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Just a Post and "Master Control"

I don't always (well maybe never) have interesting posts but I try to come up with something if only to show my latest drawing.

This latest drawing part of my "Mine" series from the Park City, Utah area.  This is labeled "Master Control" as it's part of an (?) electrical panel in an old mine building.  It's been stripped of parts long ago with only some panels remaining that have been adorned with "local color".  Still an interesting subject for a drawing.

On a different topic, I go back and forth between drawing, watercolor and different styles.  Still looking for another style that I can explore and like (and others like too).  I need to bounce some of my artwork off of others to validate a path I'm exploring.  Most times I don't as I know what I've just done is working or not, so it's only the ones that pass the "me" test do I show others.

Winter is finally arriving and that limits the hiking / fishing days as the trails get muddy and slippery, which is something I'm very wary of following my broken ankle last year and should this last year.  Don't want to repeat my old mistakes, just looking for new ones.

Anyway, enjoy...

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