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bio
"Shall
I begin like David Copperfield? 'I am born, I grew up...'"--
Louis, Interview with a Vampire, Anne Rice
Childhood in suburban Atlanta was, well, like suburbia anywhere, I
guess, but for a kid who is somewhat a loner with an active imagination,
rainy days drawing and painting were far more engaging than the same
re-runs on afternoon television. When I was very young, before I could
read text on my own, my mother gave me big picture books full of colorful
illustrations, and I began to copy from those. I was in high school
before deciding to make art a full-time interest.
"Do you know cupids are pagan?"-- Ghost,
Wormwood, Poppy Z. Brite
Classical painting has always been a favorite of mine, much to the
irritation of my former college profs, who still seemed to be stuck
somewhere between 1945 and 1970 regarding technique and vision. I
left fine art school for an Associate's Degree in Graphic Design,
and worked for the most part in printing and publishing for several
years, then while living in Florida I returned to university and completed
a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art.
"All the faces, all the voices blurred..."--The
Cure, 'Charlotte Sometimes', Pornography
I was diagnosed bi-polar when I was living and working in Florida.
Life away from home brought new stresses and circumstances and things
eventually drew to a head. The ups and downs are easier to live with,
and work with, when you know what's happening, and I have learned
to use the so-called manic or depressive "episodes" in both
art and theatre. There is no "agenda" for my art, let us
just say that when I have the need to paint, to create, I do it, and
the content may be anything from angels to landscapes to some exotic
dream sequence. I don't plan it, I just let it happen
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