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deep sea painting (acrylic on wood)
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Chalkboard lettering
Chalkboard calligraphy
Psalm 16: art journal lettering and doodle
deep sea painting (acrylic on wood)
art journal lettering: Psalm 126
Picasso's Tete d’une Femme Lisant (Head of a Woman Reading): Rendition in black and white
Picasso’s Tete d’une Femme Lisant (Head of a Woman Reading): Rendition in black and white
deep sea painting (acrylic on wood)
gustav klimt mother and child
pencil sketch eye
sun and moon acrylic painting
acrylic on milk can
pencil sketch eye
Gustav Klimt, Rendition of Stoclet Frieze Expectation, crop
Gustav Klimt, Rendition of Stoclet Frieze Expectation
Masquerade: Art Journal Page, mixed media collage
Masquerade: Art Journal Page
gustav klimt mother and child
underwater scene painted on a rock
gustav klimt mother and child
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art journal, lettering
mixed media collage
ink art calligraphy
Picasso Tete d'une Femme Lisant (Head of a Woman Reading)
gustav klimt mother and child
Gustav Klimt, Rendition of Family
Gustav Klimt, Rendition of Family
mixed media collage - white lettering
pencil sketch eye
Gustav Klimt, Rendition of Stoclet Frieze Expectation
Gustav Klimt, Rendition of Stoclet Frieze Expectation
marker, water soluble crayon
acrylic on milk can

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