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    August 20, 2018August 20, 2018

    Runaway Rant: Morality is the Enemy of Art

    Anything that opposes art is probably immoral, even or especially when it wraps itself in the cloak of morality. The least we can ask of moral crusaders is that they are fighting for the highest good, and not merely advocating for their own special interests and personal benefit in and through alienating and disenfranchising others. […]

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    August 13, 2018August 15, 2018

    Video with Morphs of 1st 25 images in my SFAU Series

    I used an old-ish free program to create morphs between images for the 1st 25 pieces in my SFAU series. I have to do it mechanically by creating reference points between images, and so on. I zoomed in and cropped on the faces where necessary, so it’s just the faces and not the whole paintings. […]

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    August 5, 2018August 21, 2018

    The day I decided the art world was a toxic sea of relativist bullshit

    I can’t pinpoint the day, exactly, but it was recently. I suppose I clung to my faith as long as I could. It’s easier for someone who doesn’t have a Master’s in art, and who hasn’t dedicated his life to art to accept that the paradigm has become poisonous. It wasn’t so long ago that […]

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    July 21, 2018July 21, 2018

    Practicing Drawing Skulls

    Skulls are really good practice, and interesting. Even though I got my MFA a quarter century ago, I regularly learn new things (ex., a sculpting program like Zbrush), or hone my skills. In the last two days I knocked out a couple skulls. They took about 60-90 minutes each. There are multiple reasons this is […]

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    July 18, 2018July 18, 2018

    New Art: The Giant’s Den

    This is a style of B&W drawing I return to again and again. Not only have I done at least 10 using  the same approach recently, I used to use the same technique for charcoal drawings 25 years ago. The procedure is super simple and direct, and it relies entirely on my imagination, memory, and […]

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    July 12, 2018July 13, 2018

    New Art: Selfies From Alternate Universes # 25

    Hi kids. It’s your Uncle Eric. I’m back with another image in this series, and I know you’ve been dyin’ t’ see it.  If you don’t know,  all of these digital paintings are based on my humble visage after feeding it through the ever popular neural network that is Faceapp. Now, your uncle has been […]

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    June 26, 2018July 20, 2018

    Runaway Rant: Is Reality the Enemy?

    [One way to interpret the image above is that the mechanical yellow creature is seeking truth, clamors around a blind corner, and discovers a mysterious mask, snake, worms… The extended mouth is the hunger for knowledge and discovery, but the creature seems frightened by what he found. Note that I find interpretations a useful tool, […]

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    June 20, 2018June 20, 2018

    Runaway Rant: Why I never Wrote a Manifesto

    This is an easy one. Generally, a manifesto is a declaration of what art should be and that everyone, or anyone relevant, should somehow follow. It is by nature prescriptive. It is also constitutionally against my nature. I rather believe that art should be idiosyncratic, and each individual should have his/her own approach, style, content, […]

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    June 19, 2018August 4, 2018

    Against Competitiveness in Art, and a Defense of Digital Art

    “Digital painting isn’t painting.” ~ Charles Thomson, co-founder of Stuckism. “I can appreciate digital art, I just don’t want it on my wall.” ~ Bill Schafer, gallery owner of the Hyaena Gallery in LA. “I just don’t like digital, computer generated art. All of it I’ve seen comes across as kitschy and more for a […]

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    June 18, 2018July 12, 2018

    New Art: Selfies From Alternate Universes # 24

    If you are new to this series all the images are based on recent photos of me after basically being fed through a neural network (which can change age, gender, etc.), then edited and painted using various programs. None of the people actually exist, and thus they are like self portraits from alternate universes. Though […]

August 14, 2018August 14, 2018
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Eric Wayne — Loud Alien Noize

August 7, 2018August 12, 2018

Alex Jones is a nut, but his being universally banned is chilling.

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July 11, 2018July 12, 2018

No More Swimsuits for Miss America, and why that’s a bit weird.

June 13, 2018June 13, 2018

New Art: Selfies From Alternate Universes # 23

June 10, 2018June 15, 2018

Runaway Rant: The Problem with “White Privilege”

June 9, 2018June 9, 2018

New Art: Selfies From Alternate Universes # 22: With Puppy

June 6, 2018June 11, 2018

Runaway Rant: Roseanne, Crime & Punishment

June 5, 2018June 5, 2018

New Art: Selfies From Alternate Universes # 21

June 1, 2018June 5, 2018

Runaway Rant: Social Engineering and the Suppression of Thought.

May 30, 2018May 30, 2018

Runaway rant: The enemy of your enemy is not your friend.

May 28, 2018May 28, 2018

Return of the Human Fly: A Defense of Digital Painting

May 26, 2018May 31, 2018

New Art: Selfies From Alternate Universes # 20: Boy With Dog

May 22, 2018May 22, 2018

Runaway Rant: How I Conceive of People Vs. Identity Politics

May 21, 2018May 21, 2018

New Art: Selfies From Alternate Universes # 19: with Gan-Q

May 16, 2018May 16, 2018

Runaway Rant. Instagram – Tit for Tat – Spammy artists…

May 9, 2018May 12, 2018

Quotas for Art Museums. It’s here!

May 7, 2018May 7, 2018

New Art: Selfies From Alternate Universes # 18: The Cure

May 4, 2018May 5, 2018

Egg On Egon Schiele

April 28, 2018April 28, 2018

New Art: Selfies From Alternate Universes # 17: The Prisoner

April 24, 2018April 27, 2018

New Art: Selfies From Alternate Universes # 16

April 24, 2018April 24, 2018

Reflections on 5 Years of Blogging, and a Few Insights

April 14, 2018April 30, 2018

New Art: Selfies From Alternate Universes # 15 “Elle”

April 13, 2018April 13, 2018

New Art: Selfies From Alternate Universes # 14 “Mad as Hell”

April 8, 2018April 10, 2018

New Art: Selfies From Alternate Universes # 13 (2bl Portrait)

March 23, 2018March 23, 2018

New Art: Selfies From Alternate Universes #11 & 12

March 22, 2018March 22, 2018

Pretty Dumb Bombast: Hirst’s New Shit

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018

Instagram Gem O’ Th’day #5: Troy Brooks

March 20, 2018March 20, 2018

Instagram Gem O’ Th’day #4: Trude Viken

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