Well, so begins an exciting opportunity for me, to exist online alongside the many Artists I have admired over my many years of study and practise.
My scepticism as a young adult - of the Art world and Artists generally - in deciding which path to pursue, led me away from attempts at formal Art training and into the equally precarious field of entertainment - Acting to be precise.
I guess I figured, I could continue my designs on Art as a 'second string' but if I wanted to succeed in Acting I would have to commit totally. My first, conscious influence was a wonderful gentle man & father to my closest childhood friends, Frank West, not necessarily an Artist anyone beyond his family would recognise as a force of artistic prowess - but never-the-less a genuinely gifted craftsman and practitioner.
He said on more than one occasion that an artist can work anywhere, anytime and with any material. And of course he was absolutely right. So my drawing skills could always be in use, as I moved away from the pretentious institutions who in the 70's were already proclaiming style over substance as the future of Art to each successive, creative generation.
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