Stefan

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This is one of my earlier attempts at decoupage and paint. I think I was honing my skills because I had just produced (or was about to produce) my older son Cary's bar mitzvah sign-in board which was basically circular photos pasted around the outside of a mat board. This picture is that of my younger son Stefan who just lost his front tooth.

BLACK JACKO

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This photograph came into the photo lab where I used to work and I made a copy for myself. I'm not sure what year this was, but it was somewhere between his transition from the original Michael Jackson to the pale alien thing he became.

The Twin Towers

The following are WTC pictures/mats I've created over the years.

St. Nicholas Cathedral

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Asleep at the Wheel

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A Wake, A Wake, Awake

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Promissed Land

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Twin Towers from NJ

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Twin Towers & Statue of Liberty

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AMERWRECKA

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Back from my blog sabbatical just in time for independence day, I present you Amerwrecka. It's no secret that a common theme of my work displays disdain for many aspects of this great country, so this new painting can be no more topical...what's wrecking America?

PRODUCKTION

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Ducks, having a cosmopolitan distribution, are quite accessible to the nature photographer. I'm not sure exactly what kind of ducks these were, but they resided in one of my favorite places to visit: Lake George, NY.

IRON CROSS

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The iron cross is the highest decoration given to the German military. Bikers also use it to promote a tough-guy image. But this design was an accident...I started drawing out random lines until an iron cross materialized.

SLOW CHILDREN PLAYING

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Who spent all the money to put the U.S. in the hole? It's the gray haired mentally challenged clowns in DC. The mat says it all, and this was one of my earlier examples of decoupage, before I started using smaller circle punches.