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My Bio
I'm currently a 24 year old artist/songwriter living outside of Nashville, TN. I work a dead end job at a cajun/jazz restaurant until I can get the money to finish art school.

I'm completely self taught in all things art. Drawing started as therapy for me through the use of moleskin journals. Because of this, poetry/writing and art has always had a deep connection with each other. This is obvious in my pen and ink work.

I tend to classify myself as a psychedelic graffiti artist, but I also like to throw buzz words like "surrealist" and "abstract expressionist" in the mix to make myself sound fancier. Most of my work is a combination of surrealist techniques (automatic writing/drawing, decalcomania, bulletism etc.) and geometry with phrases or full poetry thrown in.

My pen and ink series which used to be called "Surreal Graffiti" centers around the feelings of sensory overload in a modern society as well as the idea of being a mere mask in a sea of faces. I love to draw people, even If I'm still learning anatomy. I see faces everywhere and feel a deep connection with humanity as a whole even though at times I feel as disconnected as the Moon is to the Earth.

As for my painting, I'm still learning what I can, but I really love color theory and hope to expand my knowledge of painting techniques once I return to school. It's becoming more prevalent even though I mainly focus on pen and ink. I spend my free time sketching and studying subjects such as philosophy, human anatomy and geometry to further my skills in art since I'm not currently enrolled in school. I find self education is the most important you can invest in.

I also have a dark and psychotic past which led me to making art in the first place. This coupled with my own mental illness (bipolar type II, OCD, ADHD) has had a significant influence on my art style as well as what I portray in my pieces.

My favorite artists are: Ralph Steadman, Salvador Dali, Jackson Pollock, Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, Andre Masson, M. C. Escher, Joan Miro, Man Ray and Picasso.

Here are a few techniques I use:

Surreal automatism (both drawing and writing)
Bulletism
Decalcomania
Entopic graphomania
Exquisite corpse
Movement of liquid down a vertical surface
Paranoiac-critical method
Sleep deprivation
Soufflage
Surautomatism

Favourite Visual Artist
Ralph Steadman
Favourite Movies
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Pixar, Star Wars, Fantastic Planet, Nightmare on Elm Street
Favourite TV Shows
The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, That 70's Show, King of the Hill, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Adventure Time, Monty Python's Flying Circus
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Animal Collective, Brian Eno, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Talking Heads, David Bowie, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Billy Joel, Harry Chapin, Tear For Fears
Favourite Books
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (All 5), Choke, Invisible Monsters, Survivor, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Watchmen, Animal Farm
Favourite Writers
Hunter S. Thompson, Douglas Adams, Ernest Hemingway, E. E. Cummings, Chuck Palahniuk, Ken Kesey
Favourite Games
Paper Mario, Katamari Damacy, Final Fantasy Tactics, Super Mario World, Every Pokemon
Favourite Gaming Platform
Currently Nintendo 3DS and Playstation Vita
Tools of the Trade
Mostly Prismacolor ink pens and acrylic paint, but I tend to use anything I fancy.
Other Interests
Playing/writing music (I'm a keyboardist/vocalist), philosophy, mental disorders, math and geometry, music theory, vinyl collecting, Legos

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