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Primary Style: Fine Art, Portraits, Realism, Figures, Traditional
Credentials: Independent Study
Career Level: Full Time, Career Artist
Experience: Mid Career Artist
Juried Artist: Yes
Represented by Galleries: Yes
From Photographer to Painter I have had the privilege of traveling to many parts of the world. I have traveled to remote areas that most people have not had the opportunity to see up close. At that particular time in my life I loved photography. I was particularly drawn to people and their activities - their beautiful faces, postures and costumes; village life and city life and particularly the children. I was very discreet and took mostly candid shots. I wanted to capture people participating in their everyday life.Around 1993 I became interest in painting. I started taking classes at a community college in Phoenix and then attended classes and workshops at the Scottsdale Artist School and the Denver Artist League. Again, I was drawn back to the photos I had taken over the years.As a painter I want to portray the lifestyles of ordinary people doing ordinary things. In today’s society our world has become smaller and more complex. We see things through the eyes of politicians, good and bad leaders, and the complexity of politics and wars going on all over the world. We are bombarded by picture over our television and the internet. Voices over or radios and photos' in our papers' "the good, bad and ugly". As our world becomes smaller and more homogenized, those unique societies will become obsolete. Old tool will become mechanized and technology will takes over. Old customs will be discarded. Western customs and habits will become the norm. All will be lost. This is happening at a very fast pace. Since recorded time, artists have documented these images. These artistic images recorded societies they lived in or travel trough. I am committed to preserve my own images, my memories and my observation by putting them on canvas with oils and on paper with oil pastels. I will do this with respect and love for all the people I have met during my own travels. I will also have the joy of reliving those special moments.Having owned horses in my younger days and loving the animal I went to my first rodeo in Denver. I was hooked. I have also included painting of rodeos.
Carpenters Kashgar China Kashgar is a small city in the Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region. It was once known as a great trading center . Kashgar goes back to the 11th century when caravans brought silk from China to Rome. Kashgar was the center of the Silk Road. Wandering through the maze of alleys, shops and stalls that cover the market area, a celebration of local life defies description. This may be China, however, the people of this area are called "Uygurs" and practice the Muslim religion . They immigrated to this area during the time when the trade routes opened up. They are not related to Hans Chinese. Their decedents are from Turkistan. Today they are fighting the Chinese government for their independence. *****THIS PAINTING COMES FRAMED****