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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · 6d

The stars are the apexes of what wonderful triangles!

- Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Marion Sampler, Untitled (Flag), 1965
Oil on linen
48 x 48 ins

#art #africanamericanartist #thoreau #walden #quote

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · 13d

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · 13d

What I loved in my old life —
I haven’t forgotten —
it lives in my spine.”

― Leonard Cohen

John Wilfred Outterbridge, Sculpted Form, 1962
Mixed media on panel
33.5 x 11.5 ins

#spine #art #quote #leonardcohen #africanamericanart

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · 20d

There is a timbre of voice
that comes from not being heard
and knowing you are not being
heard noticed only
by others not heard
for the same reason.
- Audre Lorde

Zanele Muholi • Khwezi, Songhai Porto Novo, Benin • 2015
Silver gelatin print
19.7 x 13.4 inches

#audrelorde #portrait #zanelemuholi

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · 27d

I'd like to peek into the drawing room, where you sometimes see only an open door into yet another room beyond the drawing room.

― Nikolai Gogol

Robert Kelly, Santuario II, 1990
Oil on canvas
72 x 52 ins

#art #opendoor #sanctuary

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · Sep 20

It’s always been in between the things I thought I was doing that the real work has happened.
- William Kentridge

William Kentridge, Dutch Iris II, circa 1993
Etching & aquatint on vellum
42.7 x 23.3 ins
Edition 2/30

#art #flowers #bloomscrolling #williamkentridge

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · Sep 13

As sure as night is dark and day is light
I keep you on my mind both day and night
And happiness I've known proves that it's right
Because you're mine, I walk the line

Johnny Cash

Frederick Hammersley, Under On
1976-1977
Oil on linen
32 x 32 inches

#art #johnnycash #walktheline

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · Sep 6

“I carry from my mother’s womb
A fanatic heart.”
- W.B. Yeats

Suzanne Jackson
"Womb", circa 1970
Acrylic wash on canvas
16 x 12 ins

#art #wbyeats #poetry #womb #heart

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · Aug 30

Everything that shows up in your mandala
is a vehicle for your awakening.
From this point of view,
awakening is right at your fingertips continually.
- Pema Chodron

Lenore Tawney, Untitled (Mandala), 1971
Mixed media on paper, collaged on paper
9.5 x 6 in
#art #inspiration #pemachodron #mandala

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · Aug 23

May you have walls for the winds, a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire, laughter to cheer you, those you love near you, and all your heart might desire.
- Irish blessing

Ken Price, Untitled (Green Cup), ca. 1976
Glazed & painted ceramic
3.75h x 4w x 3d ins

#art #ceramics #cup #kenprice #green

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · Aug 16

It doesn't matter
whether you're the lion
or the gazelle,
when the sun comes up,
you'd better be running.

- African Proverb

Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith, Arlee Series # 6, 1982
Pastel & crayon on paper
30 x 22 inches

#art #inspirationalquote #nativeamericanart #proverb #animals

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · Aug 9

Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.

- Walter Isaacson

Sam Gilliam • Untitled (Yellow Shapes), 2001
Silkscreen on paper
27.5 x 40.5 inches

#samgilliam #art #africanamericanart #yellow

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · Aug 2

You're much too much, and just too very very To ever be, to ever be in Webster’s Dictionary And so I'm borrowing a love song from the birds To tell you that you're marvelous Too marvelous for words.

Richard Yarde, Billie Holiday, 1994
Watercolor on paper
15.5 x 13.25 inches (image)

#billieholiday

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · Jul 26

What’s Black and White and Red all over?
- Classic American Riddle
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Claude Lawrence • Untitled
Acrylic on paper
18 x 24 ins
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#art #africanamericanart

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · Jul 19

“It was like looking at a knot, knowing it was a knot, but not knowing how to untie it. I had no map for this life.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Chains
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Melvin Edwards • Untitled • ca. 1974
Watercolor & ink on paper
24 x 18 ins
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#africanamericanart

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · Jul 12

And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold,
And the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold.

from Recuerdo by Edna St Vincent Millay

Ken Price, Tona Bowl
ca. 1976
Glazed & painted ceramic
4 x 6.625 x 6.625 ins

#art #newmexicoart #ceramic #cup #gold #kenprice

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · Jul 5

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against,
but it does not make me angry.
It merely astonishes me.
How can any deny themselves
the pleasure of my company?
It’s beyond me.
- Zora Neale Hurston

Romare Bearden, Storyville: A New Tune, ca. 1980
Mixed media collage
6 x 9 ins

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · Jun 28

My storehouse having burnt down,
nothing obscures the view
of the bright moon.
- Bashô

Florence Miller Pierce US, 1918-2007
Untitled (Triangle with Eclipse), 1985
Resin Relief
35 x 35 x 35 x 2d inches

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · Jun 21

Nothing in human philosophy persists more strangely than the
old belief that God is always on the side of those who have the
most revolvers.
from A Revolver by Carl Sandburg

Stuart Davis
REVOLVER, 1925
Ink on paper
9.75 x 15 ins

#modernism #art #revolver

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · Jun 14

I prove a theorem and the house expands:
the windows jerk free to hover near the ceiling,
the ceiling floats away with a sigh.

from Geometry by RIta Dove

Wilfred Zogbaum
Untitled, circa 1936
Oil on canvas
15.875 x 19.75 ins

#modernart #poetry #geometry

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · Jun 7

Here and there, I've turned a stone
But the mountain hasn't moved
I've only turned a lighter shade of blue.

- Shelby Lynne

Cady Wells US, 1904-1954
Blue Study, 1947
Watercolor on paper
19.375 x 13.25 ins

#art #blue #newmexicoartist #modernism

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · May 31

Listen to the air. You can hear it, feel it, smell it, taste it. Woniya wakan—the holy air—which renews all by its breath. Woniya—we feel it between us, as a presence.
- Lame Deer

Lee Mullican,
Entrance of the Cloud Fathers, 1980
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 in

#art #newmexicoartist

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · May 24

Jazz to me is the tom-tom of revolt against weariness in a white world, a world of subway trains, and work, work, work; the tom-tom of joy and laughter, and pain swallowed in a smile. Langston Hughes

Haywood Bill Rivers, 1922-2001
Composition with Movement Interiors, 1953
Oil on canvas
35 x 31 in

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · May 17

Know what sparks the light in you. Then use that light to illuminate the world.
-Oprah Winfrey

Nanette Carter US, b. 1954
Untitled (Fire Water Series), 1989
Oil stick on collaged paper
48 x 32 inches

#oprahwinfrey
#art

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aaronpaynefineart @aaronpaynefineart.bsky.social · May 10

We are kneeling at the rivers edge and tempting
All the steps to follow closer right behind
Is it only when you feel a part is empty
That it's gnawing at the corners of your mind?

Frank Wimberley, ALL BLUES, 1986
Acrylic and collage on Rives BFK Grey
31.5 x 23.5 ins

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