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Artist Statement:
I would like to say "I live to
paint" but it's the other way
around. I am not very good at
marketing my artwork. I have
a small art gallery in an out
of the way small town located
in southern Oregon, of which I
am the only exhibitor. So I
thought I would try something
new by exposing my paintings
to a new audience. I hope.
Artists, I think, have to have
a thick skin, like any
salesman, in order to face
rejection, criticism and all
of the other perils of trying
to make and sell art. I use
to paint and draw pictures of
asocial commentary nature but
they didn't sell. I was told
that they were disturbing and
people wouldn't buy a painting
of two bums huddled on a
street trying to keep warm. Of
course they were right, no one
did. Then it was suggested
that I should do art more like
the art on greeting cards.
Inspiring. A fellow artist
explained to me that I needed
a 'gimmick' to sell art. "If
you were not so ordinary I am
sure your art would sell". I
didn't take him seriously. At
that ...
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Gary Wynn Biography:
| Biographical information for Gary Wynn can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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57
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Single
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| Children |
3
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| Education |
Undergraduate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
art, golf, alabama football, history, archeology |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Modernism - (1890 - 1940)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Marcel Duchamp
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
My mother bought me a set of oil paints when I was 12 years of age hoping that I would become an artist some day. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I think as an artist, you are born with artistic sensibility or you are not. The technical aspect of art has to be learned from repetition and doing the art but how you get there is the thing. The creation of a piece has to be done if you are an artist. Art is a humbling endeavor. Just when you think you've got it, it's already been done by another artist. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
I have always painted. Not always well, but each work has improved over the years. While I have been a logger, truck driver, car salesman, real estate salesperson, gold miner, and now art gallery owner, my heart has always been with art. |
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