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Bobby Padilla
Mar 13, 20224 min read
Ladies of Influence
Self portrait Along the Borderline Between the US and Mexico, 1932 Frieda Kahlo Oil on metal March is Women’s History Month which is also...
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Bobby Padilla
Feb 20, 20224 min read
What is Seen, Not Seen, and What is Felt
Melissa's Fire (from the Roc Paint Sip catalog), 2018 By Bobby Padilla Acrylic on canvas, 16” x 20" As I was recently playing with my...
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Bobby Padilla
Jan 23, 20227 min read
The Paintings of 2021
I’m starting 2022 with a look back at the paintings I finished in 2021, and a blog is a good forum for just that. I know it’s a little...
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Bobby Padilla
Dec 22, 20213 min read
A Very Puppy Christmas
Gillespie, our newest family member After many tepid conversations over the last couple years, amid a bunny occupation that lasted 7 plus...
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Bobby Padilla
Nov 23, 20214 min read
Native Roots
Sacred Manned, 2017 By Jerry Ingram Limited edition print Thanksgiving is upon us, but a lesser-known fact is November is American Indian...
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Bobby Padilla
Oct 28, 20213 min read
Glances at the Macabre - Halloween 2021 Edition
Halloween is at the end of the week and people will be celebrating all things creepy, scary, and the like. Just like any other theme you...
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Bobby Padilla
Sep 24, 20218 min read
What A Summer It Wasn’t
Us, (25th Wedding Anniversary) , 2020 By Bobby Padilla Mixed media on canvas, 20” x 28” I took the summer off from blogging, not that...
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Bobby Padilla
May 29, 20215 min read
Postcards from the Pandemic XIV (Resolutions)
Wilkes Barre Scranton Railriders @ Rochester Red Wings Frontier Stadium May 22, 2021 The sun has risen on a new day! Slowly a return to...
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Bobby Padilla
Apr 25, 20215 min read
Nameworthy Efforts Deserving of a Title
Untitled - Flor de Pascua, 1921 By MC Escher Illustration For those setting out on their journey of a lifetime and have made the...
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Bobby Padilla
Mar 18, 20213 min read
Spring, Rebirth, Resurgence, and a Vote to move New Year’s to March
Rebirth, 1908 By Odilon Redon Oil on Canvas, 18" x 40" It’ll never happen I know, but shouldn’t New Years be in March to align with the...
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Bobby Padilla
Feb 15, 20217 min read
Postcards from the Pandemic XIV (The Anatomy of a Blog Post)
Sight of Termination, 1984 By Zdzislaw Beksinski Oil on canvas To say what a difference a year makes would be an understatement. All the...
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Bobby Padilla
Jan 15, 20216 min read
All That Inspires Is All That is Required
Return of the Sun, 1985 By Odd Nerdum Oil on Canvas If only things could change that quickly. Just because the hands of the clock join...
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Bobby Padilla
Dec 16, 20204 min read
Postcards from the Pandemic XIII (Holiday Season 2020 Edition)
Holly Peace (from the RPS catalog), 2017 By Bobby Padilla Acrylic on canvas, 16” x 20” Well, here we are with the holidays upon us....
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Bobby Padilla
Nov 25, 20203 min read
Postcards from the Pandemic XII ( A Thankful Focus)
It’s Thanksgiving and clearly not like any Thanksgiving I ever had in my 50 years. It’s different for everyone, at least it should be. An...
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Bobby Padilla
Nov 17, 20205 min read
Postcards from the Pandemic XI (A Dream Hastened)
Langston Hughes, 2017 By Makeba Rainey Open Edition Print Langston Hughes wrote a famous poem back in 1951. It was written with a...
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Bobby Padilla
Nov 1, 20205 min read
Your Voice Through Echoing Nightmares or Wet Sand in the Hourglass
Still life with Hourglass, Pencase and Print, 1647 By Garrit Dou Oil on board, 16" x 23" How’s that for a Halloween blogpost title. Is...
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Bobby Padilla
Oct 13, 20207 min read
Postcards from the Pandemic IX (Tales of the Masked Shepherds of Fall)
Classroom Scene, 1946 By William Henry Johnson Mixed media It’s been about three weeks into the 20-21 school year, yet another season in...
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Bobby Padilla
Sep 10, 20203 min read
Umbrellas - Demystified
Isolate Reflections, 2019 By Bobby Padilla Acrylic on canvas, 12” x 18” (framed) I believe everyone at some point has had a reoccurring...
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Bobby Padilla
Aug 10, 20202 min read
Postcards from the Pandemic VIII (Urban Art and All that is Dreamt)
One of the more enjoyable summer activities for a lot of folks here in Rochester, as I imagine in most communities, is the assortment of...
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Bobby Padilla
Jul 20, 20206 min read
Postcards from the Pandemic VII (The Hollow Tribunal of Thumbs)
Thumbs Up Man, 2018 By Clayton Kashuba Digital Painting Remembering back to when I was in college, in particular the time I spent at...
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