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Meditation Series: (1/8) Flowers Identified, LA (2024)

Meditation Series: (1/8) Flowers Identified, LA (2024) #visualart #flowers #erythrina #photolookup #hyporealism #watercolorsketch

Quite by accident I discovered a feature of my phone/camera. I saw this wonderful hybrid pinecone/red pointy stalk flower on a tree that I was walking past. I took a photo and, when I looked at it in the photo app, it told me the name of the tree! (In this case, the tree was called ‘Erythrina’.) This series details some of the cool looking plants in my neighborhood. (By the way, the photo app…

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Meditation Series: Notable Trees, 1989 to Date Sketches 1-8

Meditation Series: Notable Trees, 1989 to Date Sketches 1-8 #visualart #trees #penandink #sketches #meditationseries #notabletrees

These sketches are about trees I have noticed over the years, some for their beauty, some for the memories they trigger. Notable Trees, 1989 to Date Sketches 1-8Meditation SeriesPen and Ink Sketches© 2024 Jack Davis Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is…

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Coney Island, NY, Off Season 1991 - Matted Vintage Photo for Sale

Coney Island, NY, Off Season 1991 - Matted Vintage Photo for Sale #visualart #blackandwhitephotography #ConeyIsland #vintagephoto #mattedphoto #rollercoaster #NYC

 I took this black and white photos in March of 1991 during a walk from my home in Bensonhurst Brooklyn, to Coney Island.  When one thinks of Coney Island, one usually imagines a place to have fun and forget the ordinary. This is a view of the amusement park behind the facade. I printed shortly after I took the shot, on gelatin silver paper in my darkroom and matted it to a panoramic format…

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Meditation Series: (8/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date

Meditation Series: (8/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date #visualart #lonepine #trees #meditationseries #sketch #penandink

This is one of a row of pine trees lining the street across from the mechanic that was fixing my brakes. i it looks like a lonesome pine, it really isn’t. Notable Trees, 1989 to Date (8/8)Meditation SeriesPen and Ink Sketch© 2024 Jack Davis Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale…

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Meditation Series: (7/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date

Meditation Series: (7/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date #visualart #trees #meditationseries #JapaneseTeaGarden #penandink #sketch

I like the gnarliness of the branches of this pine tree I saw in the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco in 2018. Notable Trees, 1989 to Date (7/8)Meditation SeriesPen and Ink Sketch© 2024 Jack Davis Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at:  https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com

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Meditation Series: (6/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date

Meditation Series: (6/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date #visualart #trees #tree_in_a_wall #penandink #sketch #meditationseries

I came across this wall just a couple of days ago. Given this week’s meditation series, this image makes a perfect addition. (North Hills, CA, 2024) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date (6/8)Meditation SeriesPen and Ink Sketch© 2024 Jack Davis Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is…

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Meditation Series: (5/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date

Meditation Series: (5/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date #visualart #trees #redtree #meditationseries #penandink #sketch #sanjose

This is a notable tree because of its color. I couldn’t resist taking its picture in 2015, in San Jose California. Notable Trees, 1989 to Date (5/8)Meditation SeriesPen and Ink Sketch© 2024 Jack Davis Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at:  https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com

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Meditation Series: (4/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date

Meditation Series: (4/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date #visualart #trees #deadtree #meditationseries #penandink #sketch

This tree was deader than dead when I came across it near where I live in 2022. The cow lick was its distinguishing feature. Notable Trees, 1989 to Date (4/8)Meditation SeriesPen and Ink Sketch© 2024 Jack Davis Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is…

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Meditation Series: (3/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date

Meditation Series: (3/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date #visualart #trees #vacantlot #penandink #sketch #meditationseries

This is a tree across the street from my house in 2021. It was so tall, luxurious, even. I am so sad to say that it, along with the houses on the lot, are gone. It was almost painful watching it get cut down. Instead of looking a gorgeous tree, we now look at an ugly vacant lot. I wonder what kind of monstrosity will replace it. Notable Trees, 1989 to Date (3/8)Meditation SeriesPen and Ink…

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Brooklyn Graffiti, 1991 - Matted Vintage Photo for Sale

Brooklyn Graffiti, 1991 - Matted Vintage Photo for Sale #visualart #gelatinsilverpaper #darkroomprint #vintagephoto #BrooklynNY #NYC #photoforsale #Etsy_OtherArtbyJack

Graffiti was different back in the 1990s: more textual than graphic. When I lived in Brooklyn I did a lot of walking in my spare time. This walk took me by MacDonald Avenue, Avenue U and other scenic locations. this is a graffitied wall that I came across. I printed shortly after I took the shot on gelatin silver paper in my darkroom and matted it recently, to fit an 11×14 frame. It is at my…

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Meditation Series: (2/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date

Meditation Series: (2/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date #visualart #palmtree #meditationseries #penandink #umabeach #trees

This palm tree was on Zuma Beach in California in 2015. I don’t know its fate, but possibly it’s still there. Notable Trees, 1989 to Date (2/8)Meditation SeriesPen and Ink Sketch© 2024 Jack Davis Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at:  https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com

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Meditation Series: (1/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date

Meditation Series: (1/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date #visualart #penandink #SkylineDrive #trees #meditationseries #sketch

This is from an old 35mm slide I took during a drive down Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains on a trip back east, around 1989. Or, I may have scanned this slide into my computer in 1989 from a childhood vacation I took with my family in the 1960s or 70s. I like this tree behind the rock wall. The hills are in the background. Notable Trees, 1989 to Date (1/8)Meditation SeriesPen and Ink…

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Meditation Series: Hands of My Life, New York, 1990s Sketches 1-8

Meditation Series: Hands of My Life, New York, 1990s Sketches 1-8 #visualart #watercolorsketch #penandink #handgestures #hands #meditationseries

I started this series with the idea that I had a visual library full of different hand images. When I think of hand gestures the first image that comes to mind is my father’s outstretched hands, conducting an imaginary orchestra. This captures the essence of my dad. The next group of hands is beyond the 1990s time period. They belong to my mom, brother Mike and me during our last visit. The rest…

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Meditation Series: (8/8) Hands of My Life, New York, 1990s

Meditation Series: (8/8) Hands of My Life, New York, 1990s #visualart #meditationseries #deformedhands #hands #penandink #sketch

I had video calls with my brother Mike during his hospital stays toward the end of his life. Since Mike was nonverbal, my virtual visits consisted of me talking to him and watching to see if he reacted at all to what I was saying. The image of Mike’s hand was taken from a frame of one of those videos. Hands of My Life, New York, 1990s (8/8)Meditation SeriesPen and Ink Sketch© 2024 Jack…

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Meditation Series: (7/8) Hands of My Life, New York, 1990s

Meditation Series: (7/8) Hands of My Life, New York, 1990s #visualart #handgesture #hand #penandink #sketch #meditationseries

In one of my photos of Mike*, he is reaching out to take my hand. I love this gesture of his. Hands of My Life, New York, 1990s (7/8)Meditation SeriesPen and Ink Sketch© 2024 Jack Davis *my autistic, low functioning, nonverbal brother Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is…

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Meditation Series: (6/8) Hands of My Life, New York, 1990s

Meditation Series: (6/8) Hands of My Life, New York, 1990s #visualart #penandink #sketch #meditationseries #hands #handwave #musclecontrol

I think my brother Mike had some problems with muscle control in his hands. Sometimes his fingers assumed odd positions. Hands of My Life, New York, 1990s (6/8)Meditation SeriesPen and Ink Sketch© 2024 Jack Davis Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is…

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Meditation Series: (5/8) Hands of My Life, New York, 1990s

Meditation Series: (5/8) Hands of My Life, New York, 1990s #visualart #penandink #sketch #hands #autisticsibling #meditationseries

Mike’s hand in a resting position. Hands of My Life, New York, 1990s (5/8)Meditation SeriesPen and Ink Sketch© 2024 Jack Davis Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at:  https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com