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About Me Premium Member General Addict sgtpklMale/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 2 Years
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Artist Statement

Sun Nov 2, 2008, 8:10 PM
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The process of exploring the emotions within me and understanding those held by others has led me on a long and wonderful journey. Although a lifelong untrained sketch artist, it wasn’t until the twilight of my military career that I discovered printmaking at a local university. The process of interpreting scale and form coupled with the experience of carving wood into images continues to compel and challenge me. Over the years, that process has led me from woodcuts to screen-printing and various experimental processes on paper. Attempting to capture the raw emotion of my fellow humans fills me with a sense of awe and humility, and has proven to be a satisfying way for me to translate my own emotions into visual ideas and physical reality.

I print both what I see, what I feel and have experienced—I work deliberately, usually within the confines of a process but have recently added innovative techniques to my work, My prints are finished when they are able to convey an element of human understanding regarding a place or moment in time.

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  • Mood: Relief
  • Listening to: Jackson Browne
  • Reading: Art books
  • Watching: Not much
  • Playing: At nothing
  • Eating: Salad
  • Drinking: Tea and Coffee

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  • Current Residence: D.C. Area, U.S.
  • Interests: My Family, Printmaking, Feeling, Reading, Drinking Beer, Laughing
  • Favourite movie: None lately
  • Favourite band or musician: Anything on Squizz (XM)
  • Favourite genre of music: Alternative Rock
  • Favourite artist: Various
  • Favourite poet or writer: Yusef Komunyakaa
  • Favourite photographer: Not so much the photographer - but the moment captured
  • Favourite style of art: Anything that evokes the human condition
  • Operating System: XP
  • MP3 player of choice: Samsung
  • Shell of choice: N/A
  • Wallpaper of choice: My Kids
  • Skin of choice: N/A
  • Favourite game: Miscellaneous
  • Favourite gaming platform: Playstation 2
  • Favourite cartoon character: Any Politician
  • Personal Quote: "Security is a kind of death" - Tennessee Williams
  • Tools of the Trade: Pencil, ink, wood, and anything that makes a dent or scratch in a surface

Comments


Thanks for the watch. :dance:
thanks for the watch!

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まい

"I haven't lost my mind! It's backed up on a disk somewhere!"
"Truly great things stand the test of time."

I am James McCloud in the ~F-Zero-club!
*drops out of lurkdom* saying hi for my dad, Doug he said you two worked together in the blue building. keep up the awesome work!

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Chibi Neko Xelloss sez "Sora wa Himitsu Desu!"
Thanks for the comments - I have been known to have a unicorn or two in some of the work I have done for my kids. I think yours are quite accomplished...

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“Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.” -Oscar Wilde
thanks!

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Chibi Neko Xelloss sez "Sora wa Himitsu Desu!"
Hi,

thanks so much for the kind fav on

because you stood still

:meditate:

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the fence around your garden won't keep the sky from falling (Silver Mt. Zion)


:sun:

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