As an "inner challenge" to express and display those real and imagined moments and ideas that flash before me in life and in my mind.
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I tend to gravitate to the classification of a "watercolor, imposta, and digital imagery artistry overlayed or part of a photograph". Sometimes with a picture I may have taken or one from another photographer, or even just an inspiration. I'll add a little of my "secret sauce" to the pixels and push them around a little to give the world a different perspective on how I may visualize it. I love striving to make the colors "pop" in a picture or give you an eclectic subject or imagery to enjoy.
Where do you find inspiration?There are objects, architecture, and images in general as well as in my mind where I think to myself "I like that", "I can do better", "What if I took that concept and added my "secret sauce" to it?". Sometimes I'm stopped at a city corner or on a country road or fanning through previous photos I've taken and an "alert" triggers, identifying that imagery as "special". It really comes down to having "an eye" for recognizing, selecting, cropping and enhancing that "moment" and "making it mine!"
What would you do with $25,000?Those funds would allow me to be more creative in expanding the sizes of my art/work, maintaining art supplies/materials and pursuing related educational "art" classes. In a similar token, I would also like to create, share and teach, either "virtual" or "in class" workshops related to my art/techniques, etc. that can help benefit/inspire younger budding artists in expanding their "art" and possible techniques. My favorite saying is: "when you gots, ...you give!"
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