Category: My Stuff

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Re-Do Emyn Muil

Emyn Muil 4/26 Re-do toned from late last summer, very pleased with results.

Was never that happy with initial results, felt it lacked some definition and color tone was WAY off, but always liked the results of the texturing. I “re-stained” the piece with a thin coat of black and wiped away parts hoping to develop the shadow areas and bring out a little more detail. The “moon” was equally disappointing but redoing this section would mean repainting the entire piece, which to me is a “no can do”.

Close up and Happy Mistakes

After trying to rescue an older piece that was beyond a simple re-do, I cut it down and ripped off some of the canvas, ended up throwing away everything but a small piece of canvas. The inside (back) of the canvas is what you see here, the resulting texture is very pleasing…

Emyn Muil detail of the “Moon”, always interesting how one stumbles across Happy Accidents…
Out of Order 2026 – if interested you can bid on this piece at Maryland Art Place Section A #61 or message me

Some past works trying to satisfy my obsession with LOTR Middle Earth…

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Fly me to the Moon

Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars – ver. Frank Sinatra

When the moon hits your eye
Like a big pizza pie, that’s amóre
When the world seems to shine
Like you’ve had too much wine, that’s amóre – ver. Dean Martin

re: the Moon

The Moon has been an important source of inspiration and knowledge in human history, having been crucial to cosmography, mythology, religion, art, time keeping, natural science and spaceflight. An overwhelming majority of my wall based pieces includes a celestial body, round shapes which could or could not be a moon. It functions both as the center point that keeps my pieces organized as well as a starting place for viewers to carry on ;

A few of my faves, will add as i run across my work…

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Love, Lust, Sex & the Artist

Curiosity is the lust of the mind

Favorite Quotes

  • “Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.” — Oscar Wilde
  • “Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.” — Richard P. Feynman
  • “Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.” — John Barrymore
  • “Sex without love is as hollow and ridiculous as love without sex.” — Hunter S. Thompson
  • “The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.” — Leonardo da Vinci
  • “An intellectual is a person who’s found one thing that’s more interesting than sex.” – Aldous Huxley
  • “Love without Lust is just dessert.” – theunartist
  • “Sex and art are the same thing.” Picasso
  • “The difference between sex and love is that sex relieves tension and love causes it.” – Woody Allen
  • “Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.” – George Carlin
  • “A man who asks questions, explores, and adjusts is more attractive than a man who believes he knows everything. Curiosity demonstrates humility and makes her feel like an adventure rather than an obligation”. – unknown

Curiosity is the lust of the mind

“Your imagination is a powerful tool for sexual pleasure, allowing you to create your own stories and understand what turns you on.” — Gina Gutierrez

Here are a few pieces and the photographs are of complete strangers…

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The 3 Body Problem Show

The three-body problem describes the motion of three-point mass particles under their mutual gravitational interactions. This is a classical problem that covers a large range of situations in astrodynamics. An instance of such situations is the motion of the Moon about the Earth under the influence of the Sun.

“3 Body Problem is based on a real math problem that is so complex it’s impossible to solve. The three-body problem is a centuries-old physics question that puzzled Isaac Newton. It describes the orbits of three bodies, like planets or stars, trapped in each other’s gravity.”

“Instead of stabilizing, the third element creates chaos and causes the objects to fly around and interact in completely unpredictable ways — spinning off into space, crashing into each other, or bouncing off one another’s gravitational spheres and careening in completely different directions.”

Novel – The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Netflix – 3 Body Problem series

  • Happy Birthday! @2005 NFS
  • Lost in Translation @2001 NFS
  • Toblerone Tunnel @2024 $175
  • Abstract 1 @2024 $125 SOLD
  • Abstract 2 @2024 $125 SOLD
  • Abstract 3 @2024 $125 SOLD
  • GFY @2024 $175
  • Chunk a Deuce @2024 $175
  • Is that So @2024 $175

Rick Santiago
443-390-6599
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Happy Birthday by Rick Santiago (Not for Sale)
Talk to the Hand
Red Sky
Toblerone Tunnel
Lost in Translation (Not for Sale)

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Out of Order 2024

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The River Okeanos – Out of Order 2024

My piece at the Out of Order Show by Maryland Art Place. Opening Reception Friday April 19, 2024. Big thanks again to MAP, this marks my 20th year participating at OOO!!! On a side note, works from 2004 through 2009 were exceptional but eats gradually went downhill after 2007! However, the open bar and food has vastly improved since 2016, if that makes any difference. (I have to confess, one year when there was a weird mix of eats, I picked up a nice looking cupcake but completely dropped it, it was a very moist cupcake, I think I just walked away.)

About – In the ancient Greek cosmogony the RIVER OKEANOS (Oceanus) was a great, fresh-water stream which encircled the flat disc of the earth… read more

Art – “The River Okeanos” is fabric applied on wood and acrylic paints, 32″ x 16″. This particular piece can be hung vertically as well as horizontally. There is an applied finish, so most stains can be wiped off with damp cloth or sponge.

Sold but not at Out of Order, modified 11/11/2024

If you have any question or comments message me at 443-390-6599

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Out of Order v. 2023

On a personal note, my piece sold at the Maryland Art Place, Out of Order April 22, 2023 exhibit!!! Always a fun time seeing familiar faces as well as meeting the strange and unusual. I like this piece but I was so late in the game that I didn’t have the extra time to just look, stare and possibly put a shine on this one but still glad it found a new home. Wood, Acrylics, Gold & Silver Leaf, Mixed Media, 3D

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