Life of Art
By Robert Demerski
28 Jan 2008
As a child of a painter (My Mom) I spent hours daily playing with oils, pastels, chalks and ink. She instilled in me a beginning that has no limits. All through grade school I excelled with art. It was my place to go where there were no limits and enjoy some peace of mind. During high school, I added to my art talents , still life pencil and chalk, and calligraphy. The Calligraphy became to me more of a burden, when I was called on for 3 years to do diploma's. My senior year I submitted portfolios to several top art colleges, One in Colorado, another in Rhode Island. Both accepted me and gave scholorships. Out of Fear I attended Amherst College. Keep in mind all my art was drawings , never behind a lens.
After college I was heavy into computer generated art, due to once again the lack of limits. I ran a computer grahics company for 6.5 years called The Graphix Asylum. I had the pleasure of helping build some online casino's and other web based graphic applications. Some time later i began taking picutres, (not good ones) for the sole purpose of manipulating them to my liking, Nothing better than taking someones picture and then putting them into different situations. For me this was art, or just what art had turned into for me.
My first realfeeling of art was awalk through the snow in Decemer to a Cemetary. I came upon this head stone, I call it "Her Lady". When I finally found her, I had to just stare for a few minutes and I found what I was looking for, she became a subject, not just a head stone. I looked at her covered in snow, ice running from her nose. She was sitting there through the bitter cold, Looking to protect the person under her from any evils that could come. I took so many pictures of her, and fell in love with the cold beauty of the pictures. So as this may explain that I have always been a art person. It is more to say that I have learned that you really dont have to make it up, manipulate it, or create it. Its all has been created for us, we just need to understand the concept of capturing it.
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