I won’t bore you with a lengthy list of credentials and art related achievements because I have none. I’m just a guy that, as a kid, was above average in the artistic talent department and liked to draw stuff. I always liked art class in grammar school and junior high and was good at it. I never thought seriously about pursuing art as a profession because all I ever heard about artists back then w
as that they were likely to starve, and I found that unappealing. I figured that I could do the art thing as an old man after I got rich doing something else. Well at age 55, I am approaching decrepitude at an alarming rate and have been painting in my spare time more and more as the years tick by. I have managed to sell a few works and though I’m not as rich as I’d like to be, my home is getting cluttered with paintings so I figure it’s time to see if I can make a go at the artist thing. At any rate, I enjoy painting and look forward to improving as time marches on. On Art- You might be wondering “Why do you call your art lame, so-so, or fine? Are you that inconsistent or what?” To answer, in short, everyone is made and wired differently. We all think, do, and live differently. We like different things, colors, styles, shapes, and stuff when it comes to art-like stuff. As I look at various pieces of art, an opinion or feeling is formed in my head just like it forms in your head, but our opinions may not be the same. I may love it and you may hate it or vice versa and that is alright. There are what, 10 billion human opinions wandering about this giant rock and all of them are unique. It just seems pretentious for me to label my paintings as anything other than lame, so-so or fine. Who am I to tell you what to think? If you see a piece of my art that you can’t live without, I’d be happy to try and accommodate you. Life is fleeting, let’s all be happy while we can. Written by Chris who for the past forty years has worked in the nursey and landscaping profession.
