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The Hat Tip - Is a new process for me, another learning experience. Everything should look muted or subtle, no harsh or sharp edges. I really enjoyed learning this technique and will no doubt put the experience to use again. Your comments are welcome.

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MoonLight - I saw a movie a month or more ago that prompted me to schedual this painting. In the movie the electrical power had failed and there was a full moon. It reflected off the actors faces much like this likeness. The play of lights and darks was moving. I hope this piece is too. Your comments are welcomed.

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I used a 1945 black and white photo as a reference for this painting

Charles X. Carlson - Artist, Author (1902-1991)

C. X. Carlson, born in Minnesota in 1902, left school in the seventh grade at 12 years of age to become a baker's apprentice. He later worked in iron mines, lumber camps, and as a seaman for three years.

Soon his talent for art drew him the Crane Technical College in Chicago and to the Chicago Art Institute, where he spent four years. Later he attended the National Academy of Design in New York for three years and the Art Students League in New York. He traveled to Antwerp and Munich and also studied under master artists. While in New York he met and studied with Gorkey, Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko.

He taught art classes in figure study at the Art Student League. Locally he also taught classes at the York Art Association, the Jewish Community Center, and the Iris Club. He started the Octorara Art Association. The Octorara Art Association web site address is:

http://www.octoraroart.org/

His experience as an illustrator, cartoonist, mural painter, and teacher in New York City captured the attention of other artists and designers. He painted murals in the New Zealand building of the New York's World's Fair. He created Elsie, the Borden Company's cow. He also did work for Ford and General Motors.

His impact continued in the political arena during World War II. He was a staff artist and cartoonist for "On War Times," a publication of the Pentagon and the Bureau of Public Relations. He spent two years painting, lecturing, and exhibiting in twenty-one American Republics and South American countries for the U.S. State Department for the Good Neighbor Policy. While in South America he completed more than 750 paintings as well as research for a book, which was never published.

He is the author of a series of twenty art illustration books that sold millions of copies. He was commissioned to illustrate "Old Lancaster" and completed over 150 paintings of historical Lancaster buildings. Critics believe this series to be his finest works.

During his lifetime he exhibited widely throughout the Americas. His paintings hang in well-known collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art In New York. He is listed in Who's Who in Art and Who's Who in the East.

C.X. moved to Lancaster county, PA in 1947 and in lived in Kirk's Mill near Quarryville. There he became a historical painter. He completed in his lifetime more than 15,000 paintings and uncountable drawings for friends, relatives, neighbors, and members of the art world.

To me, he was just my uncle Charlie.

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Homeless Man No. 2 - I've taken a little creative license here and put together two different homeless subjects, both recently photographed on the streets of Sacramento, CA. One was a black man sitting on a bench catching some warm sun and the other was an older balding white man; both men appeared extremely tired. Recently I painted another older man with similar lighting and called it Memories. Your comments are welcome.

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Bean Farmer - It was about 20 or so years ago, back when I traveled all the US to make a living. I stopped for lunch at a small café in Santa Rosa, NM. I struck up a conversation with him, but all I can remember is that he wore a large brimmed western hat and had a weather worn face. Since I could not remember his face well enough to reconstruct, I used some of the features of a friend here in California. I like the way it came out. Your comments are welcome. 

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Memories - I have memories of the past as I'm sure most of you do. .. I can visualize sitting in a chair and closing my eyes and remembering the past. Since I'm not interested in doing a self portrait I used my imagination, took some license with facial character, values and this is what I came up with. Your comments are welcome

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 Happy and Homeless - When I first started painting homeless faces I promised to paint one that appeared happy with life. Well, here she is, Happy and Homeless. Your comments are welcome.

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Old Man Red Hat - He is looking to the sky or at the horizon. The red hat and its bill both frame the face and push it forward to the center of attention. Your comments are welcomed...