I have the passion I was born with. I like to explore creative arts all of it. It’s a spiritual thing . Something I was born with in 1976.
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I love to paint all mediums. I like to present exciting images that wow the eye. I am picky and recently I have found that painting sculptures is extremely rewarding. I chose to be more exuberant in my passion with every option available. Even shaker can graffiti art is on board. I love abstract to realistic. Put me in any space and I create the image or imagination.
Where do you find inspiration?I have found inspiration through sign shops in Colorado to Hawaii to do fine art to Missouri on Table Rock Lake to become more mature and understand the beauty of where I live and express myself here on the lake.
What would you do with $25,000?I would build a community wide art studio focusing on the youth to help them get inspired as I got by being taught basics by Dr. Mckinney at Baseline Boulder Colorado. That Teacher taught me and others everything a young person should know. I carry her tradition to this day. I will invest in art supplies and go stronger that ever before. Thank you
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