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a man on the left holds up his hands while a rounded creature representing time closes in on him towards the center of the painting. On the left hand side of the picture, a seated female is seen from behind and a head with an bifurcated antler in its forehead floats towards her from above. A vague landscape is higher up in the picture plane and in the background. Yellow dominates this painting. — "Snot Burglar" 68 " x 63 " oil painting on heavy-weight cotton canvas, 2017

A central female figure looks to the right, past a chair that is in front of a tree trunk. A man climbs the tree trunk with a rope as he tries to place a hoop on a branch. In the middle ground, a giant naked woman moves to the left, behind a couple playing catch near a crouched figure who, looking down, tries to pay it forward with the flip of a coin. — "West of the Fields" 24 " x 46 " colored pencil on frosted acetate, 2017

Two main actors occupy different views of the same environment. One man, in the bottom left corner, bends down to draw a square around him. Another man, to the left of middle, struggles to maintain balance, but head tips over heals. Plan drawings, isometric and renderings of a home help inform the space. — "Psoas" 40 " x 24 " colored pencils on frosted acetate, 2016

a property line bisects vertically, buffetting a drawinage wave and rodent eye against striated farmland and contributing firmament. The house design with various plans, projections, and presentational views belongs to the left rectangle. — "Break Me Apart" 10 " x 8 " drawing with graphite and colored pencil on medium weight cotton paper, 2015

A psycological scene of semi-reality: A man points to the viewer, a woman worries her face into her hands as she walks on a varigated ground plane. A mannish boy grabs hold of a long, overarching female demigod who drizzles round things to the plane below. A ballplayer chases after one, glove outstretched. — "Backscru33er Print" 9 " x 6 " Intaglio on Heavyweight Rives/BFK, 2014

A ground view of a mature Southern Catalpa at Antelop Park. There is a frisbee stuck up in the limbs. — "Catalpa" 5 " x 7 " Drypoint on Heavyweight Rives/BFK, 2014

Sandhill cranes come to roost in the sandbars along tributaries to the Platte. Honking as they come in. — "In the Sandhills" 5 " x 4 " intaglio on Heavyweight Twinrocker, 2014

Viewed from above a man bends at the waist, one hand anchored on a bent knee, the other reaching for the ground in front. — "reachin" 5 " x 4 " intaglio, chine colle on Gampi Torinoko, 2014

"A Street Construction" 10 " x 8 " red colored pencil on medium-weight cotton paper, 2013
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"A Street Pump House" 10 " x 8 " graphite, watercolor on hot-press watercolor paper, 2013

"Ditch" 9 1/4 " x 7 1/2 " graphite on medium-weight cotton paper, 2013

"Florins" 9 1/4 " x 7 1/2 " colored pencil on light-weight cotton paper, 2013

"Playing Frogger" 10 " x 8 " graphite on Kozo paper, 2013

"Quantum Bubble" 13 1/2 " x 10 " graphite on Bristol paper, 2013

"Yoink Dit-Dah" 10 " x 8 " graphite on light-weight Arches paper, 2013

"Check Limit" 10 " x 8 " graphite on light-weight Arches paper, 2013
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A veiw of Papago Park looking North, northwest from a nearby picnic area. — "Plein Air - Papago Park" 10 " x 8 " colored pencil, ink on lightweight arches, 2012

"Backscru33er" 10 " x 8 " graphite on medium-weight cotton paper, 2012

"Childish Things" 9 1/4 " x 7 1/2 " watercolor pencil on frosted acetate, 2012

"Something From Your Life" 9 1/4 " x 7 1/2 " graphite on medium-weight cotton paper, 2012

Collection of plates drawn for collaborative project with Matt Boland. — "Dillon Ate The Sun Collection (10 plates)" 18 " x 24 " litho crayon on aluminum plate, 2011

A bright red maple shows its fall color amidst paler leaves and grasses above a spillway in Antelope Park — "Plein Air - Antelope Park - Red Tree" 5.25 " x 5.25 " watercolor, ink on heavyweight watercolor paper (4deckles), 2011

"Chadder Walker" 17 " x 11 " colored pencil on light-weight cotton paper, 2011

Referencing the Child Ballad 'Jellon Grame' figures revolve around a tree in the silver wood where Jellon Grame killed his pregnant mistress. Nine maids raised the child and they are all shown in this convergence of time. The son killed Jellon Grame in this place, I chose to show him hung to death. — "Pucker Fuss" 48 " x 33 " oil on cotton canvas, 2010

Two Water Towers whose flattend, spherical bladders are raise approximately 100 feet off the ground, supported by four large, tubular legs and wire rigging. The blue grey paint reflects the sunset — "Athens Water Towers" 7 " x 7 " oil on canvas, 2010

A short haired lady looks over her shoulder at the view as workers and shysters toil in the background. Cliffs and gunners swirl in the background and foreground. — "Chimi Churro" 36 " x 24 " conte on white heavyweight cotton Rives/BFK, 2010

Black, white, and desaturated yellow, magenta, and orange define objects in a shallow space against a deep space. A hockey puck, owl parts, and Ms. Pac Man characters emerge. — "Ms. Pac-Man Night Party" 36 " x 24 " ink, colored pencil on heavy-weight Rives/BFK, 2010

A man crawls dangerously on the ground next to a bald woman who stares at herself in a pocket televisor — "The Surprise of Boundless Temerity" 36 " x 24 " conte on heavy-weight cotton paper, 2010

"Outside Cortona" 17 " x 11 " watercolor on heavy-weight watercolor paper, 2009

a skeletal robed man rides a dna strand wearing birkenstocks. Main thrusts of easy diagonals intersect a soup of lines and forms — "Biological Imp Recto" 9 " x 7.5 " colored pencil, ink on frosted acetate, 2008
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a skeletal robed man rides a dna strand wearing birkenstocks. Main thrusts of easy diagonals intersect a soup of lines and forms. The chicken is on this side. — "Biological Imp Verso" 9 " x 7.5 " colored pencil, ink on frosted acetate, 2008

Centrally composed with black lines and ominous red in the sky, a female reclines against a tree that a man peers from behind. — "Persephone Cans Kicked Recto" 9 " x 7.5 " ink, colored pencil on frosted acetate, 2008

A gate in the bottom right hand corner leads the view of a curled female near a tree, and a male peers from behind. Set in an open field landscape with a Hardee's sign in the distance. — "Persephone Cans Kicked Verso" 9 " x 7.5 " ink, colored pencil, marker on frosted acetate, 2008

Seen from above, a female lays near the base of a tree while a kneeling man in a white sleeveles shirt presents a bundle to her. A purple floating head is in the bottom right corner and a blue skull above that. The left side is framed with embryonic marks and words "Make a Mark" and "Hairy Allen Media Assassin". — "Persephone Discomfort Recto" 9 " x 7.5 " ink, colored pencil, marker on frosted acetate, 2008

A female lays in the center with a man presenting a bundle and a boner. She is inbetween wake and sleep and her head is at the top of the frame near the base of a tree. Floating heads and words fill the left and right sides respectively. — "Persephone Discomfort Verso" 9 " x 7.5 " ink, colored pencil, marker on frosted acetate, 2008

A startle female begins to flee from her place of rest at the base of tree, scared by a little boy behind the tree. A priest leans against the tree looking up and a shirtless man walks in on it all wearing a tall crown and running shoes. — "Persephone Permanent Record Recto" 9 " x 7.5 " ink, colored pencil, marker on frosted acetate, 2008

A startle female begins to flee from her place of rest at the base of tree, scared by a man in a bear suit lookig both towards and away from the female. A praying priest leans against the tree gazing down, and a shirtless man rushes into the party from a red region. — "Persephone Permanent Record Verso" 9 " x 7.5 " ink, colored pencil, marker on frosted acetate, 2008

A bent toothed kid screams at the bottom while a smiling cowled face hovers nearby. A small door and silhouette are at the ground floor of a greenish whirling maze interior. — "Red Card" 9 " x 7.5 " ink, colored pencil, monotype on tan light-weight laid cotton paper, 2008

Scenes are merged together. One, a tall man looks from within through a doorway to the light. Another shows a man in a diaper appealing to a female. And another is an outdoor scene with a tree and a village in a hillside. — "Snap Tooth Logic" 10 " x 7.5 " ink, colored pencil, monotype on tan light-weight laid cotton paper, 2008
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Among other things, this image deals with a childhood neighbor who was hit by a truck after crossing the road to get a pinecone as antidote for a fabricated disease. — "Defender" 12 ' x 8 ' oil on cotton canvas mdf, 2008
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A beaked standing figure curling his gaze back to the view — "Melvin" 24 " x 60 " oil on cotton canvas, 2008

Balls and spyholes form an x compositionally with a red sky behind an anthropromorphic landscape — "SteppChilde" 34 " x 22 " colored pencil, ink on light-weight tan woven paper, 2008

A large black semicircle draws attention to the left edge, and delicate shades of energy attempt to balance that visual weight. — "Catch and Release" 10 " x 12 " lithograph on medium-weight cotton paper, 2008

"Plinko" 11 " x 17 " graphite on medium weight cotton paper, 2008

"Shaken Baby" 11 " x 17 " graphite on medium-weight cotton paper, 2008
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"Clay Pair" 10 " x 8 " gelatin silver prints on Ilford MG4 glossy, 2008

This portrait of me was started by Jessi Wohl. A bandana around my hair and an affixed veil cover most of the head. The background has an X composition and the neck is chopped a bit - that's about how I felt. William Beckman's piece floats to the right. This piece has another piece on the reverse side without a veil — "Double Portrait with Jessica Wohl" 36 " x 24 " colored pencil, marker, ink on 16 lb. drafting vellum, 2007

Yellows and Reds offset with blue. This ones about messing up and paying the price — "Hopped in the Chone" 24 " x 36 " pastel on tan Rives/BFK, 2007

Zanzinger did bad, right Bob? — "Zanzinger" 36 " x 24 " colored pencil, marker on frosted acetate, 2007

a male and female chat in the foreground as a live saving donut swirls above them with a city upstream — "Donut" 40 " x 32 " ink, colored pencil on heavy-weight cotton, 2006

An arching neck of a form grows from the bottom left and hangs toward the top right in front of a background of cooler colored marks. — "Hairy Allen" 36 " x 24 " colored pencil, ink on medium weight cotton paper, 2006

A male and Female face hover above a cloud with a space craft in between them. The colors are yellow, blue, red and grey. — "Mothers and Fathers" 36 " x 24 " colored pencil, marker, ink on medium weight cotton paper, 2006

"Open" 36 " x 36 " colored pencil, ink on medium weight cotton paper, 2006

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A testicle is shot from left to right with fluid trailing behind. — "Bypass" 36 " x 24 " colored pencil, marker, ink on medium weight cotton paper, 2006

A tight-rope walker stands above a whirlpool as his other self looks toward a person peering from the other side of a mirror. Lady Liberty reveals her ruby red slippers as she topples amid destruction. — "Crystal Castle" 33 " x 42 " chalk on heavy-weight cotton, 2005

Taking place in an imagined warehouse interior, a circus of sorts is underway. A fire rages, a man struggles to guide the fire hose, a seal balances a ball, a parrot sqwaks, and one femal figure flips off an oblivious pole dancer. Mary asks for peace in front of a conflagrating flag explosion. — "Mary" 36 " x 24 " colored pencil, marker, ink on medium weight cotton paper, 2005
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A Preacher looks up towards a chicken flying in a cog-like aircraft. A wrecking ball smashes a building on an island behind, while a vortex sucks in a mudslide. Three workmen row in an inflatable raft in an overflow pond of a dam. A highway soars overhead in front of a storm clouded sky. — "Chicken Lifter" 42 " x 24 " colored pencil, marker, ink on frosted acetate, 2005
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A turtle crosses railroad tracks that lead to an exploding body of water. A rubbery line stretches around and jars lift off to the atmosphere. — "Night Baseball" 78 " x 36 " graphite on frosted acetate, 2005

A man rides a wrecking ball through a decaying, overgrown city. An elevated train spins teacups and a security globe hangs above. — "Strangelove Revisited" 24 " x 42 " colored pencil on frosted acetate, 2005
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In an attic of a barn, an aproned woman and a couple look down on wooden planks where a hammer rests near a cracked egg. Grouped behind, people gather around a lady with chicken feet. — "Which Came First" 8 " x 10 " intaglio, monotype on Rives/BFK, 2004

A hawkish man in a top hat offers a watch from the inside of his jacket. A man seen from behind merges visually with a woman walking the opposite direction and a salesman hails a taxi in front of a street with a rose shop. — "Not Quite the Montmarte" 32 " x 40 " conte crayon on medium weight cotton paper, 2004
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"Breakout" 30 " x 39 " conte crayon on heavy-weight cotton paper, 2004

"Detour Dan" 30 " x 40 " conte crayon on heavy-weight cotton paper, 2004
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"Tree Fort" 32 " x 32 " pastel on heavy-weight cotton paper, 2004

"Anne's Board" 34 " x 42 " conte crayon on heavy-weight cotton paper, 2003
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Digital Repository for Bartholomew Renier Lynch (American, b. 1972- ):v3_0 Updated: April 24, 2020

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Contact: bartholomew.lynch@gmail.com