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January has been a quiet month once the New Year's celebration was done. I've spent most time in the studio working on the first of four canvasses with a group portrait of 22 people, of which these 2 boys are part of . #art #portraits #multicanvasgroup #MGVM

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Omg

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Finished. Right before 2025 arrived. I hope the woman likes this portrait. My only new resolution for 2025 is to get more MGVM portraits home. Otherwise an unsuspecting nonprofit finds they inherited hundreds of undelivered paintings. #MGVM #painting #art

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Wishing everyone a happy New Year from MGVM! Among the many miracles I've experienced this year, this portrait of Delwyn Javier Lopez Ortiz represents the 250th painting of American gun victims to join Million Gun Victims March. Check out website at https:vilomah.life. #MGVM #portraitart

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By drawing with marker, I'm encouraged to draw as fast as possible, getting an object or even a human figure down in two minutes or less. This loosens my hand when I go paint, and prevents stiffness in execution. #BMI #drawing

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Spent a rainy day at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, or BMI, sketching what caught my eye. My way of drawing practice is inspired by William Hogarth (1697-1764). Everywhere he went, if something caught his eye, out came paper and pen, to be done as fast as he could. #BMI

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Been a quiet few days. Working on a commission portrait. Not the speediest painter there is. Otherwise I've been here a lot. Hope everyone else is having a wonderful beautiful time.

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@eugenebalbierz.bsky.social 5 followers already! Yes, This site is growing like a sunflower by the hour!

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Tell me your stories about health insurance! My essay yesterday brought out many well wishes and similar stories. Have you ever been denied coverage or hit with unexpected bills? DM me here or email: [email protected]. (And please boost!)

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Eventually, a portrait of Brian Thompson will be an interesting addition to MGVM. But it is more important I completed the portrait of Delmyn Lopez Cortiz (1983-2023), recent immigrant, plumber, and father of 7 first. For more forgotten gun victims: vilomah.life 250th Marcher to date.

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More thoughts: So far, despite all the surveillance and physical evidence, our whole country seems to be doing what Skidmore, Missouri did in the shooting death of bully Ken Rex McElroy in 1980. Over 50 witnesses at the scene but "no one saw a thing". No one remembers ever since.

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Thoughts about the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson: That's my healthcare company. This year they were persuaded to pay for my entire dental care. I'm now concerned whether this was at the expense of a child with leukemia. Why can't the U.S. understand the obvious?

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For the final in the Baltimore Museum of Industry series, here's a panel discussion about what workers face, and how they make up 10% of our cities population, my prints donated to the archives, and the rainbow lit crane that greets visitors.

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Some sections of the great mural, led by artist Roberto Mundo that encapsulates the the disaster, the horror, the sudden shattering of dreams , and the expressions of anguish and everlasting love of friends and family.

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The surface of Mars. In 4K.

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Wonderful and heart wrenching exhibition and panel discussion. Took place here at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, which sits beside the edge of Inner Harbor branch of the Patapsco River near downtown.

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On my way to an exciting exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Industry.

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To finish this thread after a couple distractions: the goal of MGVM is to gift original portraits to the arms of loved ones, for them to use any way they want as a tool to transform suffering. I paint forgotten and ignored so they can go home forever.

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No matter how good of a day I had the previous day, I do not be feeling the actual day of these holidays

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To finish this thread after a couple distractions: the goal of MGVM is to gift original portraits to the arms of loved ones, for them to use any way they want as a tool to transform suffering. I paint forgotten and ignored so they can go home forever.

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@paintingforlife.bsky.social It's me, MGVM, if you know what I mean. I've just followed you. Hope you're having a very merry Thanksgiving. I'm here with Zora and Nephew, painting away, and doing housework this afternoon. See you December 3rd?

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The question is, what purpose are these portraits going to provide? It's not right to sell portraits of other people's relatives. The idea of doing that never entered my head.

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All the published statistics hasn't stopped Americans from killing each other with guns, not even mass shootings. What if we all could meet victims face to face? The truth of the catastrophic loss might ram home if we met each one. How do we do that? Here's where artists come in.

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The Million Gun Victims March is an art activist crusade dedicated to painting the forgotten and ignored gun victims of America. Begun in 2013, I have painted 250 portraits, mostly from Baltimore MD, but a few outside my city. Why is there a need to do this?

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