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S. Conde

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I was born in Miami, Florida long before it was cool to be from Miami, Florida. As a result, I had the pleasure of growing up in old Florida, the kitsch version...the decidedly Southern version. My youth was filled with coral castles, smiling mermaids, pools with great circular windows looking out onto hotel lobbies, and the smell of orange blossoms. The breathtaking natural beauty of our fair peninsula and her surrounding islands is always with me, no matter how far I stray.

The Mariel boat lift of 1980, marked the end of my innocence and the beginning of a long term affair with the Cuban people. I was eleven. The images of men, women and children crammed onto anything that would float was both inspiring and heartbreaking. I saw grown men i
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S. Conde I don't think of myself as being blocked, just without any worthwhile ideas. I meditate on my subject, or do an activity that creates a shift in persp…moreI don't think of myself as being blocked, just without any worthwhile ideas. I meditate on my subject, or do an activity that creates a shift in perspective, like swimming in the ocean at night. Do NOT force it, that just creates more crappy ideas. Let it flow.(less)
S. Conde The crushing loneliness. I joke. The solitary nature of the work really is something I adore.
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Norman Rockwell : Young Lady With A Shiner

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I’m having a weird day.


This image popped up in my Facebook feed last night. It’s not what created the weirdness, but definitely what took me from Guate-mala to Guate-peor.


The work is by Norman Rockwell, and titled “The Young Lady With A Shiner”.

She sold at Heritage Auctions today, November 8th, 2018.


The first artist I knew by name was Alphonse Mucha.

My mother bought me coloring bo

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