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It's dark outside almost all day now. I need my brights left on! ;) Shown smaller than the original completed size of 3060 X 3060 pixels.

Song break. The year is drawing to a close, and I guess I didn't finish many things. But I am very pleased with the ones I did finish. ("Why is it always bittersweet?...") Shown smaller than the original completed size of 3454 X 4525 pixels. See one original source here .

Almost no Layer Styles this time. Relying more on blenders and filters to set the mood. Shown smaller than the original completed size of 1745 X 2210 pixels.

I guess this is almost seasonal. The look on Eunice's face when she found out Mama cooked her beloved pet and fed it to the family will haunt me forever. ( The Carol Burnett Show for those of you from the wrong era or country.) Shown smaller than the original completed size of 4946 X 4425 Pixels. See one original source here .

How are my autumn colors looking, Friends? ;) Shown smaller than the original completed size of 3420 X 2275 pixels. See one original source here .

I started working with a Pattern Overlay design called "Tie Dye." Then I had to figure out what to actually do with it. These things always take longer than you think they will. :D Shown smaller than the original completed size of 3555 X 5175 pixels.

Hopefully, you can find the crosses in the center. (My husband tells me that stepping back from the screen helps.) Shown smaller than the original completed size of 3500 X 3500 pixels. See one original source here .

A little more cool, bright morning weather before the blazing heat comes back next week... or so they say. Shown smaller than the original completed size of 2400 X 3162 pixels. See one original source here .

Built from a snippet of the ad here . Another type of piece I haven't done in some time. Shown smaller than the original completed size of 2185 X 2185 pixels. (Small, late edit to expand the margins.)

I haven't picked up this series in awhile. I've missed working on it. June is really the correct month for completion, that being my birthday and all. But... oh, well. Shown smaller than the original completed size of 3705 X 2050 pixels.

Shown smaller than the original completed size of 2500 X 3131 pixels. The source for the altered young woman is probably Antiques magazine: "A magnificent Pastel Portrait of Miss Mary Blair, aged 12 or 13. Signed and dated 1793. Probably one of the best pastels ever executed by John Russell…” Hope your new week is good! <3

The figure drawing is "Young Man Holding A Pole," by Mirabello Cavalori. The catalogue it's from says only, "14th to 17th Century," in regards to when it was done. The original was in "red chalk on paper washed terracotta." Shown smaller than the original completed size of 3900 X 3000 pixels. See one original source here .

Is it still a gallery if it's outside? Well, it is now. :D One day, I have to remember to tell the story of how Herbert Read's A Concise History of Modern Sculpture (1964) helped save me from a blizzard. But not tonight, because it's pretty late. Shown smaller than the original completed size of 4275 X 3375 pixels.

I used the "Craquelure" filter to create the rough texture. At least, it's rough from a distance. If you zoom in, it looks a bit like tiger stripes though. A funny coincidence. (And also, if you see distortions when you zoom in close on my images, I'm sorry. It might be an ipernity bug but I've been too busy to investigate that.) Shown smaller than the original completed size of 2850 X 4500. See one original source here .

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Lots of beautiful clear sunny weather in town lately. So I don't know where this came from. :D Shown smaller than the original completed size of 3600 X 3600 pixels.

A Medieval frame, some 1940s fish, a 1950s shirt ad guy, a 1980s Carimati carving, and finally... a title from an unjustly forgotten 1990s song by local group Torcher. Sometimes it's hard to know where a collage ends and a rummage sale begins. :D I'll get all the references posted, one of these days. (And thanks to another fan, you can already find the Torcher disc on Le Tube.) Happy end-of-Mermay!! Shown smaller than the original completed size of 3700 X 2689 pixels.

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