About Me
None of these things define me, but are part of my experience in this life.
expertise in: Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, etc. as well as the traditional arts. I'm always learning!
past history includes: bartending, owning a nightclub, owning a silkscreen company, doing large scale interior murals, designing logos, t-shirts, websites, fine arts (oil painting and pastel)
other interests: music, myth, magick and spirituality
misc: sadistic sense of humor, dislike cell phones and lawyers, scorpio, belief in past lives.
Memberships: Portrait Society Of America, Signature Member PPSCC (Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod), Signature Member CPS (Connecticut Pastel Society), Artist Member Newport Art Museum, Wickford Art Association, Conanicut Island Art Association, Art League of RI, Jamestown Arts Center
roots: German, Scottish, Irish, English
On my TO DO list for 2012:
• learn digital painting
• add to my Classic Rock series
• adding mixed media/layers of meaning into my traditional artwork, similar to what I would do in Photoshop
• spend more time in the UK, working with the Music Heritage Project.
Note* I'm leaving off the personal stuff I mean, I don't need to lose weight, stop smoking or drinking, work out more...etc. - maybe I do need to stop slacking off and finding excuses to spend time on DeviantArt. Yeah, and write blogs more often, make some tutorials, maybe Tweet more often...donate more to charity. One last thing...yes, I need to design my MySpace page, and pay attention to myTumblr now and then.
recently read/or reading 2011:
Sum by David Eagleman
Fractal Time - the Secrets of 2012 and the New World Age by Greg Braden
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
The Power Of Intention by Dr.Wayne Dyer
Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul by Deepak Chopra
Drive by Daniel H. Pink
Broken Open by Elizabeth Lesser
Brainstorm by Eric Maisel
The Millenium Trilogy by Steig Larsson
Power vs. Force by Dr. David Hawkins
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Twelfth Insight by James Redfield
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
A Song of Ice and Fire (all 5 books) by George R.R. Martin
Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson
reading now: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
movies I've seen in the past month or two:
Harry Potter DH2, American History X, The King's Speech
recently went to:
Taking Back Sunday/Anberlin/Envy on the Coast concert on 6/25/09
Warped Tour, Mansfield MA 7/21/09
Gallery Opening, Schock Gallery, RI 7/30/09
Illumination Night, Oak Bluffs, MA 8/19/09
It Might Get Loud (movie-3 guitar legends, inc JP) 8/28/09 Waltham, MA
Cobra Starship at Club Hell, Providence 8/31/09
Glamour Kills Tour at Lupo's, Providence 10/16/09
OP Boys Like Girls Showcase Live, Foxboro, MA 11/27/09
Celtic Stone Carving Workshop with Laura Travis, March 6&7, 2010
Jack's Mannequin, Kingston, RI 4/23/10
The Art of Excellence: ALRI at RISD Museum, opening reception 6/17/10
Bamboozle Road Show, MA 6/27/10
Warped Tour, Mansfield, MA 7/13/10
Pastels by Invitation, a group of Nationally Recognized Pastel Artists, Exhibit at the Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA Aug 5 through Sept 3, 2010
Six Flags, New England 9/4/10
Memories in Music in the Midlands, Birmingham, England 9/18/10
poster design © 2010 Cynthia Blair
Abraham-Hicks 1 day workshop, Stamford, CT 10/02/10
Carl Palmer Band, 10/16/10, Showcase Live, Foxboro, MA
Fearless Friends Tour, Paradise Rock Club 10/17/10 in Boston
The Dead Masquerade Tour, 2/12/11 Worcester Palladium, MA
A Day To Remember, Pierce The Veil, Bring Me The Horizon 3/13/11 Worcester Palladium, MA
Spring AP Tour 4/13/11 Paradise Rock Club, Boston
Breathe Carolina 4/22/11 Met Cafe, Providence
Taking Back Sunday Lupo's RI 4/29/11
Warped Tour Boston 7/13/11
Carl Palmer Band, 11/22/11, Fall River, MA
Evanescence 10/28/11 Worcester Palladium, MA
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