I love classical, alternative, rock, world music, smooth jazz--very eclectic taste. I enjoy most genres with the exception of rap, and twangy country. I enjoy Sarah MacLachlan, Tori Amos, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Stellamara, Joe Satriani, Pink Floyd, many others.

Art books, courtroom dramas, crime/mysteries. John Grisham, Dean Koontz, Clive Kussler, Tom Clancy, Patricia Cornwell, others

The Shawshank Redemption, Braveheart, The Thomas Crown Affair, Shindler's List, many , many others.

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My life's passion is art. I have a BFA in painting from the University of Texas at San Antonio. I am a full-time exhibiting artist, married, with 3 great adult children. I served in the Air Force and spent 13 years in foreign countries. I enjoy painting both figuratively and abstractly, and I have two distinct bodies of work. Regardless of the genre, I am very interested in ethereal qualities of light, and elements of mystery in my work. My abstractions are mixed media concoctions, smaller figurative works are encaustic, and the large works are mostly in oil. I have to pinch myself, when I realize I get to make a living doing what I love to do most.
Visit my website at www.stevendaluz.com

Fantastic works of art; wonderful dance and music performances, delightful, friendly people, great food--feelin good.

Pain, self-centered people, liars, "moveon.org-style" politics, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton-esque racism, the "mainstream media",radical self-proclaimed religious zealots.

Drawing from life, playing guitar, movies, looking at art, travel, chess, raquetball, ....