artist451again's profile

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Relationship

Single. Interested in meeting people for friendship and meeting people for networking

Hometown

A small town in western Kansas.

Places I've been

I lived in the Republic of China for 3 years. Met Chiang-kai-Shek and Madame Chiang many, many times. Travelled to Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Japan, Hawaii and all over the entire state of California as it represented the Left Coast in those days. I was with a helicopter search & rescue squadron off the aircraft carrier USS YORKTOWN (CVS-10) in VietNam from 1965-1966.

Education

• Vermont College of Fine Arts, MFA in Visual Arts - 1991 to 1993
• Art Center College of Design-Pasadena, CA, BFA - Illustration - 1972 to 1975
• San Diego City College-San Diego, CA, AA-Liberal Arts - 1970 to 1971

Work

• Self-Employed, Artist/Illustrator/Teacher - 1975 to 2008

Military

• U.S. Navy - 1960 to 1966

More about me

I'm back!!! :-)

Activities

Art galleries, museums, Yankees, picnic with someone special, outdoor summer functions, teaching classes in drawing/painting, working with the handicapped as volunteer, bowling, learn to play golf

Favorite Charities

Anything to do with the handicapped: for people who didn't ask to be what they became.

Favorite Music

Mississippi Delta Blues, Southern Rock, Cool Jazz, anything with the oboe/flute, haunting melodies as early mountain folk/country brought from England/Scotland/Ireland and of course The Oldies from the 50s

Favorite TV Shows

Not a snob but detest canned laughter in sitcoms and dislike (don't hate) predictable sappy TV dramas so my fave's are Discovery, A&E, Bravo, Animal Planet and CNN

Favorite Movies

Favorite comedy of all time that no one ever saw was "The Wrong Box", English, late 60s; "The Ebony Tower" with Lawrence Olivier, Gretta Scaachi; "My Left Foot", Daniel Day-Lewis; "52 Pickup", Roy Schieder, Ann-Margaret; "A Thousand Clowns", Jason Robards.

Favorite Books

The Ebony Tower by John Fowles; anything by Patricia Cornwell; African Genesis; Revelations in the Bible;History of Art

Favorite Quotes

"Never eat anything bigger than your head"; "You never fully understand anything until you can explain it to someone else", Voltaire; "Seldom have I met anyone who thinks what they think they think", Robert Henri; "...elegant simplicity...", anonymous; "Quid Pro Quo Doctor...", Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs.

Favorite People

My mom, Thomas Jefferson, fiction writers, blues guitar pickers, all-night-radio-talk-show-hosts, hard-working waitresses in diners;

Favorite Places

The house where a made-from-scratch apple pie is cooling on the window sill and homemade vanilla ice cream is being hand churned in the backyard.

Favorite Animals

Dogs-Borzoi-Russian Wolfhounds;any of the Big Cats;piglets running in groups;Hawks diving.

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