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Father's Day

My latest painting and my Dad who watches over my studio and art creations


 Finished for Father's Day, my dad's name lives on ❤️
"Monarch of Michoacan" is dedicated to the king of the monarch butterflies, Homero Gómez González , a conservationist who was murdered for protecting and conserving the lands for the protection of the butterflies.
I started this way before Covid19, way before the world turned even worse but seems to be a grim harbinger now of bad things to come. In the hospital I thought of this painting, sitting unfinished on my easel. It would have been my last piece.
Homero Gomez Gonzalez

I'll be posting it up for sale later this week, with some proceeds going to Santuario El Rosario Ocampo Michoacan, the sanctuary Homero gave his life protecting.
It's become a tradition for me to finish a piece on Father's Day and sign my dad's name and reflect on his life. I think he would appreciate me raising funds for a good cause in Mexico.



"Monarch of Michoacan" 3'x 4' mixed media on gallery wrapped canvas

Today I will varnish this piece, shoot it and get it ready to hang. It feels good to finish a painting and break my Covid19 depression spell where no paintings were happening. Now it's time to CREATE❤️ I have a lot of art to spill from my heart.

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