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	<title>Creative Cogitation &#187; jake beckman</title>
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	<description>About art &#38; the art of Jake Beckman, painter of magical realism &#38; representational abstracts.  &#34;Currently I paint binary &#38; birds based on humorous observations of social media &#38; other forms of electronic communications. Alternatively I am exploring mathematical abstraction in my new non representational work.-Jake&#34;</description>
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		<title>Keeping it Loose, the Golden Light</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2012/04/09/keeping-it-loose-the-golden-light/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am generally paint things tight.  Every brush stroke and color has a predetermined place to land. I don’t usually paint outside the lines.  I have been working on becoming more painterly, more expressionist.  One  stretch in this direction is painting abstractions, but the other is just painting a little looser. My latest foray into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Scorpion &amp; The Frog</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2012/03/17/the-scorpion-the-frog/</link>
		<comments>http://akajake.com/blog/2012/03/17/the-scorpion-the-frog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite fables is the one of the Scorpion and the Frog. It basically says some will be true to their nature no matter how they are treated or what the consequences are.   Variations of the story swap a youth, man, kangaroo or turtle in place of the frog, and/or a snake in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winds of March</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2012/03/12/winds-of-march/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a little something new I just finished Its called Winds of March. I’ve been working on 11 inch x 14 inch cold press watercolor paper because I bought a brick of 75 sheets of Fabriano watercolor paper in this size. I usually coat both sides of the watercolor paper with gesso; otherwise the paper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Flare &amp; Runny Paint</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2012/03/04/solar-flare-runny-paint/</link>
		<comments>http://akajake.com/blog/2012/03/04/solar-flare-runny-paint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first started doing art all those years ago I drew pictures.  Even when I painted I more or less drew pictures.  But one day I became a painter, and my first foray into the painting realm was using water colors.  You can get all kinds of nifty effects using water color but because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The MOB is Back, Name this Painting etc</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/11/07/the-mob-is-back-name-this-painting-etc/</link>
		<comments>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/11/07/the-mob-is-back-name-this-painting-etc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[November 26-December 10]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[raven]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Howdy My Fans.  Going to try giving stuff away to find collectors-specifically 8x10 inch prints matted to 11x14 inches.  Haven’t worked out the details yet.  Also thinking of setting up stuff on FineArtAmerica.com as well.  Stay tuned. Meanwhile on of my MonOrchid Bunch (MOB) buddies, Kristine Brambilla, took up roller derby in the guise of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trees For Life, Save the Caledonean Forest</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/07/19/trees-for-life-save-the-caledonean-forest/</link>
		<comments>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/07/19/trees-for-life-save-the-caledonean-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Cogitation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 7, 2011 UPDATE: My Trees For Life Painting did sell at this event along with many others.  The last tally I read said they had made more than 5,000 pounds for their charity.  Not bad. Not bad at all. I generally do not contribute paintings to black-tie charitable events. There are a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Time With My Muse</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/07/07/doing-time-with-my-muse/</link>
		<comments>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/07/07/doing-time-with-my-muse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Cogitation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess that is another artist type of feeling, I sometimes feel like an unfinished work that has been kicked in the corner is sucking energy away from me.  If I really wanna rile up my muse, I just tell her I am going to stake one of her minions.]]></description>
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		<title>How Does Your Garden Grow?</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/06/23/how-does-your-garden-grow/</link>
		<comments>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/06/23/how-does-your-garden-grow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have no problem taking on commissions as long as the person desiring the commission can give me a clear idea of what they want, and if the commission is something I feel comfortable doing.  One thing I am never comfortable doing is copying someone elses work; it comes up more often than you might think.]]></description>
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		<title>On Muses and Other Weird Little Creatures</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/06/14/on-muses-and-other-weird-little-creatures/</link>
		<comments>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/06/14/on-muses-and-other-weird-little-creatures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insane Imaginings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Then there is my Muse, an annoying little fairy, who flits around and head butts me at the most inopportune of times, trying to get my attention, telling me she has this really cool idea and that I need to work on it now.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Random Notes From January 2011</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/01/18/random-notes-from-january-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/01/18/random-notes-from-january-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been insanely busy this year already. First I would like to give a shout out to Two organizations who have featured me in the last month. Most recently I am the Featured Artist at Artsyshark.com. Also ArtofDay.com included me in 18 Great Paintings, Illustrations, Drawings, Sculptures &#38; Digital Photography. Both featured works from [...]]]></description>
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