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It's a grey Thursday morning. My allergies are still here and Jason is stiring in bed.

I have finished my 3 Jerome Caja inspired pieces. It felt like it took me forever. The piece to the left is titled The Virgin in Me. The 3 pieces are self-portraits of me as a virgin/ clown. Inspired by Jerome, I used condoms. It was a bit of a challenge painting over them and getting them to sit properly on the canvas.
The other day when I told my sister about them, I found myself pausing to tell her not because she would be offended by them, but becasue I also used semen inside them to immortalize myself and Jason. Jerome used his friends' Charles ashes into some of his work to immortalize him. I figure that some may take offense to the the work. it's not meant to be offensive, but rather just pure silliness.

It feels good to be done with them as these 3 pieces finsih off my goal of painting at least 3 Little Girls per month for the year 2009. WooHoo!

I can now move on to 2010. i have started work on 3 Angel Botello inspired pieces. So far, these have been fun to paint because of the use of color. I wshould be done with them shortly. I will hae to start thinking about the pieces for February and March.

I'm off for a walk and then back for some painting.

The pieces below are titled Recylcing My Love and Losing My Virginity:
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