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The Artistic Biker is me, Jonathan "Blade" Manning.
A treasure troll of a man, with hobbit feet and a sharp pointy head. You may see me traveling up and down the highways of Oklahoma looking for the next place to sketch, paint, sing, dance, write, photograph or simply meditate. I have begun a journey that once set upon, there is no turning back. You can share in my blunt force journey through the art world on my weekly U-stream broadcast
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Daddy/Daughter Breakfast 18MAY2013

May 18th, 2013

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This week, the little girl was focused on drawing a birthday present for a party this afternoon.  She’s really excited about it being a sleep over. I’m not really hip on her being gone for the night, but she’ll have fun.

Studio Update 15MAY2013

May 15th, 2013

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With all the other things going on, Bryan’s upcoming show, leadership arts, commercial recordings, and trying to incorporate as 501C3, I still have three canvasses going that desperately need attention.  Virginia has really been helping flesh out the Artist’s Guild idea we’ve been working on.  I think 2013 is the year that things are really going to come together for us.  That or I’m  gonna set fire to this #&$%@#$&%*@# and quit blowing my family’s vacation money.  :-)  

What’s On Your Easel 09May2013

May 15th, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY9_6p1RAn4

Each week on The Artistic Biker Live, I have a segment where I promote other artists around the web in what I like to call “What’s On Your Easel?”!  Here are this week’s entries:

 

Last week we had works submitted by Athala – http://www.youtube.com/user/JandrAthala

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And Jay the Viking – http://moon-light-creations.webs.com/ ,

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If you would like to be a part of “What’s On Your Easel?” just send a link to blade@artisticbiker.com

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The Artistic Biker Does Hot Check Thursday

May 14th, 2013

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This week’s page centered around Hot Check Thursday.  For those of you who are independently wealthy, Hot Check Thursday is the day BEFORE payday.  It’s an extremely risky gamble of waiting until after 4pm and writing checks hoping that your direct deposit paycheck will hit your bank before the checks are processed.  Yay!

Here is the video short:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPEVFvChSBk

And here is the video long:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGy95EVee_o

Girl2′s Chalk Fest

May 12th, 2013

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Our weekly breakfast was preempted this week so the kids could spend Friday night with Granny & Grandpa.  My beautiful young bride and I went to the Norman, OK, Second Friday Art Walk, and then stayed up past our bedtime watching Iron Man III.

By Sunday afternoon, after all the Mother’s Day dining, things were back to normal. Girl2 saw some kids out playing and called to them. Next thing I know, there’s a chalk art festival on my front porch. THAT’S awesome living right there, folks. Awesome, indeed.

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