[x]
All Deviations
All Deviations
  • 21 Deviations
  • 54 Deviation Comments
  • 13 Deviant Comments
  • 520 Pageviews

DAI defaced american icon

Recent Deviations

Browse Gallery

Artist's Statement

Journal Entry: Mon Aug 27, 2007, 1:11 PM
I’m not a painter…

In spite of the fact that you are viewing many of my works, which are primarily created using oil paints, I don’t consider myself a painter. I think of myself as a communicator, like a speechwriter, newspaper reporter, orator, or even in some aspects, a politician. I compose my ideas and try to present them in a manner that others can experience the way I feel while creating the composition. But where a speechwriter or reporter uses words to ply their trade, I am an artist, therefore I use the language of imagery to state my feelings and opinions. This imagery may vary from photography, to painting with realism, to figurative abstract, or even involve elements of found-object collage and assemblage. It may also vary from simple emotions like joy and contentment to more complex feelings such as fear, love and sadness. It is the process of communicating my ideas that is important more than the media used. In fact, it is the creative process of the communication that is important to me. While I am working on a piece, I am emotionally tied to it to the point of distraction. It becomes the sole focus of what I am doing. However, when I bring a piece to completion, the emotional attachment dissolves. I don’t feel the post partum effect that some artists talk about as much as I feel as though I’ve committed a captured moment of my essence and released it to the ether. The way a spoken word floats ever outward into space.

  • Mood: Artistic
  • Watching: mythbusters
  • Drinking: coke classic

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 42
  • Current Residence: ohio
  • Interests: anything creative
  • Favourite movie: Cool Hand Luke
  • Favourite band or musician: changes daily
  • Favourite genre of music: changes daily
  • Favourite artist: Jean Michel Basquiat
  • Favourite photographer: Cindy Sherman
  • Favourite style of art: surrealism
  • Favourite cartoon character: Foghorn Leghorn
  • Personal Quote: "Imagination is more important than knowledge" Albert Einstein
  • Tools of the Trade: brush, pen, pencil, paint

deviantART Notice

[x]

Devious Comments

~ladyfieza:iconladyfieza: 1 day 15 hours ago
Tag! You're it! :D [link]

--
The Cavaliers #1 is out now! Get your own copy here ---> [link] . Thank you! :D

All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them. ~~Walt Disney
*emu-photography:iconemu-photography: Jul 26, 2008, 6:26:36 AM
many thanks for adding me to your :+devwatch: list hope you enjoy browsing my :gallery:'s
*Female-Charms:iconFemale-Charms: Jan 24, 2008, 8:10:59 PM
Dan,

Just a quick note to thank you for stopping by site. I hoped you liked what you saw and stop by again some time soon!

God Bless You!
Mike

--
Stop judging others & you will not be judged. For others will treat you as you treat them. Hypocrite! First get rid of the log from your own eye; then perhaps you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend's eye. Matthew 7:1, 2 & 5
!SunSurya:iconSunSurya: Oct 27, 2007, 6:26:15 AM
:thanks:
for :+fav:
& :new: friend
_ :highfive:

--
.: :frail: :sun: :frail: :.
=torino-stock:icontorino-stock: Sep 1, 2007, 11:52:00 PM
Thanks for watching. Hope you can use for reference.

--
Torino and Lee
*FruitByTheRandom:iconFruitByTheRandom: Aug 27, 2007, 3:22:23 PM
Amazing Gallery ^^
+watch

--
i would be sarri ;D

"imagine all the people
living life in peace" -imagine; john lennon
~AdharaBatul:iconAdharaBatul: Aug 25, 2007, 11:30:24 AM
Thank you for the devWatch! :rose:

--
::Adhara Batul:: ~Stock Account~
Vivat, crescat, floreat!

*createbyweek
~ladyfieza:iconladyfieza: Aug 23, 2007, 6:09:16 PM
Ah sure will, pardnah! :D

--
The Cavaliers #1 is out now! Get your own copy here ---> [link] . Thank you! :D

All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them. ~~Walt Disney
~ladyfieza:iconladyfieza: Aug 23, 2007, 5:18:24 PM
Thanx for the :+fav:!

:glomp:

--
The Cavaliers #1 is out now! Get your own copy here ---> [link] . Thank you! :D

All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them. ~~Walt Disney
~weirdmuse:iconweirdmuse: Aug 15, 2007, 7:57:35 PM
hope you see some things you like!
~ladyfieza:iconladyfieza: Aug 15, 2007, 1:02:24 AM
Hehehehe pleasure's all mine! Now i'm gonna check out your stuffs! :D

--
The Cavaliers #1 is out now! Get your own copy here ---> [link] . Thank you! :D

All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them. ~~Walt Disney
~weirdmuse:iconweirdmuse: Aug 14, 2007, 6:40:17 PM Mood: Excited
Glad you dropped by! Thanks for faving me!
~ladyfieza:iconladyfieza: Aug 12, 2007, 9:08:05 PM Mood: Caring
Hiya Dan!! Just dropping by to say hi! :wave:

:hug:

--
The Cavaliers #1 is out now! Get your own copy here ---> [link] . Thank you! :D

All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them. ~~Walt Disney
~weirdmuse:iconweirdmuse: May 24, 2007, 7:58:27 PM
Thank you. I always enjoy looking beneath the surface of visual images to get to what the artist was thinking. By doing this, it helps me to better understand my own work and where it needs to go.
*petran:iconpetran: Apr 28, 2007, 3:58:06 AM
thanks a lot for watching me :eye:

--
Live Your Life :rose::kiss:
*lexiconoclast:iconlexiconoclast: Apr 24, 2007, 6:22:30 AM
thank you terribly for the dev watch

i appreciate the support

:skullbones:

--
'part vampire, part warrior, carnivore, and voyeur'
~whz:iconwhz: Apr 17, 2007, 1:43:23 PM
i think you're a good art critic and you should do it more :)
~weirdmuse:iconweirdmuse: Apr 16, 2007, 8:32:17 PM
Thanks for the kind words. I look forward to using some of your beautiful stock.
*agonybliss:iconagonybliss: Apr 14, 2007, 1:40:40 PM
Thank you for the :+fav: :)

--
--------------------
Joi Carey Portrait/Fine Art Photography

[link] -My Photography FetishBliss.Net
[link] -My Personal Site DarkDoll.Com
[link] -My Sample Gallery JoiCarey.Com
--------------------------
~myothergallery:iconmyothergallery: Mar 27, 2007, 3:38:51 PM
Thanks so much for the :+devwatch:! You've got some beautiful work here.
~Armienne:iconArmienne: Mar 12, 2007, 7:40:25 PM Mood: Joy
Thank you for the friendship... visit also my other gallery:

--
DRAW, PAINT AND MANIPULATE MY NUDES.

Solo el amor convierte en milagro al barro.
*jhwood9:iconjhwood9: Jan 31, 2007, 3:03:35 PM
...when I was in High School our faamily moved into an old farmhouse that had a professional darkroom built into the basement, with stainless steel sinks and built-in darkroom lighting. I used that facility a lot during my school days.
=)

--
--jhw
Jeffrey H Wood

Random drive-by verbiage...
~weirdmuse:iconweirdmuse: Jan 19, 2007, 8:17:38 AM Mood: Optimism
Good to see you on these pages, Jeff.

Yeah, I've been doing wet darkroom stuff for a while. My wife and I bought this farm with huge farmhouse. The upstairs rooms serve as our studio, darkroom and comic and art collections room.

I'm mostly posting some recent oil paintings but I'll get some of my photography up soon.

Dan
*jhwood9:iconjhwood9: Jan 18, 2007, 9:38:18 PM
Oh, and thanks for the DevWatch!
=)

--
--jhw
Jeffrey H Wood

Random drive-by verbiage...