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Blue Flowers, Elephants, and the Little Fishies
I’ve had quite an explosion of work recently. I have been playing with a new style and I might be getting the hang of it. The first piece was a sort of trial: It turned out…ok….but it never quite materialized as I had hoped. The second was better: I don’t know why I chose elephants
On the Patch, and I’m not Talking Pumpkins
So…day 1 and a half on the patch. I know what you are thinking….”Bonny, haven’t we been through this before?” Yes. But they say it sometimes take several attempts to quit before you are successful. This will be my fourth. :/ I’m actually doing ok this morning. Last night I was about to declare war
Brilliant or Just Gross? I’m Not Sure
Ok…I have to take time out of my busy schedule to discuss this, because it’s in my brain and I can’t get it out. Anyone who knows me well knows I’m a horror movie buff. I’ve seen just about every one and the ones that I haven’t seen are probably not worth seeing. And
The Most Awesome Cake Ever: Why I Don’t Do Graphic Design Very Often
This is a short little scene I wrote to illustrate why I hate working in advertising design, and why I got out of it. Customer: I need you to bake me a cake. Baker: No problem. What kind of cake? Customer: The most awesome cake ever. Baker:..Ok…Can you be a little more specific? Customer: I
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Bon Lee Gallery
Dark Water
In the Pink Parlor 
Dazzled and Despaired
Broken Reigns
Cold
When the Stars Fell
In the Green Boudoir
In the Red Hall
Hello Vincent
Apparition
Transparent Tree
Dotorre Pazzo
Nectar and Vodka
The Return of the Doctor
Dragonlady
Winter Ride
Follow Me
Scenic Design Gallery
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Artist Statement
“You are outside life, you are above life, you have miseries which the ordinary man does not know, you exceed the normal level, and it is for this that men refuse to forgive you, you poison their peace of mind, you undermine their stability. You have irrepressible pains whose essence is to be inadaptable to any known state, indescribable in words. You have repeated and shifting pains, incurable pains, pains beyond imagining, pains which are neither of the body nor of the soul, but which partake of both. And I share your suffering, and I ask you: who dares to ration our relief? We are not going to kill ourselves just yet. In the meantime, leave us the hell alone.”
- Antonin Artaud
Antonin Artaud once said, “…lines of poetry are not explained.” I think the same holds true for my work. If you have spent any time at all on my little site here, you already know I am an Artaud fan. Artist statements are designed to explain what the artist does and why. I have no explanations. If I had to pinpoint it, which it seems necessary to do in these instances, I would say my desire is to draw from the viewer an emotion, a thought, a curiosity, an imaginative spark. Whether positive or negative, these reactions validate any nonsense I happen to slap on a canvas. I have no qualms in admitting that they are indeed nonsense. A painting instructor in college once remarked to me about one of my pieces, “I don’t know if I like it. But I can’t stop looking at it.” That’s good enough for me.I revel in imperfection. After all, once you have achieved perfection it means there is nothing left to discover. It’s the end of the journey- the end of the adventure. What I offer are not complete stories. They are lines of poems, flashes of dreams, lost puzzle pieces and random debris carried by the wind and dropped wherever they’re dropped. The viewers may conclude from them what they will, and I hope that they conclude something, anything, even if the conclusion is just as vague.My work is a walk through the magic mirror. It’s a trail of bread crumbs in the forest. Sometimes it’s a crawl under the mountain. So take a lantern and follow me. -
Blue Flowers, Elephants, and the Little Fishies
I’ve had quite an explosion of work recently. I have been playing with a new style and I might be getting the hang of it. The first piece was a sort of trial: It turned out…ok….but it never quite materialized as I had hoped. The second was better: I don’t know why I chose elephants
On the Patch, and I’m not Talking Pumpkins
So…day 1 and a half on the patch. I know what you are thinking….”Bonny, haven’t we been through this before?” Yes. But they say it sometimes take several attempts to quit before you are successful. This will be my fourth. :/ I’m actually doing ok this morning. Last night I was about to declare war
Brilliant or Just Gross? I’m Not Sure
Ok…I have to take time out of my busy schedule to discuss this, because it’s in my brain and I can’t get it out. Anyone who knows me well knows I’m a horror movie buff. I’ve seen just about every one and the ones that I haven’t seen are probably not worth seeing. And
The Most Awesome Cake Ever: Why I Don’t Do Graphic Design Very Often
This is a short little scene I wrote to illustrate why I hate working in advertising design, and why I got out of it. Customer: I need you to bake me a cake. Baker: No problem. What kind of cake? Customer: The most awesome cake ever. Baker:..Ok…Can you be a little more specific? Customer: I
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The Sketchbook
Now this is the area of the website that is the weirdest- bits and pieces of what goes in and out of my mind on a daily basis. I do apologize that some of these images are not of high quality, but sometimes what is in my head is just as blurry and grainy as these images, and as they represent the ebb and flow of whatever is happening in the moment, they are truly nothing more than the bread crumbs tossed in the forest. I hope you enjoy them.
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Gwendolyn Dune
Meet the world’s latest ghosthunter, and she’s only seven years old. Follow her adventures by clicking her photo.
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Inspirations
I like a variety of art and there are many artists that I admire. This is a list of some of my favorites. I hope you enjoy their art as much as I do. I do not pretend to match any of these in talent or by any other means, but I do my humble best. Each one of these artists has played a significant role in how I view my own art. Many are storytellers as well as visual artists, and it is this way of telling a story in pictures that has influenced me the most over the years. Enjoy.
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