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Bobby Padilla
Nov 214 min read
Put a Little Love in your Heart/Art
Right up front, I'm a Grumpy Gus. I'm short tempered, impatient, and generally mumble my displeasure a number of things around me. I'm...
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Bobby Padilla
Oct 45 min read
Faced with having to explain myself.
Faced with having to explain myself, 2022 By Bobby Padilla Acrylic on canvas, 12"x18" Untitled, 1990 By Bobby Padilla Oil on canvas,...
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Bobby Padilla
Jun 75 min read
Partners in Sublime
Painting with Light, 1949 Pablo Picasso and Kjun Mili I teach classes in the Creative Workshop at the Memorial Art Gallery at The...
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Bobby Padilla
Mar 274 min read
I Still See Light (Eclipse 2024)
I Still See Light, Eclipse 2024, 2024 By Bobby Padilla Acrylic and Ink on Strathmore Heavyweight Paper, 18"x24" (preliminary art for...
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Bobby Padilla
Jan 166 min read
2023…What is Done is Done
Happy New Year! For the first blog post of year, I like to review my completed art pieces from the prior year. I find it’s a good way to...
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Bobby Padilla
Dec 10, 20232 min read
A Holiday Greeting (originally posted 12/20/19)
Santa Reading the Mail, 1935 By Norman Rockwell Oil on Canvas Keeping this one short and sweet like cookies and milk, or even better hot...
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Bobby Padilla
Nov 19, 20238 min read
A Shameless Plug, While Plugging Away
A still from the RPS merch page As the title implies, this is a shameless plug. Over the summer, Roc Paint Sip launched a merch page with...
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Bobby Padilla
Sep 7, 20234 min read
A Whole Equals Two Halves
Amore Enternos, 2023 By Bobby Padilla Acrylic and gold leaf on Masonite, 20"x24" One of the rudimentary concepts in art and design is...
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Bobby Padilla
Jul 30, 20235 min read
Product Review (Blog Supplemental) Arteza Acrylic Paint
Right off the bat, let me say that I did not receive free products from the manufacturer in exchange for this review. That would have...
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Bobby Padilla
May 23, 20234 min read
A Hot Take That’s Probably Blue
Image from the Cassiopeia Super Nova exploding 340 million years ago taken from the James Webb Telescope Anyone who’s seen my work knows...
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Bobby Padilla
Mar 11, 20234 min read
Hearts Abound
Heart, 2021 By Bobby Padilla Mixed media on Masonite, 6"x6" Heart, 2021 By Bobby Padilla Mixed media on Masonite, 6"x6" As previously...
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Bobby Padilla
Jan 29, 20236 min read
2022 - What’s Done is Done
Happy New Year! For the second year now, I like to commit January’s post to the review of the paintings I accomplished in the prior year....
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Bobby Padilla
Dec 20, 20223 min read
The Piece of Me That Wishes Peace to Thee
Peace, 2017 (included in the Roc Paint Sip catalog) By Bobby Padilla Acrylic on canvas, 16"x20 With the holidays upon us, no heavy...
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Bobby Padilla
Nov 17, 20226 min read
A Lit Path
A recent photo taken at sunrise as I was walking my pup Gillespie. It’s been an interesting Fall, in a good way. When the path as an...
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Bobby Padilla
Oct 1, 20225 min read
Fate ≥ Faith ≠ Mercy
F8 ≥ F8th ≠ Mercy, 2022 By Bobby Padilla Mixed media on plywood, 15"x24" I recently finished a painting that maybe you saw posted on...
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Bobby Padilla
Aug 12, 20223 min read
Dog Days
The constellation Sirius The brightest star in our solar system, approximately 2 times greater than our sun, is Sirius (Canis Majoris),...
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Bobby Padilla
Jul 11, 20226 min read
Hugging Smoke (Little Anniversaries)
The Bike Patrol, 2018 By Jim Daly Giclee, 22" x 28" At some point in your childhood, you went outside to play for the last time, and...
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Bobby Padilla
Jun 11, 20225 min read
The Current State of Fatherhood Daydreams
Brothers in Strum (Corazon), 2020 By Bobby Padilla Acrylic on gold leaf, 16" x 20" Oh, the things we wish for our children. Outside of...
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Bobby Padilla
May 12, 20224 min read
Artists in the Kitchen
Artist's Kitchen, 2018 By Jecek Yerka Mixed media Summer Kitchen, 2018 By Jecek Yerka Mixed media Confusion in the Kitchen, 2019 By Jecek...
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Bobby Padilla
Apr 17, 20226 min read
What If They Weren’t Artists
Artists are so much more than their art. The old stereotype of the “struggling artist” endures because it accurately describes the...
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