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Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 20 W x 14 H x 0.1 D in
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It is really a shame that 99% of my family history has disappeared. There is a shoe box with some tiny little black and white pictures with little or no information on the back. I remember a story about her running a boarding house that my grandmother grew up in. She had a bachelor swedish book keeper as a border for so long that he became a honorary family member. He worked for the Chicago Transit Authority and could add 4 across columns of numbers in his head faster than other book keepers could with the new adding machines that were just invented. His name was Orrie Hagemark and when he retired I remember traveling in my grand fathers old Dodge car to Bimidge Minnesota to visit him living on his brothers farm. I was in first grade and living with my grand parents while my parents were trying to start a little bakery business. When he died he left me a $1000 to start my college education. Wow, it has been years since I thought about that. I also got another $1000 from my grand father that I saved for schooling. That money went a long ways 60 years ago for a college education. I am luckier than I have ever realized. Life has been a great struggle for me. I hope I can leave something behind when I go.
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:20 W x 14 H x 0.1 D in
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I have an ambitious approach to life ... and to art ... make something happen every day ... but most of all have fun doing it! A sculptor first, and now working in 2D, I do my best to do just that. Presented here are examples of some of my work. •• My sculpture runs the gamut from abstract, to figurative, to architectural. The materials and methods used are diverse ... from figures modeled in clay or wax, then cast in pewter or bronze ... to aluminum maquettes (produced by evaporative pattern casting) which serve as the 3D blueprints for the pieces that are enlarged and fabricated from sheet metal of all kinds. •• My 2D pieces range from abstract to figurative. You’ll find Originals done in oils or acrylic, one-of-a-kind monotypes, collages, mixed media paintings, and more ... I love working in all mediums. Some of my 2D work may be available as reproductions on this site. ••• MY FASCINATION WITH SCIENCE FICTION & MAKE BELIEVE - When I was in second grade, television was new and the hottest thing. The "Adventures of Flash Gordon" was my favorite program. There was only one kid in the neighborhood who had a TV. We, all the kids, gathered at his house for every episode. I was a huge fan of the characters. Flash was cool and my hero. Dale Arden was OK but Princess Aura was way cooler because she was naughty. Ming The Mercilous was very interesting. But Dr. Zarkov and his super duper telescope - that could see into time forwards and backwards, far and near - was the star of the show for me. The spaceship was really hoakey. You could see the wire that it was traveling on and the little puffs of smoke coming out of it were a joke, even for me. But the concept of the show was magical. Also at that time there were radio shows about space travel and aliens and monsters. I would listen to those shows with my grandfather as I sat on the floor next to the big wooden box radio so I could get the full impact of the sounds. •• These shows inspired me to draw spaceships, mostly "new and improved" versions of Flash's ship. I taped them all over my bedroom walls. At night I would travel with Flash. We would go to distant parts of the Universe and explore ancient ruins - like what I saw in National Geographic when I was not looking at the bare-breasted girls of exotic cultures. (I think artists and sculptors, are to a large part, voyeurs.) Those memories pop up in my art over and over. •• Faces also intrigue and inspire me.
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