I was born in Biloxi, Ms. and have lived on the coast all my life. I have 3 brothers and one sister and 8 nieces and nephews. I just started photography about 5 months ago, and wished I had discovered it when I was younger. I have always been the one taking pictures at the parties (in my younger days). On vacations, I would take over a 1000 photos on one trip. To be honest, I have no idea why I all of a sudden wanted to buy a bigger and nicer camera. Once I started shooting, I fell in love. I have found my passion at 43 years old. When you look through the camera lens, it is amazing the beauty you see. Things you would of never known or seen. How ugly little insects all of sudden become beautiful and interesting. You also see the ugly side of people and how some have no respect for the environment. Because of this I created another Facebook page called Photographer’s Against Littering. It’s just really sad. To see my photos, I have created a Facebook page, Moses Malone Photography.
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"Hard work is the reality that leads to the illusion of talent." In 2012 I set up a scholarship called the One Sweet World Fund. To be eligible for the scholarship a student must be in my art class and also be in band, and they need to be planning on majoring in either art or music in college. Each year I will give 10% of my artwork sales from this website (both prints and originals) to the fund. My goal is to raise $100,000 by the time I retire from teaching in 20 years. Take a second to read my bio and check out the website, and if there is any way you can help out, please contact me. 'Those who can, do. And those who can't teach.' I work very hard to prove this quote wrong every day, as I push myself to be a better art teacher, artist and person. I've been making art of some kind ever since I can remember. For me it started with coloring books when I was very young. I loved to make each page as perfect as possible, freakishly trying to stay perfectly within every line. In high school I drew on my own time (mainly pictures of girls I had crushes on, it’s a little creepy I know) and took no art classes at all. I was what my students would call a jock-prep. I was very focused on wrestling and dreamed of one day wrestling in the Olympics. Although that dream would never come true I did manage to win a state championship in high school and became a 3x All-American and a National Champion in college. You may wonder how wrestling and art go together? I always tell the story of the Samurai Warrior, who used some kind of art form to balance out the warrior side of their personality. In high school and my first few years of college my personality was very unbalanced. My entire life revolved around wrestling, I received a scholarship to wrestle at the number 1 ranked Jr. College in the country. The problem was I was only at school to wrestle and had no real interest in my studies. I placed a lot of pressure on myself as an athlete and when I didn't live up to my own expectations it broke me. I started hanging out with the wrong crowd and looked for ways to forge a new identity for myself that was separate and completely unrelated to that of 'the wrestler'. It was around this time that I found my way back to art. As part of a scholarship that I got to attend a University in Oregon, I had to pick a major, and after flunking out of the Jr. college I decided that if I was going to go back to school I was going to pick a major that I was passionate about (even if I had no clue how I would make a living as an artist.) It’s funny how when you are interested in a subject how much fun learning can be. The strange thing is that this new enthusiasm for learning spread to all of my other classes as well and I soon found myself on the Dean’s List. Artistically I was years behind all of my classmates because while I had been taking 3 P.E. classes a semester, running the halls of my high school in a plastic suite to lose weight for wrestling, all the other students had been taking 3 art classes a semester perfecting their skills. I'm a fairly hard worker so I made ground quickly except for in my drawing class. I found out how the support of an instructor or 'lack thereof' can have a huge impact on a student. I was interested in realism and drawing pictures of Jim Morrison and Jerry Garcia, while my instructor wanted us to make...well I'm still not quite sure what he wanted but I was not producing it. I think one of the reasons I decided to be a high school art teacher was because of the huge effect that art had on my own life. It created inspiration for me at a time that all hope seemed to be lost. It helped me to find balance in my life. The first thing that I decided once I left college was that I would never again make artwork that is not true to me, or to please someone else or to make a sale. As I started my teaching career I also wanted to give my students strong drawing skills while at the same time encouraging them to be creative while following their own passions and interests with every piece they create. I don't want to force my students to make artwork that I like, I try to help them make artwork that they can be proud of and that represents their personalities. Secondly, I wanted my students to see that I was passionate about the subject that I teach, and to see that being an art teacher/artist was a part of who I am and not just this cool job were you get summer vacations off. Finally it was important to me that they realize that every piece of art that I make is for me and me alone, much of my artwork hangs in my home and as I'm sure you have noticed much of my work has a similar theme, drawings and paintings of musicians. Music has been a huge influence for my artwork, especially the energy that is created by a great live performance. An interest in music came into my life in college at the time that I was trying to create a new identity for myself. I have had many 'obsessions' as my music tastes changed over the years. My first taste of a great live performance was Phish in 96 followed the next by The Dave Matthews Band at the Gorge in 98. From that moment on I was hooked. There is something about the entire concert experience that I just love. From the lots before the show, to the energy and excitement that you feel when the house lights go down, the pure thrill of being so engulfed in the music that you forget about everything else for that moment in time. In the last few years I’ve really been getting into The String Cheese Incident and Umphrey’s McGee as well as many other bands, I really like just about anyone that can put on a great live performance, that leaves me tired from dancing and wanting more. I’ve been to over 200 concerts in the last 11 years which takes some work over here on the left coast. Each concert is a new experience and adventure and I have met some of the nicest people I know at concerts. These are the events that have shaped my life and made we who I am today. I am a teacher, I am an artist, I am a wrestler, and I am a lover of music and travel. http://joshua-morton.artistwebsites.com/index.html https://www.facebook.com/#!/joshuamortonsfineart I am a 70's child, born and raised in Pensacola, Florida. At a very young age, I was introduced to acrylic paints and took an interest in painting on ceramics. By my teenage years, I obtained a position airbrushing and hand painting for a local business, a position that I enjoyed for many years. After a time, I began to express interest in other art forms and taught myself the wonders and enjoyment of creating works of art on canvas in acrylic and oils. I am an artist with a passionate love for the arts. At times, I may be inspired by a thought, a dream or by the beauty around us every day. My works are reflections of my innermost feelings, expressions and ideas. When creating, I enjoy producing bright and colorful art but at time, I also relish the dark. I like to describe my pieces as fun and funky, vibrant, abstract, whimsical, expressive and more. Please enjoy! https://www.facebook.com/JoNelArtGallery http://www.zhibit.org/jonel http://www.joann-nelson.artistwebsites.com Mary Culbertson-Murchison [email protected] Carriere, MS. 39426 https://www.facebook.com/mary.culbertson.16?fref=ts I love creating mandalas using native vegetation. I became interested many years ago at about the age of 7 when my parents took my brother and me to visit my mom's birthplace of Raceland, LA. We were sidelined due to a flat tire and while waiting to get going again, my mom casually arranged a circle with a few leaves on a picnic table we were sitting at. It was a simple circle of just a few leaves and I remember being quite taken with the design. It wasn't until my husband and I moved to Mississippi that I began arranging intricate circular designs as a full time hobby. I mostly arrange mandalas using native vegetation, but recently fell in love with creating computer generated mandala art. It wasn't until a year ago that I started taking pictures of them so to add visual interest to my Facebook page. I'd like to say that mandala arranging produces a great meditative insightful state of mind in me, but this wouldn't be the case. It does however, keep me grounded and in the moment and I feel more in tune with nature. "Mandala", simply means circle, representing wholeness and is viewed as a model for the organized structure of life itself. Mandala construction dates back many years and was popularized in the Western world by the famous psychiatrist, Carl Jung, 1875-1961, to diagnose mental disorders in his patients. Jung said that a Mandala symbolizes, "a safe refuge of inner reconciliation and wholeness." (who among us couldn't use a little more of this in our lives?) I encourage everyone to take a closer look at the native vegetation we are so blessed with and create a few mandalas of their own. No purchase of art supplies is necessary and anyone can do it. Be sure to use a camera and capture the image. If interested in seeing more of my images, please feel free to visit my Facebook page, Mary Murchison (Culbertson), in Carriere, MS. I have wishes of inspiring other people to take a closer look at nature and create some mandalas of their own and that they hopefully create a safe refuge of inner reconciliation "peace" and wholeness. It works for me! My name is Laura Racero I am a digital illustrator and graphic/web designer based in Madrid (Spain). I strive to create quality interactive work making a living as Art Director at an advertising agency. I began experimenting with various artistic mediums from an early age, and eventually finding home in photography and graphic design which led to expanding my career into web design and photoillustration. Throughout my 15 years of experience, I have developed projects for clients such as Coca-Cola, Orange, Vodafone, Toys’R’Us, Factory, L’Oréal, Springfield, ‘la Caixa’, Biotherm, Bourjois, Alfa Romeo, Wilkinson and Samsung, only to mention a few. Also, my works have been featured in some of the most widely read digital magazines, top design blogs and in the prestigious Arte & Diseño (Spanish edition of Computer Arts). My professional horizons have experienced a change after designing the poster of the short film REM, as creating posters for movies is what I’ve always wanted to do. Currently, I am working on the poster for the independent film Fuera de Foco, and I am involved in the post-production and design of promotional material of Destroy Madrid. So, I am focused on directing my career towards these new paths, making the most of my skills as digital artist and photographer." www.lauraracero.com Bio I am a native of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, but presently reside in the north portion of the State near Memphis, Tennessee. I have practiced as an avocation and vocation art and photography for more than 40 years, but began my love affair with the visual arts as a child. In those days, not much was on TV and computers were non-existent. My mother came from a creative family and she insisted that my siblings and I learn to draw and at least try to learn a musical instrument. It turned out the art stuck, but the music, not so much. My younger brother, Keith, excelled at that. A natural off-shoot of the art was photography and in the early 70s to supplement my income as a police detective in Moss Point, MS, I started a professional photography business shooting weddings, ball teams, dance recitals, kindergartens, senior portraits and the like. Since digital photography and Photoshop had not come along, special effects consisted of airbrush and negative retouching and using photo oils to produce hand colored portraits on sepia toned prints. Mat boxes were available for doing a few in camera tricks, and a piece of exposed film taped to a strobe provided just the right light for candlelight wedding shots, my how times have changed. In 1982, I left the coast to accept a position with a private Fire Investigation Company and moved to Shreveport, LA leaving there in 1989 to transfer to Memphis, TN. I continued to pursue my art and began using photography as an artistic medium. My art and photography was offered for sale at shows and galleries for a number of years and then with the advent of the internet I began selling to collectors worldwide through various on-line outlets. This year, I retired from my corporate career and am able to devote all of my time to the creation of my art. Prints of my work are offered for sale through Fine Art America and Original Paintings and Drawings can be purchased by contacting me directly. At present I have in excess of 1250 images available through Fine Art America. My work can be viewed at: http://barry-jones.artistwebsites.com, http://barrysart.com, and http://facebook.com/barrysart I feel like my work has evolved because my approach to art has evolved. There's more so a mystical element to my pieces now. They may seem sophomoric at a glance, but I can assure you that they're anything but that. First off, I barely look at the paper or canvas. I stare mostly at the subject; you'll catch me looking down to see what I've drawn, but it'll be for a mere second. I also use one continual line to create these pieces. I like to use my knowledge of the shape and my eye to help create the proper contour and detail needed for the viewer to step back and say, “Hey it does look like a person," or, “Hey, how'd he use that one line to get that much detail in there?” I like making the viewer think and stare. That's a part of art's purpose in my opinion. A child can't do that, but the fact that some of my work appears to be child like would kinda put my adult viewers in a weird and unfamiliar place in their minds or that's what I'd at least like to think. www.thejulianbanks.com Hello! I am Roberta, Child of God: a wife, mother, and grandmother of 14. I love life and all that it offers! I spent 20 years in semiconductor sales traveling from place to place and I have seen amazing beautiful land, sky and sea that has been gifted to us by God. Many times I have experienced it through the eyes of a child in an honest, awe-inspiring way. In 1992, God surprised me by calling me to ministry and this grandmother and full time employee went to college and graduate school. I spent 17 1/2 years in ministry. In the approaching illness and death of my mother I decided to retire early and I think retirement is what humans think heaven should be like. I am enjoying it to the fullest! In 2009, God called me to write a book about my encounters with God much to my dismay, and I wrote it with a chip on my shoulder. Yes, I did what God called me to do but I wasn't happy about it....it made me vulnerable. It is a book about hope (Little Bits and Bytes of Revelation: Messages from God) and I have heard God whisper 'I told you so' many times. I have given this book away in airports more than any other place when people have been placed in my path, shared their story with me and needed hope. (Available on Amazon and Kindle). Now, I am working on another book about how life can change in a split second. I am also beginning to paint as a creative outlet and to collect my photographs of moments when I was called to stop and take a picture for whatever reason. To often we hurry up through life and miss so many gifts that have been given to us to enjoy by the One who made us. So, I am sharing some of those missed moments of mine on Fine Art America in order that many can see these moments when we are called to STOP and receive a glimpse of those very same gifts. Enjoy! http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-roberta-byram.html http://1-roberta-byram.artistwebsites.com/galleries.html ABOUT "I think everyone has a good story to tell. I try to make these stories to be true". Mario Sánchez Nevado is a Spain based freelance illustrator and art director who currently runs his own studio, Aégis. The studio is focused on bringing digital art to the covers and packaging of music bands and publishing houses all over the world, and his work has been used by clients of the size of Harlequin, Hachette Education, The MDU, Envato or bands like Unexpect, Empathic, Ashent and many more. After ten years solo work, Aégis is nowadays a consistent digital art studio with constant commercial projects that are published in between of the personal work of Sánchez Nevado. Nevado is also one of the managers of the international artistic collective Hysterical Minds. He has written several on-line workshops for PSD Tuts about digital imaging production and has been a speaker in some major events about digital art in London, Madrid , the Creative Pro Show in Rome and the Behance Portfolio Review in the Create Now gig held by Adobe. His opus has travelled worldwide, from Spain to the U.S. or La Habana (Cuba) in exhibitions like Creatives Rising, that itinerated among others, from the MoMA and Guggenheim museums in New York. His artistic labor has been recognized by the Master Award on the digital art annual Exposé by two consecutive years. With a solid style, his conceptual art works on bringing an emotional impact to the viewer, creating tales about universal ideas and feelings easy to relate to. His usage of colors is the key of creating atmospheres that are catchy but ambiguous at the same time, meanwhile a critique to society and politics is usually found between the lines, as well as the roles we develop as emotional human beings in an historical era dominated by superficiality. His striking collection is deeply woven with bold narratives that allow the viewer to create their own vision of what they are seeing. Part magical storyteller, and part sober messenger of society's ills, Mario's works begs for a deeper consideration of the world around us. LINKS Website: http://www.aegis-strife.net Facebook: http://facebook.com/aegis.illustration Twitter: http://twitter.com/aegis_strife Bio: Kathy started her lifelong interest in photography over forty years ago when she received a Kodak Instamatic X-15 as a gift. That was an inexpensive point and shoot film camera that utilized external flash bulbs called Magic Cubes. One other point and shoot film camera, an SLR film camera, and two digital cameras have brought Kathy through her journey to where she is today. Her interest in photography melded perfectly with her love of nature. She is constantly in awe of God's natural beauty around her and feels privileged to not only witness that beauty but to also capture it in her pictures. After pursuing several career paths over the years, Kathy recently decided to spend the majority of her time building a business that promotes art and literature and offers her photography for sale to the general public. New technology has opened the door to many opportunities and Kathy is excited to finally be able to share with others the beauty that she has seen and captured with her cameras. Kathy's artwork can be found on the following sites: http://www.keppenart.com http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/kathy-mcclellan.html http://pixels.com/profiles/kathy-mcclellan.html https://www.facebook.com/pages/Keppen-Art-LLC/1386778761544699 |
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