I love to create art that creates joy for the viewer and where I can show a total release of emotion and master control over water and paint
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I am a self taught watercolor artist, My favorite type of art to create is to paint by photo realism. I also love to paint any kind of water, flowers , bees , birds and insects, rusty old things , boats, and fish. I also enjoy line and wash and city scenes by location ! I try to be a purest and never use white or black in my paintings . I try to either leave the highlights of the white paper or use masking fluid !
Where do you find inspiration?Most of my inspiration comes from nature, just walking outside and hearing and seeing the birds in the morning as the sunrises gets me motivated . I wake up at 4a every day to get started at my easel and to never miss a sunrise ! Getting out into nature and looking at things of timeless beauty that no one looks at anymore as the rust and moss has taken over inspires me !
What would you do with $25,000?I would build myself a cute little she-shed in my backyard and have my dream studio ! I would finally be able to buy a flat filing cabinet that I can store my large expensive paper in , buy a printer that I can print my own prints on and my own Nikon z8 Camera that I can take pictures of all my paintings with and I can take my own photos and paint them to enter competitions !! Upgrade and restock my supplies and donate my old supply to the local art school
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