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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · 3d

Photos I Would Make If I Could Take Them 2025

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · 10d

Night Series Part IV: Night Poems Illustrations
2010/2022/2024
Hand-drawn and colored illustrations for my book of Night Poems.
Book still to be published, but at least the poems and the illustrations are done.
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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · 17d

Nonsense/Game #9 – Hydroelectric
2019
Found materials, photograph, recycled wood and steel, walnut stain
2.5” x 4 3/8” x 0.75” (closed)
Notes: I never did/could determine the original purpose of this box. The image is an old hydroelectric plant in South Korea.

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · 24d

Snow Day
February 2021
Northwest Oregon

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Oct 1

Night Series Part IV: Night Poems Illustrations
2010/2022/2024
Hand-drawn and colored illustrations for my book of Night Poems.
Book still to be published, but at least the poems and the illustrations are done.
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#bookarts
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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Sep 16

Twilight
May, 2020
Northwest Oregon

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Sep 14

I love the old school stuff. I remember doing video capture back in the early-/mid- 90s

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Sep 10

Night Series Part IV: Night Poems Illustrations
2010/2022/2024
Hand-drawn and colored illustrations for my book of Night Poems.
Book still to be published, but at least the poems and the illustrations are done.

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#artist
#bookarts
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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Sep 2

Nonsense/Game #5 - Hot Air Balloon Over Paris
or Around The World In 80 Days
2018
Media: found materials, mixed media
Size: 26” l x 6.75” h x 3” d, 7 @ 3.75” x 5.5” cards, 1 @ 1.25” x 26” film strip

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Aug 27

Twilight
April, 2020
Northwest Oregon

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Aug 21

Yes, it was a lot harder than it looks to tape together a bunch of watercolor postcards, create the work, then very carefully disassemble the piece to send out the individual postcards.

James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Aug 21

Sunflowers and the Sunflowers postcards.
2025
Art postcard (watercolor) stock, watercolor, pen/ink, graphite, permanent marker
Size: 24” x 28” vertical layout, composite of 28 art postcards.

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Aug 19

The Strange Dreams of Pantagruel II - Livre d’Artiste 69
2025

Gargantua and Pantagruel: written 1532 – 1564.
Prints: made in the 1560s.
Hand-colored by me from old book pages: 2025
I got this idea from the prints created long after the release of Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel.
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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Aug 12

Meditations/Games
2003 - 2004
Anodized aluminum game pieces with hand surfacing, various sizes
Flat and cubical wood game pieces, various sizes
Most games have an oak wood base with stain and/or varnish.
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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thank you very much!

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Aug 5

Twilight
August, 2020
Northwest Oregon

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Jul 30

The Strange Dreams of Pantagruel II - Livre d’Artiste 69
2025

Gargantua and Pantagruel: written 1532 – 1564.
Prints: made in the 1560s.
Hand-colored by me from old book pages: 2025
I got this idea from the prints created long after the release of Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel.

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Jul 28

Nicely done. You have been experimenting as long as I have. I think my first video art (screen captures off of a UNIX box) was also in 1985.

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Jul 22

Meditations/Games
2000 - 2002
Colored anodized aluminum pieces with hand surfacing, various sizes
Most games have an 11”x11”x1 3/16” oak wood base with stain and/or varnish.

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Jul 15

Twilight
April, 2020
Northwest Oregon

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Jul 9

Tous Les Ballons
2023/2025
India handmade watercolor paper, pen/ink, ink stamping, ink wash, hard charcoal pencil.
21 @ 6.25” x 6.25”

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Jul 1

Nonsense/Game #1 - Heaven And Earth Play Boules
2014
Mixed media.
Board: 72” x 5.5” x 1”
Balls: 2” diameter and 4” diameter
Notes: Best displayed on the floor as installation.
This is the first in an ongoing set of “nonsense games” using found materials.

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Copyright Alliance @copyrightalliance.org · Jun 16

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Jun 24

Scenes from Portland, January 2020
A "Paris" intersection, two coffeehouses, and a French bakery.
(just before the Covid shutdown)

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James A. Bonacci @artistjabonacci.bsky.social · Jun 19

Ingraham Tells Time Too
2023/2025
Circular cradled panel, antique clock face, battery-operated clock parts, found wood, ink, black gesso.
6” diameter, 1.75” deep
I decided to remake this clock into a more usable shape/size.

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