About Me

None of these things define me, but are part of my experience in this life.

education: BFA Illustration, RISD
expertise in: Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, etc. as well as the traditional arts. I'm always learning!
past history includes: bartending, owning a nightclub, owning a silkscreen company, doing large scale interior murals, designing logos, t-shirts, websites, fine arts (oil painting and pastel)
other interests: art, music, landscape design, spirituality, mythology, Tolkien
misc: sadistic sense of humor, hate cell phones and lawyers (except mine, who's a sweetheart!), scorpio, belief in past lives.
roots: celtic mostly

On my TO DO list this year:
• mastering oil portraits
• adding mixed media/layers of meaning into my traditional artwork, similar to what I would do in Photoshop
• finish a large canvas series on rock n roll musicians for the Midlands Exhibit (see Memories in Music)
• add to my Lord of the Rings series
Note* I'm leaving off the personal stuff I mean, I don't need to lose weight, stop smoking or drinking, work out more...etc. - maybe I do need to stop slacking off and finding excuses to spend time on DeviantArt. Yeah, and write blogs more often, make some tutorials, maybe Tweet something worthwhile now and then (instead of not tweeting because I don't want to be accused of shameless self promotion-yes, I have Twitter issues)...donate more to charity. One last thing...yes, I need to design my MySpace page.

recently read/or reading 2010:
Sum by David Eagleman
Fractal Time - the Secrets of 2012 and the New World Age by Greg Braden
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
The Shack by William P. Young
The Power Of Intention by Dr.Wayne Dyer
Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul by Deepak Chopra
Drive by Daniel H. Pink
Broken Open by Elizabeth Lesser
Brainstorm by Eric Maisel

reading now: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

movies I've seen in the past month:
The Hangover (again)
Shutter Island

recently went to:
Abraham-Hicks 1 day workshop, Boston 6/21
Taking Back Sunday/Anberlin/Envy on the Coast concert on 6/25
Hey Monday/ This Providence/The Friday Night Boys 7/7
Warped Tour, Mansfield MA 7/21
Gallery Opening, Schock Gallery, RI 7/30
Illumination Night, Oak Bluffs, MA 8/19
Best Fireworks! Oak Bluffs, MA 8/21
It Might Get Loud (movie-3 guitar legends, inc JP) 8/28 Waltham, MA
Cobra Starship at Club Hell, Providence 8/31
Glamour Kills Tour at Lupo's, Providence 10/16
OP Boys Like Girls Showcase Live, Foxboro, MA 11/27
Celtic Stone Carving Workshop with Laura Travis, March 6&7, 2010
Jack's Mannequin, Kingston, RI   4/23/10
Bamboozle Road Show, MA   6/27/10

upcoming:
The Art of Excellence: ALRI at RISD Museum, opening 6/17/10
Warped Tour, Mansfield, MA   7/13/10
Memories in Music in the Midlands, Birmingham, England   9/18/10
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