Surface Mining Series

Black-and-white drawing of a person in profile with their hand covering their face beside a tabletop holding a glass jar with brushes and dark objects, and stacked containers behind it.
The Time Traveller
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A painting of a black dog with big, shiny eyes resting its head on a blue surface, with a soft yellow-green background.
June Bug
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Alt text: portrait of a young woman standing by the sink, staring out at the viewer, a serious almost mad look. She’s wearing a red and black plaid shirt.
Mom in plaid shirt
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Alt text: A portrait painting of a person after a nose operation, leaving the face, black and blue around the eye, swollen nose, and bandage around the nose and face.
rhinoseptoplasty
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Alt text: A portrait painting of a person shown upside down. The subject has dark eyes, full lips painted orange-red, and long black hair that spreads out below. The background is a mix of dark and light tones, with strands of hair slightly blending into it. The overall expression is calm and introspective.
Ibby inverted
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Color pencil drawing of a mother and daughter smiling - picture has extreme figure/ground with the daughter in the foreground
Julie and Ibby
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Color pencil drawing of a woman with brown hair in a bun wearing a white face mask on her face and a gold mask on her neck
Face Mask
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Color pencil drawing of Murray - tan lab hound mix - smiling in front of her pillows
Murray
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Vintage portrait of a young woman smiling with her elbow on the table and hand on her chin. She is wearing a green and white striped shirt.
Mom in striped shirt
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View of the ocean at night with calm waves
Dixie cups
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View of the ocean at night with calm waves
sea at night with flashlight
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Kid looking at the sky while in a blue wagon inside a yellow grass circle in the middle of the yard
Ready to teleport
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Frog on a window in the foreground with a dark blurred background
The Visitor
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Kid in red and black shirt blowing a bubble gum bubble
Bubble Maker
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Kid wearing large blue clear glasses
Ibby in Blue Glasses (study 1)
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My Second rhinoseptoplasty
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Rob’s Chickenpox
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Dad's carcinoma removal (open)
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Deviated septum & 2 shiners
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Julie's dog bite scar
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Double lumpectomy (left)
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My first rhinoseptoplasty
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Double lumpectomy (right)
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Julie's upper blepharoplasty
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