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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.



The Artist Unbound: Green Blues.
The Artist Unbound: Green Blues.
$600

Vera Unbound: She Gazes Through the Fog of Time--Witnessing the Marching Thunder of Fascists and Their Wake of Destruction.
Vera Unbound: She Gazes Through the Fog of Time--Witnessing the Marching Thunder of Fascists and Their Wake of Destruction.
$600

Unbound: She Reads Her Future in the Bones.
Unbound: She Reads Her Future in the Bones.
$600

Mateja Unbound: She Hears the Music of the Stars and Understands the Magic of Opening Hearts.
Mateja Unbound: She Hears the Music of the Stars and Understands the Magic of Opening Hearts.
$600

Upon the Red Plateau Stands the Last Apple Tree--Twenty Years a Corpse, Still Taunted By the Vestiges of Retreating Coolness.
Upon the Red Plateau Stands the Last Apple Tree--Twenty Years a Corpse, Still Taunted By the Vestiges of Retreating Coolness.
$600

Viv Unbound: The Sorrow
Viv Unbound: The Sorrow
$600

Débora Unbound: She Of the Mischievous Heart Can Steel Mens Hearts with a Glance
Débora Unbound: She Of the Mischievous Heart Can Steel Mens Hearts with a Glance
$600

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Debbie Unbound: Within the Crooked Room She Seeks the Path of Enlightenment While Dreaming of Crickets.
Debbie Unbound: Within the Crooked Room She Seeks the Path of Enlightenment While Dreaming of Crickets.
$600

Jaeda Unbound: One Blue Tear Within a Room Full of Music Minus the One Note She Longs to Hear.
Jaeda Unbound: One Blue Tear Within a Room Full of Music Minus the One Note She Longs to Hear.
$600

Sheila Unbound: Within the Land of Fire, She Listens in Quiet Reverence to Objects in Space.
Sheila Unbound: Within the Land of Fire, She Listens in Quiet Reverence to Objects in Space.
$600

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The Artist Unbound: When the Artist Dreams, He Dreams of Colors Dancing Upon Endless White Canvas. The Colors Dance the Dance of
The Artist Unbound: When the Artist Dreams, He Dreams of Colors Dancing Upon Endless White Canvas. The Colors Dance the Dance of
$600

Marlena Unbound: The Fire of Her Soul Colors the Walls as Her Brush Gives Birth to What Her Mind Unlocks While Dreaming.
Marlena Unbound: The Fire of Her Soul Colors the Walls as Her Brush Gives Birth to What Her Mind Unlocks While Dreaming.
$600

Débora Unbound III: She Slumbers Between Chaos and Serenity While Remembering the First Time She Tasted a Strawberry.
Débora Unbound III: She Slumbers Between Chaos and Serenity While Remembering the First Time She Tasted a Strawberry.
$600

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Onlookers Unbound: The Body and the Man with the Green Umbrella.
Onlookers Unbound: The Body and the Man with the Green Umbrella.
$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