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| I've been making a living doing art for 37 years as of 2009. That is a blessing and a curse. A blessing because I made a living and a curse because I spent all my life working to understand and service the client (many of whom I love dearly)... instead of understanding myself. THIS exercise is about rediscovering who I am as an artist. The best label I can stamp on my work is OUTSIDER. That is is label found in the art world. I encourage you to study labels. To me... art is art is art... But... as a matter of being an outsider... that is who I've always been. NOTE: Beneath all this ranting are two videos that TELL my story. The video is a little long... so I broke it into two parts. I'm a person and an artist who never found the right label. And I am a highly edumacated graduate of a good art school. But frankly... and it isn't their fault... I felt like I've spent years and years trying to undo aspects that education. It was brutal and I don't think it had to be to get the point across. I only fit in to fit in and I'm weary of that path. This is an extension of who I was before I went to high school when art was fun! When I say that the best work I ever did was when I was five years old... I'm not kidding. That childhood work was totally spontaneous... but showed all the technical skills that I would ever need to produce any art. That is why people love folk and outsider art... because it is so spontaneous. I'm using my WayBack Machine to rediscover my child-like creativity. Of course, I'll mix up my approach with years of horrible adult life experiences. OK... maybe even some good ones... as it is hard to be pissed off all the time! Now... I can still design a website and all the rest... and that is a part of my history that I may or may not leave posted somewhere on the site. Because you are what you are and you'll never escape yourself. And why should you? | ||
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