: About Me

I am a freelance Artist , who is passionate about cooking reading and wine. My recent projects are nautical seascapes and driftwood sculptures, and my love for nostalgia and the history of things led me to share some stories about life and culture. I cherish maxims like " Don't forget where you came from." and "Look before you leap." I believe that the most important philosophical utterances came from humble kitchens and school yards.And all the pearls of wisdom we grew up hearing and soon forgot are true. I live in New Jersey with my future wife Theresa, and hope to write many fun articles about the eccentricities of Life and culture.I have a fun blog at : artclave.blogspot.com

My passion is ...

painting reading cooking and wine

I know too much about ...

why things go wrong

My parents always told me ...

true friends are like diamonds precious and rare , false friends are like autum leaves found everywhere

My childhood ambition ...

to paint the sistine chapel over

My favorite memory ...

fishing with Mr. Hannaman

Why I write ...

It's like talking to myself

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

re reading some Kurt vonnegut stuff, watching dancing with the stars,listening to Diana kroll

My first job ...

shoveling snow

My best moment ...

still waiting

My inspiration ...

positive open minded people

Arts & Humanities > Artists & Artwork Robert Henri and the eight "apostles of ugliness"

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I came upon the works of Robert Henri when I was a student at that magical place The Art students league where Henri himself had studied early in the 1900's. It was through an instructor and good friend Vincent Malta who introduced me the book "The Art Spirit"by Robert Henri,who besides being laureled as a great American painter and pioneer of American art held his own as a brilliant and inspirational writer and teacher . With the soul of a poet and the romantic observations of a painter he is so sweeping and intelligible, with a style so poignant and plain speak, that one recalls The Amer...

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