Hi Denis I haven't talked to you in so long. Your work is looking wonderful as always.

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Incredible. My mind is blown at how much detail is in these paintings. I can hardly believe they're paintings!

I've just read your fine Broad Street Studio Interview mate and a few things jumped out at me..:

Besides the fact that you are especially skilled at your craft, you are also especially well read, eloquent and above all intimately aware of your space and place.

Your words triggered feelings of sadness, admiration and inspired contemplation.

The sadness is in the knowledge that your Darfur art has "drawn over two million 'site hits' and dozens of blog commentaries" and even with that type of awareness these shocking atrocities still happen to millions of people each day - we are a shameful world community.

The admiration comes from your dedication, care and determination to not just make art, but to create memorable studies that live with the viewer for days after seeing the work.

The contemplation? Certainly from your humility and your clear-headed determination to raise awareness of the issues you champion.

But I believe it goes even further than that.

In the world of art today, there is a growing tendency to produce fast, easy commercial eye-candy that is wrenched from the womb of Photoshop and the need for instant fame, recognition and gratification. It seems that many new artists are not wanting to actually learn their craft, but they rather want to be better than those around them - come hell or high water. Many artistic skills of today seem to be based more on 'instant' as opposed to "artistic merit and understanding"

So what has this got to do with your art? Well, here's hoping some of the newer artists out there actually notice that although your work is making comments on the quick, easy, commercial, cheap and dowdy aspects of our global village you are using the time-honoured techniques of study, endless practice, inventive dedication and passion..

Dear Denis, from what you have experienced with galleries and tendencies of owners and their clients, do people pick pieces according to the Technical Skill or are they looking for a particular theme.. or political/sociological meaning? Regarding traditional art.

Have you ever thought about painting the "Magic Bean" sculpture in Millennium Park in Chicago? It's a mirror polished bean shaped sculpture. It would give you an absolute MYRIAD of detail to contend with, but the interplay of the reflections of all the people, and buildings, and the sky is really unique.

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"And I'm never real,
it's just a sketch of me,
and everything I made is trite and cheap,
and a waste,
of paint,
and tape,
and time" - Conor Obherst

Wow. You're amazing. What I don't understand is why you don't have a DD yet. :c

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Where'd those new paintings go? I've been busy trying to come up with something erudite-sounding to say about them.

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Where did two diptychs go?

Your work is absolutely impeccable! Can't wait to see more!