Red pepper and salal - This is my first pepper painted in oils. I had it sitting on a white tablecloth. 9 x 12 oil on board
Who am I?
I am an artist and a web design teacher. Truth be told at 61 I've had the time to be many things. Displayed as a list, I am, or have been a:
- full time & freelance web designer
- full time tenured faculty professor
- textbook author
- web master at www.cptc.edu 2002 to 2005
- Director, editor and cinemetographer
- HDSLR film maker
- letterpress printer
- four color journeyman press operator (26 years)
- father of two ER trauma nurses
- fine artist in a two man gallery show
- shoe cobbler
- industrial sewing maching operator
- self taught inventor
- musician in a band: blues harp, guitar
Who would I like to be?
While I love teaching, budget concerns and the current low unemployment rate have reduced my hours. Before last year I had never worked less than 5 days a week. Our Media Design program closed last year, and since then I've only taught two days a week. I could have applied for unemployment but chose to use my 5 day weekends to explore painting as a career option.
Fast forward to 2016. Painting full time had always been my dream, and I feel very fortunate to have that year under my belt. At the end of the day I decided I enjoy painting more as a hobby than a full time job.
My 2016 New Years resolution is to work full time again in Web Design. This website is a perfect vehicle for me to explore and get back up to speed with the latest trends.