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N8grafica
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[2012-10-16 04:27:21 +0000 UTC]
(Canada)
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Favourites: 134; Deviations: 117; Watchers: 476
Watching: 66; Pageviews: 35487; Comments Made: 938; Friends: 66
# About me
Born to BC's west coast, I began an interest in art at the age of six.Taking private lessons at the age of 9, I studied charcoal.
After majoring in art through high school in an advanced placement program, I studied design and illustration at UFV where I received my diploma. The emphasis in that program was visual communication, which plays a key roll in my art today.
Upon graduating I worked with a graphics company that did murals. I learned a lot about planning large scale paintings from Dean Lauze, who was a big contributor in my development as an artist.
In 2005 Joseph, my business partner and brother, and I, started a clothing line called Brethren Empirical which featured graphic art and custom touches. After running Brethren clothing and selling limited run T shirts to boutiques for a few years, I returned my focus to fine art.
While the main medium is oil, the occasional wood piece, gives me a chance to employ the chainsaw. Regardless of medium, nature and natural forms are emphasized in my work, often with strong narratives using a symbolic language. I'm really interested in the power of myths and totems so animals are used for this purpose. Dreams also use a similar type symbolic language to tell us things. Since my dreams have been quite lucid at times, a dream journal has become one resource in producing ideas and images.
My ultimate goal, is to create beautiful work with mystique, to use skill to deliver a message to the heart, and all the while projecting from a place of masculinity.
# Comments
Comments: 136
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thank you for remembering
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thank you so much for being a member of my group, Owlies-Inc . it really does mean a lot to me.
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Congrats on the DD! You have a nice gallery, I love your paintings 
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Happy Birthday. Jump through here for a delicious cakecc
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Happy Birthday ! don't forget to make a wish !
All the Best !
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many more happy returns of the day :bademoticon: :bademoticon: :bademoticon:
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Thanks for the inspiration to pick up the pencils again
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Welcome to
Hope you enjoy the group!
Also be sure to stop by the group chat to meet other photographers, share your art and get tips and critiques! 
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Your gallery is awe-inspiring. You are one of those artists here on dA that is not quite like anyone else 
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you have no idea how much it means to me to hear that. I'm one of those artists who has tried to be true to who I am, harder than I've tried to be different or popular. Thanks.
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You're welcome, I mean every word. Looking through your gallery I was really impressed not only by your technical skill but by how original your subjects are, and the emotion coming through them - your works don't "blend in" with the rest of those on dA and that is a difficult thing to achieve in my opinion! So you being true to yourself is what makes your work so memorable, is my point.. so thank you for that! You really are an inspiration
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I'd just like to say your art is amazing, absolutely amazing 
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