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Emily's avatar

I love that you still have the frog!

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Virginia Chamlee's avatar

Can’t part with him!

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Neka Zang's avatar

Im inspired, now I need a half naked man photo for my house stat!

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Virginia Chamlee's avatar

WE ALL DO

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Neka Zang's avatar

My husband will LOVE it....where did you get it?

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Denise K's avatar

Long live weird!

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Nicole's avatar

Ohhhh the armadillo purse is "stay away if you're not brave" material, love it!

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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

Your grandmother sounds like an amazing woman Virginia - her art dolls are very weird, but in a wonderful way! I am always looking for weird - I recognized long ago that I like the stuff no one else does. I regret not snagging an armadillo basket (tail in mouth) from my granddad's den before he died.

The half-naked man reminds me of Robert Maplethorpe. I have a very weird painting of a man and woman sitting on a sailing ship. The man is wide-eyed and the woman has a very proprietary hand on his knee. I hung it above my jewelry, of course.

Awesome article, thank you!

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Virginia Chamlee's avatar

I LOVE Mapplethorpe! And that’s exactly why I bought this naked man. it’s actually by Viktor Skrebneski and was photographed for the Chicago Film Festival…a great way to get people to attend the event, though I’m unsure it had anything to do with movies!

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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

Wow, very cool. It’s finds like that that make the hunt worthwhile!💕

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QuietBeautyofaWellLivedHome's avatar

😊…indeed!

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Jennifer Blair's avatar

I love your post - the art is amazing great writing

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