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I’ve tried to kick this art addiction before but I always find myself looking for my next score. I’m sorry, I just can’t help myself. Something clicks in my head which causes a long chain of events to happen - the cumulative result being something that one has a hard time labeling anything other than “art”.

Being a bartender, folks might have their suspicions about me calling myself an artist but I do have a BFA with a concentration in Printmaking. However, these sorts of degrees make it tough for an artist to pay back student loans and earn a living without selling out. So, I learned to bartend in New Orleans. The beauty of this being that I could pay bills and still be free, creatively, to do as I wished. In my ten plus years bartending, I’ve accumulated far more art than I have walls. When I was going to college in North Carolina, folks always said to me, “You ain’t right”, and I think most of my art is a reflection of this. That being said, most folks do seem to like my art, or a least some it (myself included). Wanting to spend more time with my kids, while they are still kids - now seems to be good time to see if anybody wants to hang my art on their walls. If I could sell some of my art, I’d be able to bartend less and have more time to spend with my girls and create more art. Hmmmm.....

check out my blog at:
kneelingbullmagic.blogspot.com

Male, Born on June 3

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