roundtripstuckism
roundtripstuckism
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I was born and raised in Utica NY (1967 - 1985). I received a BA in History at SUNY Oswego in 1990, the year my first daughter was born. The Latin phrase —Aut libri, aut liberi—“Either books or children”, was the mantra of my creative life. The needs of my daughters became the “meaning and justification” of my art. I am a self-taught painter of incredible energy, which I believe is a direct result of choosing to take full responsibility for my children’s upbringing. I have kept to my art practice religiously. I did not consider myself a professional painter until the year 2001 when I began the study of painting in earnest. Since 2003 I have shown my work publicly (a solo exhibition at least once a year), apply and receive grants, curate group painting exhibitions, and subscribe to living an artist’s life. Today I live in a cedar shake cottage by the shore of Lake Ontario. Each day I awake predawn with a charged exuberance, and paint the morning and afternoon hours, keeping myself upright through supper and doing the dishes. At dusk I take dreamy walks with my wife down to the lake, so lucky to have love even if career success is a crapshoot unto the big sleep. Oh well. I paint and paint. Then night and restful slumber to another day of sublime torture.
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