie

[oddities-by-ernie]

"Tortuguita Forest Defender" Ink on Watercolor Paper - 18" X 24" “The right kind of resistance is peaceful because that's where we win. We're not going to beat them at violence." -  Esteban Paez Terán - AKA - “Tortuguita” For those of you who do not know about this struggle, I recommend getting familiar with it. Weelaunee Forest, Cop City, and the murder of Esteban Paez Terán. They died of 57 gunshot wounds. At the time of the shooting, the family claims Terán's hands were up, based on independent autopsy results showing bullet exit wounds in both hands.

[oddities-by-ernie]

[oddities-by-ernie]

Happy Halloween 

[oddities-by-ernie]

"Johnson the Comedian" - Ink on Card Stock - 8.5" x 11"

“Each of us is full of shit in our own special way. We are all shitty little snowflakes dancing in the universe.”

― Lewis Black

[oddities-by-ernie]

"Go Speed Racer Go" - Mixed medium, ink on card stock, decoupage, on a 7 1/4" skill saw blade.

[oddities-by-ernie]

"Phalapod in Stippling 1" - Ink on Card Stock - stippling - 8.5" X11"

“The sea is a desert of waves, A wilderness of water.” ― Langston Hughes, Selected Poems

[oddities-by-ernie]

"Damage" - Ink on card stock - 8.5" X 11" “This is less teaching than damage control. You may as well paint a house that’s on fire.” ― Chuck Palahniuk,  Choke

[oddities-by-ernie]

"Bee in Stippling" - Stippling, Ink on Card Stock - 8.5" X 11"

“Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don't they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.” ― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

“Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.” ― John Muir

“The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.” ― Henry David Thoreau

“One can no more approach people without love than one can approach bees without care. Such is the quality of bees...” ― Leo Tolstoy