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I like to wander,<\/h2>\n

See where things take me.<\/h3>\n

Take off my watch, toss the phone and drive.<\/h3>\n

For days\u2026 weeks.<\/h3>\n

Freedom fascinates me \u2013 what we gain when we have no ties \u2013 and what we lose.<\/h3>\n

The things we desire: a home, a lover, ease \u2013 are they wings or a weight?<\/h3>\n

And how much of it\u2019s just in our head.<\/h3>\n

These things I explore in my art.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Click the pictures – see what you find.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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\u00a0Ken Mattson, Arizona artist makes amazing contemporary art: painting, woodcuts, and drawings. Using still life, figures, Biblical and mythical stories, he explores: freedom, sexuality, aging, beauty and mystery. This uniquely valuable, collectable art\u00a0has been described as: sensual, erotic, anguished, visceral, beautiful, playful, spiritual and poetic.<\/h6>\n

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