I WAS BORN IN WATKINS GLEN, NEW YORK ON DECEMBER 7, 1974.  I CURENTLY

LIVE IN CALIFORNIA WHERE I HAVE RESIDED SINCE THE AGE OF 14. DURING MY

THIRD YEAR IN COLLEGE I DECIDED TO PURSUE THE ARTS REGARDLESS OF THE

CONSEQUENCES INHERENTLY INVOLVED. I LEFT SCHOOL UPON THIS DECISION, SO

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A DEGREE HERE YOU WON'T FIND ONE. I HONESTLY

BELIEVE THAT THE TRUE SOURCE OF LEARNING IS IN THE DOING OF THE VERY

THING OF INTEREST. SINCE THEN I HAVE PRODUCED MORE THAN A THOUDSAND

WORKS, CURATED MANY GROUP EVENTS, OPENED A GALLERY IN DOWNTOWN LA, AND PARTICIPATED IN MORE THAN 70 GROUP/SOLO SHOWS.


I HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE A LIST OF SOME OF MY FAVORITE INSPIRATIONS AS A

WAY TO RELATE WHO I AM - OTHER THAN WHAT YOU FIND IN MY WORKS.


ABOVE ALL, WE MUST NOTE NATURE:

THE FACT THAT THE UNIVERSE IS FULL OF COLOR

BEYOND THE HUMAN EYE.

THE VAST DIVERSITY AND SYMBIOSIS OF THE OCEANS.

MUSIC IN ALL OF IT'S FORMS (FROM THE VIBRATIONS OF A ROCK TO THE

SYMPHONIC COLLABORATION OF SOLAR SYSTEMS).

THE NAKED HUMAN FEMALE FORM.

SEX, OF COURSE, BUT ALSO THE IDEA OF ABSTINENCE.

BEING ABLE TO SEE FROM A CHILDS PERSPECTIVE.

THE LOOK IN SOMEONES EYES WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND SOMETHING NEW.

THE WARMTH OF THE SUN ON MY FACE.

A LTTILE BEACH AT THE END OF THE ROAD IN HAENA.

THE QUANTUM PHYSICS THEORY.

WALKS IN THE RAIN IN A FULL SLICKER.

PLANTS THAT FORCE THEir WAY THROUGH CONCRETE.

MANKIND'S DRIVE TO CREATE.

THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE WOULD RATHER DIE THAN RELENT.


NOW FOR THE PERSONS OF INTEREST:


ERIK SHEARER, DUCHAMP, MATISSE, VAN GOGH, EINSTEIN, TESLA,

FRANK LLOYD WRITE, FRANK GEHRY, PICASO, BASQUIAT, DAVID LYNCH,

STANLEY KUBRICK, DAVID BOWIE, PRINCE, BEETHOVEN, MOZART, WARHOL,

LEONARDO, MICHAEL ANGELO, MC THIS, AARON ACORD, BUBA-LOUCHI, BUDDHA,

JESUS, HENDRIX, LEE BONTECOU, H. R GIGER, DALI AND GALA, CLIVE BARKER,


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