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North Monmouth
United States, Choose
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| MY DETAILS |
| % OF INCOME FROM ART?: |
25% or less |
| $ YOU SPEND ON ART SUPPLIES EACH YEAR: |
$2,500-4,999 |
| LAST LOGIN: |
02/06/2010 15:45:12 |
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| MUSIC |
country, celtic, folk, accoustic guitar, oldies, cajun, soft rock |
| BOOKS |
anything by Dan Brown, Grisham, I like stuff with a good deep plot and well developed characters. |
| MOVIES |
The Bucket List, Last of the Mohicans, Braveheart, Crash, Click |
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| ABOUT ME |
When people ask me how long I've been drawing, I tell them "since I could hold a pen", which is a long time-over 45 years. Having been discouraged when I was younger from "trying to make a hobby into a career", I got a degree in Natural Resources, got married, raised 3 children, but never stopped wanting to make a living from my art. I've never had an art class, and I used to tell my children when they were drawing that "there's no such thing as a mistake in art- you simply have to change your original intent". As a self taught artist this advice has come back to me in spades. My credentials are patience, perseverence, and an absolute love of what I am doing. My detailed technique is done with many layers of ink, watercolor, colored pencil, and sometimes acrylics. Until 2008 I had always drawn what people asked me to draw, and then I read an article which stated that the true soul and spirit of an artist emerges when he/she draw what they love. That one sentence opened my door in the world of drawing trees. Sometimes environmentally based, often humorous, whimsical, or full of tiny people, my trees have personalities and character and, I hope, evoke nostalgic memories, raise environmental consciousness, and appeal to the tree hugger in all of us. (I also work 40 hours a week in an Equine Veterinary Clinic, but eventually I hope to give that up : ) |
| THINGS I LIKE |
Trees! Bare feet and worn out jeans, my family, creative people,art supply catalogs, beaches, big skies, hiking, homemade bread, snowstorms, the sun, the moon, any mountain, anywhere. LIFE. |
| THINGS I DISLIKE |
Pessimism, smoking in my face, littering, abuse of the environment, hypocrites |
| HOBBIES |
art, making art, looking at art, hiking, gardening, working out, travelling, everything outdoors |
| MY TOP FRIENDS |
selliot has 87 friend(s)
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