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Age
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29
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Committed
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
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| Education |
Self Taught |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Welding, Painting, Travel |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Sculpture Steel
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Art Nouveau - (1880 - 1910)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Micheal Parkes
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| Favorite Work of Art |
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
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| Your Personal Biography |
I have been living and working here, in Tucson for over ten years now. My career as an artist has taken many exciting twists and turns, always at a parallel to my life experiences. I look at everything I take part in as another course in my education. I’ve always had the good fortune to meet a wide variety of talented and creative people. These people have inspired and taught me. My schooling is constant and ongoing.
>1987-present: Pen and ink drawing
>1996-98: Acrylic painting
>1997-98: Southern Arizona Carpenters Apprenticeship
>1997-98: Drawing and Design classes at PCC
>1998-present: Oil Painting
>2000-02: Welding Study with Jesse Bowen/Andrew Desplinter
>2000-05: Art Philosophy/ Design Study with Neil Weismiller
>2002-03: Sculpture Study at Cycle Recycle
>2002-05: Member in “Tucson Warehouse Arts District”
>2003-05: Graffiti Art Study with Jasper Vasconcellos
>2005-06: Tattoo Study with Johnny Bidwell in Portland, OR
>2007-present: Sculptural steel furniture at “DevineTileArts”
I’m always very exited about showing my oil paintings. Everything that you see here was made during the past twelve months.
I feel that art is an extremely important part of all of our lives. Beauty, love, women and nature are major themes in my work. This is because they very important in my life both as an artist and a human. I am passionate about my work and it teaches me many things about myself. One similarity between life and art is that the more I try to control or force things to happen, the more I tend to struggle and become limited.
It’s just amazing how different each piece turns out, how unpredictable and unique they are. The painting is like a record of the way humans experience life with their feelings and personalities, from their insides.
I’m always looking to pick up a new skill that I can use to express myself. In this last year I’ve also been collaborating with the ceramic artist Christina Devine. We have been making beautiful steel and ceramic furniture together and the results have been amazing. |
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