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 Giving up control and embracing my unbound nature

The early part of 2008 saw three major focal parts: The Conversation, Green Room, and Blue Room Meditation series.

The Conversation series was about grouping a series of woman in non-verbal dialogue.

The Green Room series was another exploration of interior dialogs, but this time in a unified place that flavored and deepened the overall mood.

Blue Room Mediations was simple an exploration of the human form as an abstract. In the end it was all about movement and the removal of the self.
 
 
By the middle of 2008 my work took on a looser feel and this was by design. I set aside my pencil and my desire to create a detailed sketched before painting began, and instead picked embraced charcoal which allows one to quickly sketches a subject and also capturing more of the mood and emotion of the moment. During the painting process I allowed the charcoal to merger and at times muddy the inks during the painting process and or allow its lines to remain slightly visible. This change launched my Unbound series and continues to influence my current work.
 
 
Two other series arose within the unbound world. The 'What If' world of the anti-landscapes and the first appearance of The Man With the Green Umbrella.

The landscapes are bleak, I look at green hills, rivers, bays and oceans and imagine what they will look like when stripped bare of life. It is the ecological nightmare taken to the extreme. A warning of 'What If.'


The Man with the Green Umbrella just showed up. First in crowd scenes, then on is own. Hunter or hunted, lost soul or a man with a purpose? He has been making the rounds for over two years now, and the pieces to his story are still taking shape.


Duane Kirby Jensen                                              
2.23.10

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Please note: All paintings are sold unframed.
The artist retains reproduction rights on all paintings/sketches/images created purchased and purchased.
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All Paintings in this album © 2008 By Duane Kirby Jensen.



Through a Gentle Touch Love Flows.Through a Gentle Touch Love Flows.
Through a Gentle Touch Love Flows.Through a Gentle Touch Love Flows.
(sold out)

Rhythm of the Red Head: The Moment She Begins to Sway to Count Basie.
Rhythm of the Red Head: The Moment She Begins to Sway to Count Basie.
(sold out)

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Lies We Tell Others While We Try to Convince Ourselves That They Are True.
Lies We Tell Others While We Try to Convince Ourselves That They Are True.
$1,000

The Conversation: A three panel overview.
The Conversation: A three panel overview.
$1,400

Eight Conversations About the Essence of Womanhood And The Peaceful Absence of Men.
Eight Conversations About the Essence of Womanhood And The Peaceful Absence of Men.
$700

Two Conversations About Love and Five Contemplations About Loss.
Two Conversations About Love and Five Contemplations About Loss.
$700

When Windows Eavesdrops on the Conversations of Women, Buildings May Blush, Shimmy with Laughter, or Shed a Tear
When Windows Eavesdrops on the Conversations of Women, Buildings May Blush, Shimmy with Laughter, or Shed a Tear
$700

Moments After Crushing His Heart, Their Worlds Beginning to Melt and Twist as he is Dissolved into Darkness and Tremors of Momen
Moments After Crushing His Heart, Their Worlds Beginning to Melt and Twist as he is Dissolved into Darkness and Tremors of Momen
$1,300

She Dreams of Flowing Sands and Warm Green Waters Where Dolphins Leap and Play as They Serenade Her Heart.
She Dreams of Flowing Sands and Warm Green Waters Where Dolphins Leap and Play as They Serenade Her Heart.
$600

She Pause to Watch a Small Turtle Make His Way Across the Patio, While Listening to A Choir of Frogs Sing to Her on Her Birthday
She Pause to Watch a Small Turtle Make His Way Across the Patio, While Listening to A Choir of Frogs Sing to Her on Her Birthday
$500

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$225

When Madness Shatters... A New World Blooms.
When Madness Shatters... A New World Blooms.
$600

When A Broken Heart Hungers For A Clean Slate.
When A Broken Heart Hungers For A Clean Slate.
$5,000

Thinking of Those Who Have Fallen and Those Yet to Fall.
Thinking of Those Who Have Fallen and Those Yet to Fall.
$500

Her Gypsy Soul Reads Her Future Within The Swirling Smoke.
Her Gypsy Soul Reads Her Future Within The Swirling Smoke.
$500

She Looks Across the Atlantic and Wonders--Does He Long For Her?
She Looks Across the Atlantic and Wonders--Does He Long For Her?
$600

Isabella Sits Beneath the Quiet of the Night Sky Pondering all of the Years That Still Lay Before Her.
Isabella Sits Beneath the Quiet of the Night Sky Pondering all of the Years That Still Lay Before Her.
$600

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I could look at these all day---thanks for sharing ----:)
-- Doris Bolton Bassett, 3/25/11

Duane Kirby JensenThe Faire be Monday the 28th, from 7-10:30. I will be there. Enjoy your night of dance.
-- Duane Kirby Jensen, 3/24/11

I really love these. Color. Movement. Emotion.
-- Priya Keefe, 3/24/11

Cover art...great idea! re: tomorrow, I have plans to go dancing, but keep me posted on Faire!
-- Priya Keefe, 3/24/11

Duane Kirby JensenOh, any chance you will be at tomarrow reading? It should be good. If so, I will see you there. March 25 at 7:00 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 Tenth Avenue, Seattle (Capitol Hill) Reading features poets Lana Ayers, John Byrne, Christopher Jarmick, Robert Lashley, Kristen McHenry, Belle Randall, and Michael Spence.
-- Duane Kirby Jensen, 3/24/11