OBJECTIVE
To be remembered as the artist who broke Postmodernism's stranglehold
on culture in the early 21st century. To be remembered as the first
great painter of the new millennium. To be remembered.
The next step in my work is defined by my Preterist's Manifesto (enclosed).
To reiterate, I want to move into working with a retrograde technique
in a somewhat Baroque or Hellenistic style, aesthetically and philosophically
drawing from the objectively superior of all sources of culture, regardless
of time or ethnicity (time or place) to create a perfect universal
and timeless body of work that will be pertinent to anyone anywhere
at any time without pandering to the status quo and feeding the endless
hunger of the lowest common denominator. This will be accomplished
by the creation of works that define and express fundamental human
truths, whether mundane or occult, carnal or abstract, and express
the unifying elements of these apparent dichotomies.
QUALIFICATIONS
Above all I am a professional and I work. I have been earning my living
as a professional photographer since I was 18 years old, during which
time I nurtured my own abilities as a painter, sacrificing some professional
monetary success that I could have had in photography in planning
for my ultimate career goal in fine art. I removed myself from my
family as soon as I was legally able and struck out on my own. Despite
that decision (or perhaps because of it), I am not a starving artist,
I am a working artist with real world experience, and I have been
successful because I understand people and I want to make sure that
anyone who employs or commissions me is successful because of their
decision. I obsessively dedicate myself to excellence in anything
I pursue while maintaining the realistic balance necessary for production.
In my professional life I create a superior product and I know how
to sell it.
EDUCATION
HS fine art programs, special art programs, gifted academic programs,
diploma.
Privately tutored in fine art by Parson's graduate with honors for
four years.
Self Taught
EXHIBITIONS
2000 - Lancaster Museum of Art
2001 - Square One Café and Gallery
2002 - Historic Downtown Lancaster Art Walk
2002 - Checkered Past Exhibition
2003 - Harrisburg East Mall Fine Art and Wine Tasting (Best in Show)
2006 - Accepted into juried competition: Art @ Large "Going Underground"
SALES
Magus I - Oil on Canvas
Boudoir Mickey Mouse - Commissioned Photographic Print (don't ask)
A Wedding Portrait - Oil on Canvas (Commission)
Echo of Tuscany - Oil on Canvas (8 ½' x 3' - Commission)
Fetus Palette - Digital Media (Commission)
Thor the Surgeon - Digital Media (Collaborative Commission)
Sharking - Oil on Canvas (Commission)
