Derek
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Visual Artist #fineart #bsky.art #blueskyart #assemblage #oilpaint #acrylic #mixedmedia #photography #digitalart #drawing #sketching #sketch #art #arte #kunst #collage #digitalcollage #KCAI #midwest #USA #U.S. #western #kansas #missouri #studio #gallery
I ran into Mitch McConnell today for about 20 minutes. He seemed very distant and unlike his normal spry self. He just wants to let everyone know he's doing fine. He's just spending time organizing his fruit cellar.
I caught Mitch McConnell taking a 20 minute shower in my motel room today. We talked about soap, water quality, and the weird guy who ran the place. #normanbates #mitchmcconnell #batesmotel #whereismitch #blueskyart
Hangin' out with Mitch McConnell for about 20 minutes today at the local motel. Mitch McConnell's therapist was taking helping him into the shower. #mitchmcconnell #batesmotel #psycho #mitchisok
Art in the Wind art show. #toycars #mosaic #fineart #bsky.art #blueskyart #assemblage #oilpaint #acrylic #mixedmedia #photography #digitalart #drawing #sketching #sketch #art #arte #kunst #collage #digitalcollage #KCAI #midwest #USA #U.S. #western #kansas #missouri #studio #gallery #painting #orange
Bottle - 2025 13" x 9" Digital Collage (My idea of Xerography contains elements of design, photography, digital manipulation, and printmaking). #art #arte #kunst #DigitalArt #Bsky.art #collage #design #printmaking #photography #western #experimental #bottle #upcycled
Mucha Things Up - 2025 (1st state) #bsky.art #art #arte #kunst #photo #digitalphoto #digitalphotography #photography #printmaking #print #xerography #KonicaMinolta #CanonM #GIMP #digitalart #digitalcollage #digital #collage #fineart #westernart #western #flower #tigerlily #floral #floralart
Wagon No.2 - 2025 (1st state) 9"x12" #bsky.art #art #arte #kunst #photo #digitalphoto #digitalphotography #photography #printmaking #print #xerography #KonicaMinolta #CanonM #GIMP #digitalart #digitalcollage #digital #collage #fineart #westernart #western #wagon #vintage #radioflyer
Spur No.2 - 2025 (Work in progress/1st state) 9"x12" #bsky.art #art #arte #kunst #photo #digitalphoto #digitalphotography #photography #printmaking #print #xerography #KonicaMinolta #CanonM #GIMP #digitalart #digitalcollage #digital #collage #fineart #westernart #western #spur
Accidentally discovered something new to me in the photo editing process, so I had to see what this would look like printed. #digitalcollage #bsky.art #photography #GIMP #canonM #konicaMinolta #art #arte #kunst #upcycled #repurposed #western #digitalabstraction #printmaking
Hot off the press. 9"x12" #digitalcollage #digital #digitalart #collage #photography #bsky.art #west #western #country #antique #dictionaryart #art #arte #kunst #spur #canonM #canon #Konicaminolta #GIMP #Kansas #Kansascity #Wichita #Topeka #Salina #DodgeCity #KCMO #OKC #Tulsa
Digital Collage 9"x13" #blueskymonday #blueskyartist #bluesky.art #western #kunst #art #arte #photography #yellowstone #bison #wildcow #buffalo #beefalo #dicitonaryart #digitalart #rawhide #kansas #kansascity #wichita #dodgecity
Exploring new color options. This is probably my most successful image yet from the series. #art #arte #collage #photography #digitalcollage #digitalphotography #bsky.art #kunst #fotografía #Fotografie #photographie #wildwest #wildwildwest #western #digitalart #kunst #spaceship #rocket
More re-booting of past work. #reboot #redux #art #arte #kunst #photography #printmaking #photonewmedia #newmedia #digitalart #digitalcollage #collage #print #konicaminolta #canon #boots #western #westernart #bluesky.art #bsky.art #BlueCrew #wildwest #studioart #studio
Scaling up and reworking digital collage pieces. #art #arte #kunst #digital #digitalart #photography #printmaking #konicaminolta #canon #gimp #collage #digitalcollage #print #printing #blueskyart #blue.skyart #bluesky.art #contemporaryart #contemporary
Somehow, I discovered a way to solarize an image in my process of appropriating images. Man Ray would be proud. #fineart #bsky.art #blueskyart #photography #digitalart #art #arte #kunst #collage #digitalcollage #artprocess #konicaminolta #canon #printmaking #print
I'm futzing around with sepia tones since my new printer is full color. There's a learning curve to both the operation of the printer, and working with sepia tones. #fineart #bsky.art #blueskyart #photography #digitalart #art #arte #kunst #collage #digitalcollage
I scored a printer that is slightly larger than a washing machine. I'm back at it working on dictionary page digital collage. #art #arte #Kunst #photography #digitalart #digital #collage #digitalcollage #print #printmaking
Minimum wage hasn't even doubled in over 30 years. It needs to be $35.00 per hour to meet the basic costs of living.
KCAI Landscape - 2001 24" x 24" oil on BFK #art #landsacpe #oilpainting #arte #flora #kunst #KansasCity #bsky.art #fineart
There are about 700 billionaires in the U.S. There are less than 15% of the U.S. "employed" population that earn over $200K per year. (26M Americans) $220K is the lowest rung for middle class. Raise the minimum wage to $35 an hour to meet basic costs of living & everything else will follow.
Goldfish - 2018 Paper Punch Collage on Canvas 24" x 30" #FebruArty Day 27 #FishyFebruary #Collage #Art #arte #kunst #assemblage #repurposed
Diorama 2001 Assemblage/Photography Thesaurus pages, plastic toy soldiers on Masonite 24" x 24" x 8" Minolta - 35mm #diorama #assemblage #photography #35mm #setdesign #miniature #film #blueskyart #Febuarty #b.skyart #bsky.art #art #arte #kunst