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Watercolor Metamorphoses, Artist: Edi Hsu, At The 2019 Burning Man Decompression Party, Old Power Station, San Francisco, California

The Signs
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Two signs identified this art, the first read, "www.edihsu.com, @edihsu." The second sign began, "Watercolor Metamorphoses. I painted these at BM 2019 - in the moment - from life, capturing everyone's various stages of progress during the week (and their lives). These are large prints from the original book!"


Watercolor Metamorphoses   •  Artist: Edi Hsu external link   •  At The 2019 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70 Nikon Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 17:02:30 Saturday 19 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 March 2020)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_6002
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Soul Journal
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Another sign read: "Soul Journal, Watercolors Painted from Life [Large Scale Prints] www.edihysu, @edihsu."


Watercolor Metamorphoses   •  Artist: Edi Hsu external link   •  At The 2019 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70 Nikon Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 17:02:34 Saturday 19 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 March 2020)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_6003
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Small And Large
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One sheet at the far left was covered in small images. That was followed by three large paintings on three separate sheets, each showing a different scene from Burning Man 2010.


Watercolor Metamorphoses   •  Artist: Edi Hsu external link   •  At The 2019 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70 Nikon Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 17:02:46 Saturday 19 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 March 2020)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_6004
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Awesome Coat
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A man wearing an awesome coat walked in front of the art painted on sheets of fabric hung from the cyclone fence. That man stared at his phone, not at the art.


Watercolor Metamorphoses   •  Artist: Edi Hsu external link   •  At The 2019 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70 Nikon Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 17:02:49 Saturday 19 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 March 2020)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_6005
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Closer Painting
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A closer look at one of the paintings. This showed people gathered around an exhibit at the 2019 Burning Man event.


Watercolor Metamorphoses   •  Artist: Edi Hsu external link   •  At The 2019 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70 Nikon Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 17:02:55 Saturday 19 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 March 2020)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_6006
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Temple At Night
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A closer view of one of the paintings. This painting showed a temple at 2019 Burning Man lit from inside at night.


Watercolor Metamorphoses   •  Artist: Edi Hsu external link   •  At The 2019 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70 Nikon Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 17:02:58 Saturday 19 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 March 2020)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_6007
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Burning Man
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A painting showed the Man of Burning Man burning in the desert.


Watercolor Metamorphoses   •  Artist: Edi Hsu external link   •  At The 2019 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70 Nikon Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 17:03:07 Saturday 19 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 March 2020)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_6008
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Previous Year
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On sheet showed a series of paintings together as examples of the previous year's art. These paintings were created for the 2018 Burning Man.


Watercolor Metamorphoses   •  Artist: Edi Hsu external link   •  At The 2019 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70 Nikon Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 17:03:14 Saturday 19 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 March 2020)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_6009
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