J Raven Mathewes Iii

I've known I was an artist since I was five when adults were commenting on my colored drawings of my dreams as visions. Later in school I used art as an escape from boredom caused by poor teachers who were sometimes mean-spirited and did not know how to make learning interesting or fun. I did enjoy entertaining the other kids with my art.

In highschool I discovered my work had value when some of my work disappeared from my art class where they were hung on the wall in exhibit and were discovered on my wealthy teacher's home walls.
So my tke away from that experience was that if I made something that was worth stealing, it would also be worth buying and I began to work.

Since then, I have worked in many mediums for private, corporate and government clientel.

Relatively self-taught, I worked as a sculptor in various mediums - bronze, gold, wood, assemblage, found items, steel and for a number of year in Redwood, sculpig lage piece with a chainsaw (and the requisite ear protectors.)

Also I enjoyed working with Ink illustrations and watercolor.

Painting has been very rewarding experience starting with water colors, acrylics, enamel, and mixed media. My favorite is oil paint and probably will remain.

I first start...

I graduated from the same alma mater as Gaugin and van Gogh.
with a few classes at L.A. Trade Tech and California of the Redwoods

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