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Artist Statement:
Artist’s Statement: Richard
Drake
Some people say I have a
lot of courage to paint the
way I do. Some people say
their child would paint the
way I paint. Nothing would
flatter me more. Picasso
said, “Every child is born an
artist. The problem is how to
remain an artist once one
grows up.“ Like most of us I
work hard to get through each
day. There is much
calculation and analyzing in
most of what we do.
When I am before my
canvases I have a lot of fun
moving brushes and choosing
colors. I try to go about the
act of painting in a
preconscious state so as to
not allow calculation and
analyzing. I believe once
learned the formal principles
of art will surface as a
composition is brought to
life. I also believe the
artistic process is lost if I
create any other way.
Surface entertainment is
very important to me in my
compositions and that is why
you will often find what I
call “additives” in and on my
paint. The adhesive and
elastic properties of acrylic
paint and mediums allow me
that process. There is also
an element of chance in the
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Artist Exhibitions:
SELECTED ONE-PERSON
EXHIBITIONS:
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York
City, New York, 2002
Florida State Conference
Center, The Gallery,
Tallahassee, Florida, 1999
Creative Art Gallery,
Maintland, Florida, 1988
Grand Finale Gallery,
Tallahassee, Florida, 1988
Parisian Gallery, Louisville,
Kentucky, 1985
Falls City Community Art
Center, Louisville, Kentucky,
1985
Cricket House Gallery...
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Richard Drake Biography:
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| Education |
Masters of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Marine sports, marine life and habitats, health, space, religion, nature |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Acrylic
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Modernism - (1890 - 1940)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
children
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| Favorite Work of Art |
small clay creature by an unknown child
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
children |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
my birth |
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| Your Personal Biography |
E D U C A T I O N
1980-1982 MFA, Studio Art- Painting, The Florida State University
1969-1980 BFA, Painting, Louisville School of Art
2003-2004 Web Design Program, Lively Technical Center, Tallahassee, Florida
C O M M UN I T Y S E R V I C E S
2002, Volunteered to cook at the Florida State University Sail Club fund raiser.
1999, Participated in Wakulla County, Florida “Clean Florida Beaches Day”.
1989, Volunteered to help paint a mural to serve as a backdrop for a replica of a wooly mammoth at The Tallahassee Museum of Natural History.
1986, I painted an original composition mural on a public building in Tallahassee.
1983, I auditioned for and became a member of the Louisville Spalding Theater Ensemble. We performed Grimm’s Brothers fairytales and Aesop’s Fables.
1982, I spoke and presented slides of my artwork to students, faculty and guests. My presentation was part of the Florida State University’s
Contemporary Artists Seminar.
E X P E R I E N C E S I N M A T E R I A LS A N D P R O C E S S ES
Paints and mediums, alone or in combination, acrylic, enamel, oil, encaustic, watercolor, tempera and glazes
Wood and stone, laminating, fabrication, carving with pneumatic, electric, gasoline powered and hand tools
Material handling and erection, live boom cranes, Tram cars, jacks, hoist,
winches, levers and rollers
Fiber and cloth fabrication, polyurethane resins and fiberglass cloth
Concrete, plaster, and clay, casting, forming, hand building and direct modeling
Finishing, grinding, sanding, buffing, polishing, painting and sand blasting
M I L I T A R Y S E R V I C E
1973, Enlisted, United States Coast Guard, Louisville, Kentucky
1973-1974, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Balsam, home port, Adak, Alaska
1974-1976, U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Facility, Greenville, Mississippi
1976-1977, U.S. Coast Guard Loran Monitoring Station, Bermuda, United
Kingdom
1977, Honorably discharged, Louisville, Kentucky |
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