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Aborlan: Part 1

August 11, 2016MDuckett Leave a Comment
Travelogue: Aborlan

  One foot in front of the other. Should be easy. But I was running through the airport now, with my goliath backpack strapped behind me and my barely zipable daypack buckled in front. The two overburdened bags hopped and… Continue Reading →

Philippines aborlan, drawing, Philippines, travel, travel sketch, traveling artist, travelogue

Prologue: Manila

July 27, 2016MDuckett Leave a Comment
Travelogue and travel writing by artist and writer Matt Duckett

  I started my trip the ideal way: landing in one of the world’s largest cities, statistically the most dense. This is the perfect way to orient the palate, a verbose and ravenous introduction to a culture, the buffet method. First… Continue Reading →

Philippines, Travelogue, Uncategorized, Writing banyan, drawing, jeepney, manila, manila cathedral, Philippines, travel, travel sketch, travelogue, trike

MUSIC AT TIM’S: LOST HOURS IN A LOST VALLEY

July 13, 2016MDuckett 1 Comment
Soliloquy, oil painting by Matt Duckett

Imperfect recollections from an influenced mind of a night of music and magic.  The truth lies somewhere between history and this story, but there is no map that could ever lead us back there.   There were fruits and vegetables… Continue Reading →

Music, Sessions Ceol, Frog and Toads, Memoir, Music, Musicians, Session, Tim

Website Relaunch: New Artwork and Articles Coming!

July 11, 2016MDuckett Leave a Comment

This website is under construction and should going live very soon. Please check back for some very exciting updates including new artwork, news, essays and sketches and travelogues from recent trips abroad.  I’m rebuilding the site to give a better… Continue Reading →

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The Travelogue Begins

January 11, 2016MDuckett Leave a Comment
Travel Gear

My trip to the Philippines has begun! I have to thank everyone who bought artwork to help get this trip kicked off. Be sure to keep checking in as I document the experiences I have and the artwork I make as… Continue Reading →

Philippines, Uncategorized art, equipment, gear, News, Philippines, travel, travel gear, traveling artist, travelogue

Fishing the Streets: Busking in a Bar Town

January 2, 2016MDuckett Leave a Comment
The Buskers, oil painting by Matt Duckett

We sat engrossed in spectacle under the swirling, drunken crowd that circled us like dumb buzzards. Some of them danced to our music, some to the pulse of some bassy anthem still rattling in their skeleton from two bars down,… Continue Reading →

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