Skip Rohde

A Navy guy turned artist. Painting and drawing people and stories. Trying to capture personalities in paint and pastel.

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@1610captain @BondCavazos @Bondymichele I can confirm that this promotion was well earned!

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@SunyeJulien If you’re working in hopes of selling to some future ideal “client”, you’re in manufacturing. If you’re making stuff because you have to or you’ll explode, you’re an artist. You, sir, are the latter.

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@1610captain This is one of those times when I want a laugh emoji!

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Good article here on the match between Chinese and US/UK/Australia submarine capabilities.
https://t.co/PIPcRDYlxt

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@1610captain What a great bar!

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@1610captain Looking quite spiffy!

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Love this! And yes, I know a few people like this ...

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She Bites

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@1610captain And some of us greatly appreciate it!

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@SunyeJulien As a painter, I spent a lot of time studying how old masters created direct and implied sightlines to bounce the viewer's eyes around the composition. This is a master class. Top of the window to the light in the distance, lamp to figure, feet to window. Beautiful!

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@xAviation Always loved watching VERTREPs. Those CH46 jockeys were incredible.

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Wow. As a teenager, I would sit with my head buried between my cheap stereo speakers listening to this song. This version from the Late Show is gentler and wiser and beautiful.

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"Ramble On" is 56 years old and Robert Plant just walked onto The Late Show and made it sound like he wrote it this morning.

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@SunyeJulien Nice archives!

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@1610captain Looking good, Mike!

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@InessRychlik That is so beautiful, Inness.

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@SunyeJulien Exactly! When I backed away from marketing, my work immediately got much better. It wasn’t until I accidentally got into wedding painting that I found something that was both personally and financially rewarding.

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@SunyeJulien Years ago, I decided to separate my income-producing activities from my art-making activities and it has worked out well. I make more income from other sources than my art could provide, and my art is better because it's driven just by me.

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@SunyeJulien I have another website for my personal work: https://t.co/ZutkNquhF3 and my IG is another source. I've done commissioned portraits but never really marketed them. Thank you for the kind support - it means something coming from someone I respect.