Things With Wings

Trying out some new brushes here. Original size: 750 X 850 Pixels. One original source is here .

I thought maybe a break from the grays and browns was in order. Shown smaller than the original finished size of 2953 X 3543 pixels. See one original source here .

Weather birds are all named Babs. They also dream of playing villains in Kaiju films. Shown smaller than the original completed size of 2953 X 3071 pixels. See one original source here .

I did some more playing with the Stamp tool. The butterfly was made from a snippet of the illustration here . The title is from this obscure (and not work-safe) but endearing Nineties pop ditty . Shown smaller than the original finished size of 2598 X 1890 pixels.

As the clock runs down the last few minutes of Black History Month, here's my small hat tip to one of my all-time favorite Jazz flautists: the one and only James W. Newton (b.1953). His verse from the 1990 disc If Love : "...Life holds the key To a room full of windows That reveals the space Of time Between the last soul’s breath And death I wish that I could take Your place in line Last dream When we turn around and find Today at Midnight." (musical link) Shown smaller than the original completed size of 2700 X 1650 pixels.

I wouldn't be a good Portlander if I didn't try to paint on a little rust. :D Original Size: 1140 X 1080 Pixels. You can see some of the parts here .

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"Listen to my song, ladies, please take strictly understand Don't let no outside woman make no biscuits for your man..." -- Memphis Minnie/M. McCoy (1897-1973) Shown slightly smaller than the completed size of 1350 X 1650 pixels. See one original source here .

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