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| A). Mao. Studied China communism in Washington. Painted a copy of a propaganda poster of Mao before Andy Warhol did his famous painting of Mao. I made Mao look evil. Andy Warhol made him more charming. |  |
| B). The Miller Mao Mao Bar. Nikita Khrushchev who despised Mao characterized him as "sickeningly sweet". When I moved to Tipp city Ohio, I painted portraits of Mao making him look like an M&M candy holding a bloodied sword. I then place them in a small room with the Miller high life beer neon sign that changed colors three times. I called it the Miller Mao Mao bar. |  |
| C). The Original "Mean Ass". My first painting. Visit sister Martha in Colorado and saw this guy at a bar. Circa 1974. |  |
| D). The Eyes Have It. 2008 market selloff. Take over corporate raiders devouring each other, voting with their forks. Who's the next takeover victim? |  |
| E). Don't Bite. Put on my Dayton house refrigerator, trying to diet! |  |
| F). Deep River. Painted for my Dayton house. Memories of beautiful Colorado |  |
| G). Red Barn. When I moved back to Tipp city Ohio, I lived in a small second floor apartment in this barn. It was on the old Erie Cincinnati canal. |  |
| H ). The Façade. Out my window across from the Red Barn. Life looks rather empty |  |
| I). Yellow Brick Road. The future looks bright. |  |
J). Spring Springs Eternal. Life gets better, winter turns to spring and flowers bloomed. |
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| K). Victoria. Lovely lady of the manor, Dayton house. |  |
| L). Extenders. House decoration Dayton house two large paintings |  |
| II. Chard Art. | |
A large number of these are pieces on Gibson Islands. Picked up ancient pieces of chart glass on the beach. Mostly all gone as glue failed. Tom and Aaron have a few remaining pieces. The swordsman and the serpent at my house done recently. Not as good as prior pieces. |
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| III. Animals as Art? | |
| A). Apple and Snake. Almost biblical. Interesting story. Good friend Frank Bonsall's apple tree, knocked over in storm. Saw the snake in the tree. Cut the limb made the snake and bought the Apple. |
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| B). Duck Turtle Bird. Imagination gone wild |  |
C ). Horns. Horned animals with a big eye balls! More wild imagination. |
D). Longhorns. Texas Longhorn flag. Ohio Longhorn flag. |
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| IV. Random Projects | |
| A) Arrowhead collections that are mounted. |  |
| B). Nelson Tree Service Logo. I designed. Tree business enemy ASPLUNDPH known as big orange. I said better apples than oranges. Hence Apple and green environmentally friendly logo. |  |
| C). Marilyn Monroe bottles. My bar companion while living in Dayton, |  |
| D).Stone Men. Made many of these characters in both Sarasota and Jackson Hole. Something to do during the China virus. Many wise men, a few not so good, but I do talk to them in the evenings. |  |
| E). Coffee Table, Wyoming. Had great fun in designing this table with secret compartments. Had wonderful tradesmen from Idaho build the table. |  |
| F). Fred’s shadow. |  |
