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“Sitting Ducks”, oil, 16” x 20”, “I’m a peach tree jumper with rain in my shoes...” #classicalrealism #stillifepainting #paintanyway #contemporaryrealism #fineart #oilpainting #interiordesign #artgallery #creativeuprising #postcontemporaryart #instaartist #boldbrush #realnotreal #poetsartists #shawnsullivan #beautifulbizarre #birdart #humorousart #newyorkartists #longislandartist https://www.instagram.com/p/B0YWKU9nQ8O/?igshid=1q8mld32x1xot

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Completed color wash for “Test Results”, oil, 8” x 10”, “so I cut off my hair and I rode straight away ...” #classicalrealism #stillifepainting #paintanyway #contemporaryrealism #fineart #oilpainting #interiordesign #artgallery #creativeuprising #postcontemporaryart #instaartist #boldbrush #realnotreal #poetsartists #shawnsullivan #beautifulbizarre #birdart #newyorkartist #longislandartist https://www.instagram.com/p/B0D5i7YnmP2/?igshid=gh5vvsctrw9e

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“Anti-Social”, oil, 16” x 20”, check out bio for more info, “I close my eyes, and fly out of my mind into the fire...” #classicalrealism #stillifepainting #fromlife #interiordesign #instaartist #boldbrush #birdart #realnotreal #poetsartists #beautifulbizarre #birdpainter #humorousart #newyorkartist #longislandartists #newyorkartgalleries https://www.instagram.com/p/BzvFxKDHEKj/?igshid=arkpibw5b81b

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Completed color wash for “Easy Money”, oil, 8” x 10”, “Just a simple flower, so small and plain, with a pearly hue and a little known name...” #classicalrealism #creativeuprising #stillifepainting #artgallery #paintanyway #postcontemporaryart #poetsartists #instaartist #instaart #oilpainting #birdart #boldbrush #beautifulbizarre #moneymoneymoney #shawnsullivan #contemporyrealism https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzqxqe7HuAF/?igshid=1ur45z0qrwoia

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Thanks to Bowersock Gallery for selling my painting “Identity Crisis” as part of the”Modern Male” exhibit. My wife and I enjoyed attending the opening. #bowersockgallery #modernmale #classicalrealism #stillifepainting #postcontemporaryart #poetsartists #beautifulbizarre #boldbrush #shawnsullivan #instaartist #paintanyway #provincetown #birdart https://www.instagram.com/p/BzkrFIXnxmU/?igshid=1xoi48rex613y

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There’s still time to check out the “5x 5” show at Abend gallery through July 6. I still have a few available, including this one “Friendly Skies”,oil, 5” x 5”. Thanks to David Ethridge of Abend Gallery and Didi Menendez of PoetsArtists! “But the dawn is breaking, it’s early morn, the taxi’s waitin, he’s blowin his horn...” #classicalrealism #stillifepainting #paintanyway #contemporyrealism #fineart #oilpainting #interiordesign #artgallery #creativeuprising #postcontemporaryart #instaartist #boldbrush #realnotreal #poetsartists #shawnsullivan #beautifulbizarre #birdart #abendgallery #denverart https://www.instagram.com/p/BzNeooUHrgf/?igshid=vn26d8xujinu

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Latest three hour pose from the Tuesday night drawing club. #classicalrealism #instaartist #postcontemporaryart #figuredrawing #fineart #boldbrush #model #pencildrawing #artgallery #classicaldrawing #tuesdaynightdrawingclub #shawnsullivan https://www.instagram.com/p/BzLpwKpnXer/?igshid=rypraiv29p52

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“Chicken Fight”, 16” x 20”, oil. “You play with my world, like it’s your little toy...” #classicalrealism #stillifepainting #paintanyway #contemporyrealism #fineart #oilpainting #interiordesign #artgallery #creativeuprising #postcontemporaryart #instaartist #boldbrush #realnotreal #poetsartists #shawnsullivan #beautifulbizarre #birdart https://www.instagram.com/p/By-GbT8H4_k/?igshid=13cf8ttalioti

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“Hamlet”, oil, 8” x 10”, “oh, the heart has no bones, you say, so it won’t break...” #classicalrealism #stillifepainting #paintanyway #contemporyrealism #fineart #oilpainting #interiordesign #artgallery #creativeuprising #postcontemporaryart #instaartist #boldbrush #realnotreal #poetsartists #shawnsullivan #beautifulbizarre #birdart https://www.instagram.com/p/BysHtxjnAjW/?igshid=pv95umv0c4ne

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Here’s the last one of my little paintings available at Abend Gallery’s “5 x 5 Project” exhibit. “Surprise”, oil on panel”I was thinking about turquoise I was thinking about gold...” #classicalrealism #stillifepainting #paintanyway #contemporyrealism #fineart #oilpainting #interiordesign #artgallery #creativeuprising #postcontemporaryart #instaartist #instaartist #boldbrush #realnotreal #poetsartists #shawnsullivan #beautifulbizarre #birdart #abendgallery #denverart https://www.instagram.com/p/Byarx4PA8xp/?igshid=kq9b2yg55y7t

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Another small painting for Abend Gallery’s “5 x 5 Project” exhibit. “Friendly Skies”, oil on panel, “and lightness has a call that’s hard to hear...” #classicalrealism #stillifepainting #paintanyway #contemporaryrealism #fineart #oilpainting #interiordesign #artgallery #creativeuprising #postcontemporaryart #instaartist #boldbrush #realnotreal #poetsartists #shawnsullivan #beautifulbizarre #birdart #abendgallery #denverart #heydidi https://www.instagram.com/p/ByXW_41nKNv/?igshid=1stmp13niddsv

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Here’s another small fry painting for Abend Gallery’s “5 x 5 Project” exhibit, 6/8-7/6 “Hang Four”, “I have watched you on the shore, standing by the oceans roar...” #classicalrealism #stillifepainting #paintanyway #contemporyrealism #fineart #oilpainting #interiordesign #artgallery #creativeuprising #postcontemporaryart #instaartist #boldbrush #realnotreal #poetsartists #shawnsullivan #beautifulbizarre #birdart #abendgallery #denverart #heydidi https://www.instagram.com/p/ByUyNb_n9ok/?igshid=1oiugwpkpwkag

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Here’s another painting that will be in the Abend Gallery’s “5x5 Project”, “Brush With Death”, oil, 5” x 5”. Thanks to David Ethridge and Didi Menendez! “He’ll come to your house but he won’t stay long...” #classicalrealism #stillifepainting #paintanyway #contemporyrealism #fineart #oilpainting #interiordesign #artgallery #creativeuprising #postcontemporaryart #instaartist #boldbrush #realnotreal #poetsartists #shawnsullivan #birdart #abendgallery #denverart https://www.instagram.com/p/ByPofYsHBs4/?igshid=lkm7sptgykx8

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My painting “Trick Shot”, oil, 5”x5” on cradled panel (the sides are painted too!) will be included in the “5x5” Project exhibit at Abend gallery, along with four other of my small paintings, June 8- July 6, reception June 8, 6-8 p.m. Thanks to Didi Menendez of PoetsArtists and David Ethridge of Abend Gallery! “Raisin it up, waxin it down, in a little white box that I can sell uptown...”#classicalrealism #stillifepainting #paintanyway #contemporyrealism #fineart #oilpainting #interiordesign #artgallery #creativeuprising #postcontemporaryart #instaartist #boldbrush #realnotreal #poetsartists #shawnsullivan #beautifulbizarre #birdart #wascallywabbit #abendgallery #denverart https://www.instagram.com/p/ByH_Ewqndhl/?igshid=141m5j6zo88lb

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I’m re-posting “Still Life with Game” to announce that this painting will be part of the exhibit “Go Wild” at Gormleys Fine Art, in Dublin, Ireland. The exhibit was curated by Conor Walton and organized by Didi Menendez of PoetsArtists magazine. Show runs June 6-27, and then moves to Belfast, July 21-August 6. “So meet me by the bridge, meet me by the lane...” #classicalrealism #stillifepainting #paintanyway #contemporyrealism #fineart #oilpainting #interiordesign #artgallery #creativeuprising #postcontemporaryart #instaartist #boldbrush #realnotreal #poetsartists #shawnsullivan #beautifulbizarre #boldbrush #birdart #wascallywabbit https://www.instagram.com/p/ByFXobRHtVJ/?igshid=r4rpme5kxmys

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“Still Life with Game”, oil, 16” x 20” x 1.5”, “Oh, we make one another cry, break a heart then we say goodbye...” #classicalrealism #stillifepainting #paintanyway #contemporaryrealism #fineart #oilpainting #interiordesign #artgallery #creativeuprising #postcontemporaryart #instaartist #boldbrush #realnotreal #poetsartists #shawnsullivan #beautifulbizarre #birdart #wascallywabbits https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx2W79XHguz/?igshid=oqsfj132hmun

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Here’s the finished pic of “Going Places”, oil, 8” x 10”, “With dream comfort memory to spare, and in my mind I still need a place to go...” #classicalrealism #stillifepainting #paintanyway #contemporyrealism #fineart #oilpainting #interiordesign #artgallery #creativeuprising #postcontemporaryart #instaartist #boldbrush #realnotreal #poetsartists #shawnsullivan #beautifulbizarre #birdart https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxj-uUdAdKq/?igshid=1g4760ri0az1b