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Lannie, thanks for your kind words. I am glad you like it.

Jack, thanks for the follow-up impression. "Mysterious" came up a couple of times. I hadn't myself thought so much about that aspect before reading critiques; thanks for pointing that out.

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Mark, Marco, and Dana: thank you for sharing your impressions.

Mark, I want to thank you for the critique: it did encourage me to go back and try a new approach. Though I still like this one darker (the blotchiness just bothers me too much), it is good to have different takes of a piece of work. I think it can be difficult to give an honest critique, especially if there is constructive criticism involved. Thank you so much for sharing your impressions with such a helpful spirit.

Marco, thank you was well. I like the landscape/body idea very much.

Dana, I alway appreciate your input, especially in this genre, since you do a lot of work with nudes. To me it is important to do respectful and artful work in this area. Your work is always a fine example of that and  you are very inspirational.

You had mentioned the black sections on the columns in the color version of this shot. I think they are much more obvious in the BW. They make a perforated line that almost goes completely across the center of the photo. Did you purposefully have them on a straight line/ i.e. level or is that just a happy accident? Very cool.

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Macabre, indeed; but very effective.

Wow. At risk of sounding overly effusive: your work is blowing me away. Great stuff.

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A fine tribute to our feet, who do so much for us.

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Almost shrouded, but hanging on and pushing it back.

What wonderful, important work you are doing! The whole cycle of caring for others and them giving back in beautiful, unexpected ways is always gratifying to witness. Much respect to you for doing this work.

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This is lovely.

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As always, I love seeing things through your eyes, Jack. There must never be a dull moment in your mind.

LOL @ Mark.

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Take me out to the ballgame...

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This one is my absolute favorite of this recent set you've posted. I keep coming back to it. A wonderful abstract!

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Ha!

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I second Drew on this one.

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Love the title, and the water blur.

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These colors are beautiful, Brendan.

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Lines.........

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Thanks, Lannie and Drew. No, Lannie, but he is often in his favorite thread-bare robe.

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Again, the sky manages to be the subject here. Makes one weary of the city, just like we are longing to breathe.

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Lannie, is this PS enhanced or is this the Carolina Blue one hears about? The sky is the subject of this piece to me. The other color is nice, but it is the sky that keeps drawing my eye.

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This one seems musical to me tool. There's something lilting about it.

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I really like where you chose to place the borders. It does lend itself to look like a musical score or lined paper.

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One can't help but think of Warhol when you see this, but you did him one better....:-)

Love the "pop" of red.

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This is a beautiful rendition of a floral. This, like many other of your works makes me think of stained glass. You captured the delicacy of the orchids beautifully here.

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Interesting processing Drew. The paint roller made look again and threw me off from the title, and then there are the other details that one sees after looking closely. Definitely a different (and good) piece.

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