"Cerebral Of Troy" Print

My art represents my view. It is best described as Abstract Emerging Artist , as I have no formal training. My view is my response towards reality - past, present, future, expressed in abstract, improvisational form with vivid colors, strands of language and formulaic computations; all capturing my motivations, my thinking, and the flow of my life. This art represents feelings that I've hidden, some of which are built up inside of me; and feelings I want to shout to the heavens and the universe. I am always learning new things; striving to develop myself from the physical and spiritual towards the future. I am a part of my family and all of my loved ones, and these paintings and designs represent an expression of my humanity as a man. The act of painting allows me to learn something from what and who I have become. I rarely use brushes or brush strokes and prefer working with straight edges, wood objects, pens, market, pencil, oil stick, acrylic, spray paint, metal or plastic edges and shapes as a means to apply and move paint onto canvas and other objects. As a young kid on a school museum visit, I was exposed to (and profoundly inspired by) the work of Jackson Pollack. I remember having a vivid sense of vision and a keen imagination when I was young. I used to make up some incredible stories. My father used to ask me where I'd heard these things, and I'd tell him I made them up; and he wondered exactly what planet I stepped off of. He really encouraged me to "do" me; to be myself - and my mothers and sisters did too. I drew a lot in my notebooks -experimenting with various styles and techniques; sketching, doodling. I also encountered a very special art teacher in high school (Mr. Houston), who was also instrumental in teaching how passion, strength, determination and service to the world at large can be achieved through the expression of art. I seriously started painting in February 2005. I had lost a job and was at a emotional crossroads. I remember that it occurred to me at the time that, maybe I could lose a job, but one thing I could not lose was my will, or the ability to create. I'd found this quote from a speech by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. that was profound: "Some of you say to me, "I'm not like you, I'm not a congressman; I haven't got education, I haven't got work.'...But you're a human being! And you know what you've got? You've got your hands. God said to Moses, 'What's in your hand?' Moses said only, 'I've got a stick.