Bob Coonts
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Fine Art |
| Location | Fort Collins, Colorado, United States |
| Introduction | I tend to think my spending an inordinate amount of time day dreaming as a boy had something to do with my becoming an artist. I still day dream, but now I call it 'pondering,' 'thinking,' 'coming up with an idea.' By any other name, it is 'day dreaming.' A lot of my dreams have come true in large part because I have acted on those dreams. Dreams also help me solve problems and help me see. I call it 'visualization.' Discovery excites me and motivates my work. I like finding new ways, methods or techniques. I do not want to ever settle in on one way to do things and not grow. I have a number of diverse skills, honed by the years in graphic design and illustration and I can choose to go in a number of artistic directions. I am driven by a desire to explore. A lot of the satisfaction derived from being an artist is in the journey and the need to create and be creative. If I thought that I could only work in one style or technique from now on, I probably would choose to do something else. Enjoy looking at my art, I enjoy doing it. |
| Interests | Art, Art History, Archaeology, Paleontology, Reading, Fishing, Sports Fan, grand children, movies, astronomy, wildlife and bird viewing. |
| Favorite Movies | Pretty Woman, Sleepless in Seattle, Up, Cars, Braveheart, Why Man Creates, 007 movies, Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kid, Rome, Sopranos |
| Favorite Music | The Blues, Jazz, Mo Town, Classical, Country Western, Easy Listening |
| Favorite Books | Pillars of the Earth, Collapse, The End of Time, Infidel, Guns Germs and Steel, Any book on Picasso, Van Gogh, Klimt, Schiele, Miro, Matisse, Art History Books. |