Rusty Walker
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Location | Scottsdale, Arizona, United States |
| Links | Wishlist |
| Introduction | Although I have reached important personal goals over the years, there is so much still to learn. I've been a full-time fine artist (once again my current pursuit), teacher, college provost, musician, Black Belt in Okinawan Shuri-Ryu Karate. I have an intelligent, beautiful wife, great children and grandchildren. My father, a WWII veteran, New Guinea under MacArthur, Pacific Theater, career Air Force -a father who attempted to teach his maverick son common sense, to work hard, importance of ethics, discipline and standards. My Australian mother, on her way to 90, is brilliant (member of Mensa), who teaches me still, that every day is to enjoy and not complain. The most decent man I ever knew was my older brother. He too, was an Air Force career man. My only sibling, Daniel E. Walker was murdered, along with his daughter, by her jealous ex-boyfriend, Dan Renwick in Tucson in 2000. Renwick escaped prison in August 2010, but was captured by U.S.Marshals. The violent death of loved ones brings new perspectives to the survivors. |
| Interests | Art, music, rare book collecting, martial arts, research into geopolitical history of United States and the world; reading Pulitzer prize winning books, history and biographies of the world's great statesmen, artists, musicians, athletes, philosophers, and writers and working out. |
| Favorite Movies | The Professional, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Saving Private Ryan, Last of the Mohicans, Dracula, Legends of the Fall, Lost in Translation, Double Indemnity, English Patient; Auzzies: Russell Crowe movies(Master and Commander, 3:10 to Yuma, Cinderella Man), Naomi Watts (Eastern Promises, 21 Grams, and King Kong - a reason for grown men to cry), Mel Gibson (Gallipoli, Braveheart, the Patriot, We Were Soldiers), Guy Pearce (Memento, LA Confidential); Any, DeNiro, Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes, Tommy Lee Jones and Anthony Hopkins movies, Heat, the Godfather series, The Last Samuri; |
| Favorite Music | Blues Roots; City Blues; rock n'roll, 50s doo wop, 60s British rock ; Rockabilly; R&B, Bluegrass, Early Folk Roots-to-Country; traditional jazz; contemporary jazz; Classical, Baroque, Tenor and Soprano Opera arias |
| Favorite Books | The History of Civilization, Volumes 1-10, Will Durant, Transitions, Will Durant; The Oxford History of the American People, Morison; Blood and Thunder: Opening of the American West, Sides; The Kit Carson Campaign, Trafzer; John Adams, McCullough; The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Morris; Theodore Rex, Morris; Ulysses S. Grant, McFeely; Lincoln, Donald; His Excellency: George Washington, Joseph Ellis; American Sphinx: Jefferson, Ellis; Undaunted Courage-Lewis, Jefferson and the Opening of the American West, Ambrose; Absolutely American (West Point), Lipsky; Atlas Shrugged and Fountainhead, Ayn Rand; The Book of Five Rings, Musashi Miyamoto; If you Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him, Sheldon Kopp; Tao Chi Ching, Lao Tzu; Cannery Row, Steinbeck; Look Homeward Angel, Thomas Wolfe;The Bible, King James version; Kane and Abel, Archer; |