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Title: Beyond the Pale, pencil on illustration board, 32” x 40”

Its strange what one feels when completing a major drawing like this. You would think it would be a happy time but instead it’s a mixture of relief, regret, satisfaction and disappointment. As in all my work I’ve strived for perfection only to realize once again it’s not going to happen, but as long as I still strive it’s worth it. Yet there is a certain satisfaction with a job well done, what was only a concept a little more than a year ago is now a reality, real flesh and graphite

“Beyond the Pale” is an old expression meaning beyond the boundary, beyond the accepted norm, A pale was a wooden stake placed as a marker indicating a property line. The subject in this piece is a dreamer, a bohemian, left-thinking, artist-type whose views where once a part of our culture and now are discarded along with lava lamps, black lights and bell bottoms. His old, like-minded comrades are now attorneys and bankers who have become of the same money-changing ilk they once all spoke against so many years ago. Yet he stuck to his beliefs, still yearning for “death to the machine” and continuing to desperately claw away from the system he has fought against all these years. Self-portrait? …Maybe.

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Armin Mersmann
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~Paul2960 Jun 1, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Scary real!, Wow..........
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`nimra Jun 3, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
:)
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~N1KK1-A Mar 21, 2013
Not only is your drawing simply fantastic but your description is riveting! I can't possibly describe how much I love this!!
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`nimra Mar 21, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
thank you!
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~N1KK1-A Mar 21, 2013
You are very welcome!! :happybounce:
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~Koyukionna Jan 31, 2013   Artisan Crafter
A man after my own heart, and a positively beautiful portrait. The real him shines through.
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~ZuhaLoveMusic Nov 23, 2012  Student Interface Designer
oh my...u're the greatest in realistic genre. I wish to know ur name.
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Mood: Amazed ~AlexWazHere Nov 15, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Wow!! Your work is amazing :squee: !!
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*Shelfcloud Oct 25, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
When I hear the music of Toto, then I think of this drawing. Don't ask me why, but some expression of Steve Lukather is shining through.
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`nimra Oct 26, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
don't know much about Toto except my hero Ian Anderson has worked with them quite a bit, actually seeing Ian on Saturday at the State Theater in Detroit a grand old place to see a grand old dude...doing thick as a brick one and two
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