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Boycott Israel (wall version) RED by vrangnarr

NO MARKUP Because a nation that indoctrinates its young on the horrible atrocities of its people´s history, but fail to recognize the atrocities themselves are committing – is a nation that has institutionalized its racism. You are free to disagree, but the comparison to that racist regime is entirely accurate: jewish/white-only roads, palestine/black-only bantustan… Because a boycott is a democratic weapon that works. It brought South Africas Apartheid system to its knees, and it will break Israels Apartheid system.
Treeshirt by Eleni Hadjikiriakou

Featuted in Current Issues /
You Can't Beat a Woman by incurablehippie

T-shirt design with two clear meanings. One is that women are great and can’t be beaten. The other is that violence against women is unacceptable and must be stopped. Vital for every feminist!
SAVE THE WHALES! by yanmos

For each t-shirt sold, $1 dollar will be donated to www.seashepherd.org / Japan kills / Sea Shepherd Boat Sinking / Neither the kevlar reinforcing, nor a radar deflecting paint job, was enough to protect the Ady Gil trimaran from what Sea Shepherd are calling “an unprovoked attack,” when the Japanese security ship Shonan Maru No. 2 apparently “deliberately rammed and caused catastrophic damage.” read more
Stop Wars Now! by TeeArt

feel the force….. / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Mask 8 by Philip Gresham

Adobe Illustrator, Painter X
War Skull by Frank Stillitano

My favourite topic of war, oil, death and how all 3 are related. This t-shirtwas featured in the group ‘Back In Black’ in November 2008
Not So Common by Robin Brown

Its in the news & its getting a lot of attention but will the gravy train ever end. Will the people behind the false claims also offer their resignations like the sacrificial lamb; namely Michael Martin the Speaker of the house. The very people who forced Michael Martin out of his job when they themselves have had there fingers in the very same pie. / If they do will there be anyone left to run the country, probably not. / If we, the common people made similar expense claims we would be arrested. We ceratinly wouldn’t simply be allowed to pay back the money & continue as if nothing ever happened. / No we would more than likely end up behind bars. Then there’s all the Euro MP’s & all the expense claims they make. / Buying this T-shirt & wearing it in public sends a message to all the politicians in the UK & Europe. / You better clean up your act because we the people are watching you all very closely. / If your a politician & you buy this T-shirt send me an email; I can send you a receipt for £60 which you can then claim back as parlimentary expenses, its ok its been cleared by the commons committee / Best viewed large, pay attention to the ‘T’
Living Water by Stephen J. Vattimo

Medium : Acrylic on canvas / Size : 2’ x 4’ / Year competed : 1992 / This painting is part of the collection of artwork I did during my military service, this collection is entitled : The Army Years. / This painting is the second spiritual paint, I did, the first spiritual painting i did ,was the first version of this one, but I did a somewhat mono chromatic blue version. This painting , and the Victory Through Prayer paint, won prizes in a army post art show, at Ft. Lewis WA. The army had three professional artist to judge the show. Living Water took 1st place, and Victory Through Prayer took honorable mention. / This painting illustrates how God gives life to the dead, we with out salvation through Christ, are the living dead. For Life is to know, and commune with God. / understanding the symbols: / The desert = a cursed world with decay and death / The skull = the result of sin, we will all face death. / the cross = the price that Christ pained, that man may be freed from the penalty of sin. / the water fall = eternal life for all who will repent from sin and live their lives in service to God through faith in Christ. / The floral covered hill = the redeemed creation, the future new earth and heavens God will create, that will have the absence of the cruse of sin, no decay or death will be found. Written by Stephen J. Vattimo
Powerlessness, Cages and Empty or Negative Reflections by JaneAParis

Oil Painting on Wood / Image Copyright © 2009/10 JANE À PARIS / Professionally photographed by Citizens Photo Powerlessness, Cages and Empty or Negative Reflections / ______ This painting is not just about sexual issues. What it is about is having no rights period – being powerless. So everything you do is torn down and seemingly your only value in life becomes your sexuality, however this is not much either because they tear this down and use it too. You have no rights, therefore you cannot protect yourself from vile sexual abuse and gross exploitation. You don’t have rights to your own children, you don’t have the right to your own body, you don’t have the right to your own sexuality, you don’t have the right to be sexy or not be sexy, you don’t have the right to make private choices about family planning or your own sexual health, and you don’t have the right to be a person of value in society. You are just chattel, a side kick, someone’s stupid little brother. They turn you into a heavy sack of nothing. The point is whatever you choose to do, they tear it down. If you want to stay home and have babies, they tear this down too, or if you just want to be a homemaker, as millions of American women are, they tear it down. If you just want to work or go to school, it does not matter…They tear it down. The point is you are not free to live your life the way you want or wish, because they won’t stay out of your personal space with their nasty, foul, dirty disrespect and brick walls. And they don’t care who they step on in the process…These are just some of the sexual issues in the land of no rights – this does not encompass all the other tortures of having no rights, to name a few that are affected and effected – finances and opportunities, achievements and education, medical needs and issues, beliefs and faith, emotions and love, safety and security, privacy and personal relationships, family and children, travel and mobility, and your sanity and the sanity of those you love and that dare to love you. HUMAN RIGHTS IN GENERAL. You are denied these forever. They abuse you and lie about it over and over AND OVER. You are surrounded by people that will mock, use and abuse you. It is a horrible form of slavery from which there seems to be no escape – no time limits to the punishment and hate and even in foreign lands political perceptions are very similar, the system equals le système or if nothing else you are doomed to be an outsider. The man who cut this board for me, cut it crooked on the bottom on purpose. Just as they have left my body crooked on the bottom on purpose now for 14 years and it will probably be the cause of my death. It is a horrible SLOW AND PAINFUL DEATH that erodes everything in your life. This is why she has NO REFLECTION, because she has no value as a human being – they have told her over and over again that she is NOTHING and they are right > by the way they treat her and her inability to protect herself, she is nothing…and it is killing her. The tree is green, and so is she, the tree of life…I am very ill. As God is my Witness / 1-1-2010 / JANE À PARIS pow·er·less (pou’ər-lĭs) / adj. / / 1) Lacking strength or power; helpless and totally ineffectual. 2) Lacking legal or other authority. Synonyms: / 1. ineffective. 2. feeble, impotent, prostrate, infirm. Dictionary.com Unabridged / Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009 THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING…! Writing and Image Copyright ©2009/10 JANE À PARIS Words…control, destiny, dignity, freedom, humanity, isolation, peace, powerlessness, rights, sanity, sexuality, slavery, value TINY DANCER / _______ There is a song that needs to be sung / But I have been silenced over and over / If I stop trying to sing it now / The song will never be heard / And everything it means or could be / Will be buried by the heavy winds and impending darkness There is a tiny dancer in my head / She dances with the utmost grace / Her graceful dancing is actually a hinderance / For her slow and graceful steps / Bring her closer and closer to slow death There is a painting which beckons my imagination to create it / If I stop painting it now / The creative energy inside of me would die / And all the beauty I could create / Will be never-endingly overshadowed by dark, bare walls There is a tiny dancer in my head / She dances with the utmost grace / Her graceful dancing is actually a hinderance / For her slow and graceful steps / Bring her closer and closer to slow death There is a prayer in my soul, heart and mind / From a crucified and broken body and spirit / If I stop praying it now / It would be to let go of everything that I hold dear / And everything it means or could be / Will be forever lost in the sands of time There is a tiny dancer in my head / She dances with the utmost grace / Her graceful dancing is actually a hinderance / For her slow and graceful steps / Bring her closer and closer to slow death There is a feeling in my heart / That is so intense that I have feared to feel it / For if I dare to feel this feeling now / It would be to let down all my walls and guards / To relax, to take comfort and to let someone in / It would be, this feeling, to fall in love There is a tiny dancer in my head / She dances with the utmost grace / Her graceful dancing is actually a hinderance / For her slow and graceful steps / Bring her closer and closer to slow death / It seems only golden slippers / And a partner divine / Will ever let her light shine / On everything that she holds dear JANE À PARIS 1-1-2010 / Music and Music Lyrics Copyright ©2009 JANE À PARIS / Accompanying Image Copyright ©2009 JANE À PARIS Description: Some of the vital things that keep us alive; prayer, art, song, and emotions, especially love. And love is the cure for any slow dance of death… Words… / art, death, feelings, healing, illness, love, prayer, relationships, songs
Matthew 5:11-12 by JaneAParis

Title: Matthew 5:11-12 / OIL PAINTING ON OLD BULLETIN BOARD / Image Copyright © 2008 JANE À PARIS / Professionally photographed by Citizens Photo Matthew 5:11-12 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- For those of us who don’t get it…I am never-endingly subjected to all kinds of abuses, especially sexual. They, the crucifiers tell me that I am nothing but a #$%*@!! Therefore, IN-RE or re-inning. They make my whole life revolve around sex…I am a sporting event. A baseball or football game…no respect for my humanity. Matthew 5:11-12 / _______ 11”Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” I need to be allowed to be human, which means my relationships are not their business, if I do or if I don’t is not their business, and my life, soul, mind, and most importantly my body and health belong to me, not to them. Not to mention my right to LOVE AND HAVE RELATIONSHIPS as everyone else is allowed to do… A life, soul, mind, heart…they are all important. LOVE is beyond important, but WITHOUT YOUR BODY AND HEALTH, you cannot have any of these things…I have been kept in endless limbo…for fourteen years now….They tell me over and over again to JUST HANG IN THERE, with cruelty in their hearts. They have left me not put together right on purpose, and they have left an infection in my body on purpose. They have done terrible damage to my health on purpose, and it might very well cause my death. God sees into the hearts of men and women, God is everywhere, and God always knows the truth for God is the TRUTH. As God is my Witness / 1-1-2010 / JANE À PARIS / Writing and Image Copyright ©2009 JANE À PARIS The Power to Create / _____ The power to create was given to me by God. There is energy in this world that we can use for the better or to harm. I choose to use to the fullest extent of my ability, the creative energy that God gave to me to make my world a better place, and to make the world a better place for others as well. Art is good, even when it reflects negative things because it lets us experience the negativity for the better, as in a learning experience and it beautifies our surroundings and the world. I will never let this flame in my soul expire no matter how much I am ever oppressed, hated or denied by others. It was God’s gift to give my soul artistic ability, and it is not their right to take it or any of the other things they continually try to take from me. I will continue into my death to hold art in the highest regard, as a wonderful gift to humanity from God. A quote from Gerhard Richter, ‘Art is the highest form of hope’. I will continue into my death to express my feelings on canvas, positive and negative, for all to see, experience and hopefully understand or relate to. Even if they only relate in the smallest measure I still have achieved something wonderful. A picture of my heart, mind, and soul in swirls of paint on canvas. Today God, I thank you for the gift of creativity and art. It has kept my hope alive during extremely trying and hard times in my life. I am very ill right now, and maybe I will never get better, but as long as I am able to create and be artistic any pain I feel will be lessened, and almost erased by the blessing of art. Wherever you find me, you will find also a painting in progress, for this is what I choose to do with my positive and negative energy, CREATE. This makes all positive. This is a positive thing to do, this is positive energy. JANE À PARIS / Writing and Image Copyright ©2009 JANE À PARIS
I've just Quit Smoking by Adam de la Mare

Wish me luck folks! This design is for all others who wish to join me :) 50% of all profits will be donated to Cancer Council Australia Enjoy. .

Recent Work

Mobil Altona 7240 by MDC DiGi PiCS

From a series named My chemical love affair
A LESSON TO BE LEARNED HERE by SMOKEYDOGSOCKS

IN THIS SHOT, YOU WILL SEE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES, SITTING IN A PARKING LOT. A FIRE TRUCK, AN AMBULANCE AND A SHERRIFF’S CAR. THE REASON FOR ALL THREE OF THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES, WILL BE APPERANT VERY SHORTLY. YOU SEE, THIS IS OUR SPECIALTY RANGE AT YOLO SPORTSMAN’S ASSOCIATION IN NORTHER CALIFORNIA, BETWEEN DAVIS AND WINTERS. WELL THIS SPECIALTY RANGE, IS USUALLY RESERGED FOR COWBOY SHOOTING AND IPSIC SHOOTING. THOSE ARE TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT PRACTICE QUICK TARGET ACCUASITION, RAPID FIRE AND ACCURACY ON PAPER OR STEEL PLATES. SO, WHY THE NEED FOR ALL THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES?, YOU ASK. THERE “IS A LESSON TO BE LEARNED HERE”. THESE VEHICLES SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN NEEDED AT A GUN RANGE. FIRST OF ALL, TO SHOOT AT THE SPECIALTY RANGE, YOU HAVE TO BE QUALIFIED WITH THE IPSIC ORGANIZATION OR A SASS MEMBER WITH THE COWBOYS. THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE ON THIS DAY, WEREN’T MEMBERS OF EITHER ORGANIZATION. THEY WERE GIVEN PERMISSION TO BE OUT THERE BY A BOARD MEMBER OF YSA, WHO HAD NO AUTHORITY TO GIVE THEM OR ANYONE ELSE PERMISSION TO BE OUT THERE SHOOTING RAPID FIRE. WHAT HAPPENED WAS THIS, A FATHER AND SON WERE PRACTICING QUICK DRAW, RAPID FIRE SHOOTING. MOST OF THE TIME, IT IS TWO SHOTS ON ONE TARGET AND MOVE ONTO THE NEXT TARGET FOR TWO MORE SHOTS AND SO ON. WELL, THIS GUYS KID WAS PRACTICING AND HE TOOK TWO SHOTS, MOVED ON TO THE NEXT TARGET, TOOK TWO MORE SHOTS, MOVED ON TO THE THIRD TARGET AND TOOK TWO MORE SHOTS. W. E. L. L., HE DIDN’T CLEAR HIS PISTOL CHAMBER BEFORE HOLSTERING HIS PISTOL. HIS FINGER WAS STILL ON THE TRIGGER WHEN THE LEATHER HOLSTER PUSHED IT DOWN ONTO THE TRIGGER, OF THE PISTOL THAT STILL HAD A BULLET OR TWO IN IT. REMEMBER, I SAID, THE KID DIDN’T CLEAR HIS GUN. AS SOON AS THE HOLSTER PUSHED HIS FINGER DOWN ON THE TRIGGER, THE GUN DISCHARGED A 40 CALIBER BULLET, WHICH ENTERED HIS OUTER RIGHT KNEE, PASSED BETWEEN THE FIBULA AND TIBIA BONES, WENT PASSED HIS ANKLE AND CAME OUT THE BOTTOM OF HIS FOOT AND LANDED IN HIS SHOW. NORMALLY WHEN A BULLET OF THAT SIZE ENTERS A HUMAN BODY, IT TEARS THE HELL OUT OF FLESH AND BONE. WELL, THIS KID GOT LUCKY AND HAD SOMEONE LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER. THAT BULLET DIDN’T BREAK ONE BONE IN HIS LEG OR ANKLE, IT DIDN’T CUT ANY ARTERIES OR BLOOD VESSLES AND IT DIDN’T HURT ANY MUSCLE TISSUE. YOU TALK ABOUT A VERY LUCK KID, HE COULD HAVE BEEN CRIPPLED FOR LIFE WITH A BULLET PASSING THROUGH HIS LOWER LEG AND COMING OUT HIS FOOT. IF IT HAD HIT HIS ANKLE, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN DEEP CAACAA. FORTUNATELY FOR OUR CLUB, NO CHARGES WERE FILED BY THE YOLO SHERRIFF’S DEPARTMENT FOR MISSUSE OF A FIREARM ON THE PRIMISSES. HOPEFULLY, THE 13 YEAR OLD KID LEARNED HIS LESSON. ALWAYS, MAKE SURE YOUR PISTOL, REVOLVER, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN, OR EVEN YOUR PELLET OR BB GUN, ARE POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION AND ARE EMPTY, OR CLEARED BEFORE PUTTING THEM AWAY. NEVER POINT AT ANYTHING YOU DON’T ENTEND TO SHOOT, NEVER KILL ANYTHING YOU DON’T ENTEND TO EAT. NEVER, NEVER KEEP YOUR FINGER ON THE TRIGGER, UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO FIRE YOUR WEAPON AND THEN ONCE YOU ARE DONE, REMOVE YOUR FINGER FROM THE TRIGGER AND TRIGGER GUARD. IF YOUR FINGER ISN’T ON THE TRIGGER IN THE FIRST PLACE, YOU WON’T SHOOT YOURSELF, IN THE LEG, IN THE SECOND PLACE. GUNS ARE FUN AS LONG AS YOU BE RESPONSIBLE WITH THEM. AS LONG AS A GUN IS LAYING ON A TABLE, IT WON’T HURT ONE SINGLE PERSON. IT ISN’T UNTIL YOU ADD THE HUMAN FACTOR THAT A GUN BECOMES SOMETHING BAD. IT’S NOT THE GUN, IT’S THE SHOOTER. GOOD OR BAD, PEOPLE MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE USE OF A GUN. I USED MY CANON EOS KISS REBEL 300D WITH MY QUANTARAY 70-300MM AF TELEPHOTO LENS, ZOOMED OUT TO 300MM TO GET MY SHOTS AND STAY OUT OF THE WAY OF THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
Volcano by Philip Gresham

Wacom Intuos pad, Adobe Illustrator, Painter X. Mural 500ft X 1500 ft.
DISSAPEARS INTO THE FOG by SMOKEYDOGSOCKS

THERE AREN’T MANY TIMES I GET TO RIDE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND TAKE PHOTOS WHILE SOMEONE ELSE DRIVES. I’M A LOUSEY PASSENGER AND I PREFFER TO DRIVE MYSELF. ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY, MY FISHING BUDDY WAS DOING THE DRIVING AND I HAD MY CAMERA GLUED TO MY FACE, SO TO SPEAK. I SAW SO MANY THINGS THAT I CAN’T SEE WHILE I’M DRIVING, I WENT NUTS WITH TWO DIGITAL CAMERAS. TO THE POINT OF HAVING A FULL 1GB CARD IN MY CANON EOS KISS REBEL 300D, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, I MIGHT ADD. IT HAD OVER 250 IMAGES ON IT AND I STILL HAD ROOM FOR 25 MORE SHOTS. IT TOOK MY CAMERA AND COMPUTER ALMOST 2 HOURS TO DOWNLOAD ALL OF THE IMAGES. I LIKE THIS SHOT AND SEVERAL OTHERS LIKE THIS ONE, BECAUSE THE BRIDGE “DISSAPEARS INTO THE FOG”, LIKE IT’S GOING ON FOREVER AND NO BODY CAN SEE JUST HOW FAR. WHENEVER I SHOOT THROUGH A DIRTY WINDSHIELD, I USUALLY HAVE TO MAKE SOME SORT OF PHOTOSHOP FILTER CHANGE, TO MAKE THE IMAGE LOOK WORTHY. MY FRIENDS WINDSHIELD WAS NOT ONLY PITTED, BUT IT WAS DIRTY INSIDE AND OUT. SO, IT TOOK IT’S TOLL ON SOME OF MY IMAGES AND I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO ENHANCE THEM ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. I THINK THIS IMAGE OF THE AL ZAMPA BRIDGE IN VALLEJO CALIFORNIA, IS FAIRLY REMONISSENT OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE OF SAN FRANSISCO. THEY ARE BOTH SUSPENSION BRIDGES AND THIS ONE IS THE NEWEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE TO BE BUILT IN CALIFORNIA. LIKE THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, WHEN THE FOG ROLLS IN THE BAY, MOST OF THE BRIDGES TAKE ON THIS LOOK. BUT, THERE’S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT BRIDGES THAT HANG FROM CABLES. I’VE GOT SHOTS OF THIS BRIDGE AS IT WAS BEING ASSEMBLED. THE ROADWAY WAS LIFTED FROM BARGES DOWN ON THE WATER SURFACE AND CONNECTED TO THE HANGING CABLES BY PREDETERMINED POINTS. IT IS NOW OPEN TO PEDESTRIANS AS WELL AS CARS AND BIKES AND TRUCKS. ONE OF THESE DAYS, I’M GOING TO WALK OUT ON IT WITH MY CAMERA AND SEE WHAT I CAN GET FROM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPAN.
Living Water by Stephen J. Vattimo

Medium : Acrylic on canvas / Size : 2’ x 4’ / Year competed : 1992 / This painting is part of the collection of artwork I did during my military service, this collection is entitled : The Army Years. / This painting is the second spiritual paint, I did, the first spiritual painting i did ,was the first version of this one, but I did a somewhat mono chromatic blue version. This painting , and the Victory Through Prayer paint, won prizes in a army post art show, at Ft. Lewis WA. The army had three professional artist to judge the show. Living Water took 1st place, and Victory Through Prayer took honorable mention. / This painting illustrates how God gives life to the dead, we with out salvation through Christ, are the living dead. For Life is to know, and commune with God. / understanding the symbols: / The desert = a cursed world with decay and death / The skull = the result of sin, we will all face death. / the cross = the price that Christ pained, that man may be freed from the penalty of sin. / the water fall = eternal life for all who will repent from sin and live their lives in service to God through faith in Christ. / The floral covered hill = the redeemed creation, the future new earth and heavens God will create, that will have the absence of the cruse of sin, no decay or death will be found. Written by Stephen J. Vattimo
If You Can Only See The World Through A Veil, Who Is It Doing The Looking? V by DragonFlyer

Number five in this series. Made from all my own images. Please have a look LARGE :) Thank you :)
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Soldier…Soldier / What will be your spoils of war?
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Forget Me Not, Forget Me Do…Forget me not / Forget me do / Forget the pain / I put you through. The nights filled with champagne / We were too young to drink, / And th…

Featured in Poetry & Beautiful Women
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The Two Foundations In Life…There will come many great storm throughout life / they will test the foundation we have built upon
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AND THE RAIN CAME…The rain came / In bucketfuls / I rushed out into it / No hat / No coat / Not even an umbrella / I wanted to be soaked by it / To be washed clea…
Not So Common by Robin Brown

Its in the news & its getting a lot of attention but will the gravy train ever end. Will the people behind the false claims also offer their resignations like the sacrificial lamb; namely Michael Martin the Speaker of the house. The very people who forced Michael Martin out of his job when they themselves have had there fingers in the very same pie. / If they do will there be anyone left to run the country, probably not. / If we, the common people made similar expense claims we would be arrested. We ceratinly wouldn’t simply be allowed to pay back the money & continue as if nothing ever happened. / No we would more than likely end up behind bars. Then there’s all the Euro MP’s & all the expense claims they make. / Buying this T-shirt & wearing it in public sends a message to all the politicians in the UK & Europe. / You better clean up your act because we the people are watching you all very closely. / If your a politician & you buy this T-shirt send me an email; I can send you a receipt for £60 which you can then claim back as parlimentary expenses, its ok its been cleared by the commons committee / Best viewed large, pay attention to the ‘T’

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About This Group

The winner of our Sicko Challenge is mouseman with I only smoke one a day

Our Year in Review Challenge Winner is Matthew Scotland who won with his image The Crash

Congratulations Matthew Scotland

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