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		<title>Brutal Mastication</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2014 03:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Brutal Mastication I created this image during a time when my back was injured. For 24 hours a day, 7 days a week I was in excruciating pain. Brutal Mastication was the embodiment of my discomfort. It felt like an evil entity was chewing on my spine.    Purchase</p>
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<p>I created this image during a time when my back was injured. For 24 hours a day, 7 days a week I was in excruciating pain. Brutal Mastication was the embodiment of my discomfort. It felt like an evil entity was chewing on my spine.</p>
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<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://davidbollt.com/portfolio-items/brutal-mastication/">Brutal Mastication</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://davidbollt.com">David Bollt</a>.</p>
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		<title>Necrotic Poet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DavidBollt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2014 04:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Necrotic Poet He moves through the grey shadows of death. He kisses the butterflies as they pass and smells the flowers as they decay.  Purchase Prints</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://davidbollt.com/portfolio-items/necrotic-poet/">Necrotic Poet</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://davidbollt.com">David Bollt</a>.</p>
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<p>He moves through the grey shadows of death. He kisses the butterflies as they pass and smells the flowers as they decay.</p>
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<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://davidbollt.com/portfolio-items/necrotic-poet/">Necrotic Poet</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://davidbollt.com">David Bollt</a>.</p>
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		<title>Necropolis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DavidBollt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2014 04:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Necropolis The gates to the holy city of the damned.  Purchase Prints</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://davidbollt.com/portfolio-items/necropolis/">Necropolis</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://davidbollt.com">David Bollt</a>.</p>
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<p>The gates to the holy city of the damned.</p>
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<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://davidbollt.com/portfolio-items/necropolis/">Necropolis</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://davidbollt.com">David Bollt</a>.</p>
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		<title>Necrotic Fairy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DavidBollt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Necrotic Fairy An ancient fairy who's youth and beauty has crystalized over the millennia into a unique and powerful form. Her delicate hands penetrate like needles and her wordless song attracts bone butterflies from the necrotic garden to accompany her. Severed heads swing like pendulums around her as she moves silently through space. This</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://davidbollt.com/portfolio-items/necrotic-fairy/">Necrotic Fairy</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://davidbollt.com">David Bollt</a>.</p>
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<p>An ancient fairy who&#8217;s youth and beauty has crystalized over the millennia into a unique and powerful form. Her delicate hands penetrate like needles and her wordless song attracts bone butterflies from the necrotic garden to accompany her. Severed heads swing like pendulums around her as she moves silently through space.</p>
<p>This image was a technical breakthrough for me. It&#8217;s almost as if no matter how close up you look the image continues to reveal increasing levels of detail. The Necrotic Fairy is one of my favorite examples of a very particular flavor of character that seems to haunt me and my artwork.</p>
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