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| Memory Graphite and oil pastel on paper. 22 x 15 inches. Patrick Gracewood ©2011 |
I selected words and motifs from the old gravestones to create new art inspired by Cape Cod.
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| Old Friends Graphite and oil pastel on paper. 22 x 15 inches. Patrick Gracewood ©2011 |
I see I missed an opportunity to use the arc of the gravestone to create a giant horseshoe crab......
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| Good Morning Graphite and oil pastel on paper. 22 x 15 inches. Patrick Gracewood ©2011 | | |
Good Morning is my favorite of this series. I saw it happen. A robin flies through the fog to perch atop a gravestone, calls twice and then flies away. Everything in cool greys as if LIFE were just part of the fog and the only reality is death and stone.
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