<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135924813759041640</id><updated>2011-07-30T22:21:23.564-04:00</updated><category term='Ben Harper'/><category term='ben harper stencil'/><category term='johnny cash'/><category term='man in black'/><category term='black'/><category term='mayberry'/><category term='stencil'/><category term='johnny cash stencil'/><category term='tears'/><category term='celebrity'/><category term='cash'/><category term='gomer'/><category term='yellow'/><category term='rural'/><category term='barney'/><category term='fear'/><category term='rural markings'/><title type='text'>Rural Markings</title><subtitle type='html'>Stencil Art From The Sticks Of Middle America</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruralmarkings.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1135924813759041640/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruralmarkings.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>RURAL MARKINGS</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08391737706023349012</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135924813759041640.post-264180036977093915</id><published>2009-10-21T22:46:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-21T22:51:00.848-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Jesus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/St_Hm5EyE4I/AAAAAAAAACM/4qUqDV-mrBk/s1600-h/jesus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 377px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 289px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395250349582979970" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/St_Hm5EyE4I/AAAAAAAAACM/4qUqDV-mrBk/s400/jesus.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This is going to be a gift to someone, but I don't want to say who just yet until I give it to them. This pic doesn't do it justice. There are paint splatters that didn't show up such as red splatters on his face. The size is 24X30.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1135924813759041640-264180036977093915?l=ruralmarkings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruralmarkings.blogspot.com/feeds/264180036977093915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1135924813759041640&amp;postID=264180036977093915' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1135924813759041640/posts/default/264180036977093915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1135924813759041640/posts/default/264180036977093915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruralmarkings.blogspot.com/2009/10/jesus.html' title='Jesus'/><author><name>RURAL MARKINGS</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08391737706023349012</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/St_Hm5EyE4I/AAAAAAAAACM/4qUqDV-mrBk/s72-c/jesus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135924813759041640.post-774012864387528481</id><published>2009-10-21T22:40:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-21T22:45:49.990-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Truman Capote</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/St_GbMSIh6I/AAAAAAAAACE/Bb5OOI7jy9s/s1600-h/Capote.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 395px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395249049069193122" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/St_GbMSIh6I/AAAAAAAAACE/Bb5OOI7jy9s/s400/Capote.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Don't really know what to say about this one, except it was a fun project. There aren't many if any stencils of Capote that I know of. If anyone has any, let me know so I can check out your work.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1135924813759041640-774012864387528481?l=ruralmarkings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruralmarkings.blogspot.com/feeds/774012864387528481/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1135924813759041640&amp;postID=774012864387528481' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1135924813759041640/posts/default/774012864387528481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1135924813759041640/posts/default/774012864387528481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruralmarkings.blogspot.com/2009/10/truman-capote.html' title='Truman Capote'/><author><name>RURAL MARKINGS</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08391737706023349012</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/St_GbMSIh6I/AAAAAAAAACE/Bb5OOI7jy9s/s72-c/Capote.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135924813759041640.post-382761399159309278</id><published>2009-10-15T20:09:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T20:14:59.441-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Grave Robber</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/Ste6I81xfFI/AAAAAAAAAB8/ZIZij74QzfA/s1600-h/GraveRobberStencil1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392983741732846674" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/Ste6I81xfFI/AAAAAAAAAB8/ZIZij74QzfA/s400/GraveRobberStencil1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a new stencil I did for the Fort Wayne, Indiana band Grave Robber. Monday was their cd release party, and those who purchased the new cd "Inner Sanctum," were put into a drawing for the painting. They guy who won drove about 90 miles to see Grave Robber. Congratulations to Rob Simon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1135924813759041640-382761399159309278?l=ruralmarkings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruralmarkings.blogspot.com/feeds/382761399159309278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1135924813759041640&amp;postID=382761399159309278' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1135924813759041640/posts/default/382761399159309278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1135924813759041640/posts/default/382761399159309278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruralmarkings.blogspot.com/2009/10/grave-robber.html' title='Grave Robber'/><author><name>RURAL MARKINGS</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08391737706023349012</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/Ste6I81xfFI/AAAAAAAAAB8/ZIZij74QzfA/s72-c/GraveRobberStencil1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135924813759041640.post-2975155115554883181</id><published>2009-08-09T02:32:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-09T02:36:59.839-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ben Harper'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ben harper stencil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='celebrity'/><title type='text'>Ben Harper - New Stencil!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/Sn5uO74x9oI/AAAAAAAAAB0/TwHY34xTgrI/s1600-h/benpainting.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 291px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367849008745281154" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/Sn5uO74x9oI/AAAAAAAAAB0/TwHY34xTgrI/s400/benpainting.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;As a matter of fact, I think I'll post one now. Anyone like Ben Harper??&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1135924813759041640-2975155115554883181?l=ruralmarkings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruralmarkings.blogspot.com/feeds/2975155115554883181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1135924813759041640&amp;postID=2975155115554883181' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1135924813759041640/posts/default/2975155115554883181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1135924813759041640/posts/default/2975155115554883181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruralmarkings.blogspot.com/2009/08/ben-harper-new-stencil.html' title='Ben Harper - New Stencil!'/><author><name>RURAL MARKINGS</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08391737706023349012</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/Sn5uO74x9oI/AAAAAAAAAB0/TwHY34xTgrI/s72-c/benpainting.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135924813759041640.post-1543973488905085658</id><published>2008-08-18T17:22:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-18T17:43:25.274-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stencil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rural markings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fear'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yellow'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rural'/><title type='text'>FEAR</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/SKnoQfkSnkI/AAAAAAAAAA4/Vialg-1ZaAQ/s1600-h/fear.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235971411844177474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/SKnoQfkSnkI/AAAAAAAAAA4/Vialg-1ZaAQ/s400/fear.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This stencil is one of my most current. I know it doesn't have a "rural" vibe to it, but I thought the image was too cool to pass up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1135924813759041640-1543973488905085658?l=ruralmarkings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruralmarkings.blogspot.com/feeds/1543973488905085658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1135924813759041640&amp;postID=1543973488905085658' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1135924813759041640/posts/default/1543973488905085658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1135924813759041640/posts/default/1543973488905085658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruralmarkings.blogspot.com/2008/08/fear.html' title='FEAR'/><author><name>RURAL MARKINGS</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08391737706023349012</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/SKnoQfkSnkI/AAAAAAAAAA4/Vialg-1ZaAQ/s72-c/fear.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135924813759041640.post-6038903316676898002</id><published>2008-08-18T17:17:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-18T17:42:18.203-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='johnny cash stencil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='johnny cash'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stencil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='man in black'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cash'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='black'/><title type='text'>The Man In Black</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/SKnnRIeLdwI/AAAAAAAAAAw/HW0AK7gpwV0/s1600-h/cash.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235970323312768770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/SKnnRIeLdwI/AAAAAAAAAAw/HW0AK7gpwV0/s400/cash.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This is the very first stencil I ever made. Who better to do one of than the one and only Johnny Cash?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1135924813759041640-6038903316676898002?l=ruralmarkings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruralmarkings.blogspot.com/feeds/6038903316676898002/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1135924813759041640&amp;postID=6038903316676898002' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1135924813759041640/posts/default/6038903316676898002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1135924813759041640/posts/default/6038903316676898002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruralmarkings.blogspot.com/2008/08/man-in-black.html' title='The Man In Black'/><author><name>RURAL MARKINGS</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08391737706023349012</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/SKnnRIeLdwI/AAAAAAAAAAw/HW0AK7gpwV0/s72-c/cash.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135924813759041640.post-1480665926965285494</id><published>2008-08-17T11:04:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-18T17:39:03.739-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stencil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mayberry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rural markings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gomer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rural'/><title type='text'>Memories Of Mayberry</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/SKg-NSadKRI/AAAAAAAAAAk/gOGOQWPJzfg/s1600-h/P1000769.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235502964820224274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/SKg-NSadKRI/AAAAAAAAAAk/gOGOQWPJzfg/s400/P1000769.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This Barney &amp;amp; Gomer stencil was commissioned from the Spencerville, Indiana Covered Bridge Festival Aug. 21-23, 2008 . This painting will be auctioned off to help raise money for the festival on Saturday the 23rd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You might notice that the Barney &amp;amp; Gomer in the painting may not look like Don Knotts or Jim Nabors from the Andy Griffith Show; it is actually a couple of guys who do a tribute to those actors called Memories of Mayberry. They walk around the festival and interact with the attendees and the musicians performing. They even bring one of the original police cars from the show. Check out their site at &lt;a href="http://www.mayberrymemories.com/"&gt;http://www.mayberrymemories.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1135924813759041640-1480665926965285494?l=ruralmarkings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruralmarkings.blogspot.com/feeds/1480665926965285494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1135924813759041640&amp;postID=1480665926965285494' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1135924813759041640/posts/default/1480665926965285494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1135924813759041640/posts/default/1480665926965285494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruralmarkings.blogspot.com/2008/08/memories-of-mayberry.html' title='Memories Of Mayberry'/><author><name>RURAL MARKINGS</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08391737706023349012</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uKATLj3kbYw/SKg-NSadKRI/AAAAAAAAAAk/gOGOQWPJzfg/s72-c/P1000769.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
