My blogs

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Gender	Male
Occupation	Retired.
Location	Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom
Introduction	I am fascinated by all forms of creative art. I have never been to art school but over my lifetime I have had periods of great enthusiasm for art, followed by fallow periods where I have been discouraged by comparing myself to better artists. I now feel it is a waste of time to compare oneself to other artists as art is an expression of one's own personality and reflects one's personal tastes and experiences of life. Currently I am working towards a small exhibition in my home town in June 2008. I welcome any advice, so long as it is positive and constructive and I wish to thank all who have helped me in the past - you know who you are :-) I enjoy chatting via e-mail with other artists (or people who just enjoy looking at art) and seeing their work. I am also interested in naive art/outsider art/folk art/art brut/call it what you will but it just means you haven't been to art school or college, so I reckon a more worthy title would be "self-taught artists".
Interests	Art (studying it, painting, drawing, etc.) Christianity, Genealogy, Music (mainly listening to electric folk (English), spending time on Redbubble
Favorite music	Incredible String Band. Fairport convention. Steeleye Span. Richard Thompson. Bob Dylan. Beatles. Pink Floyd. Leonard Cohen. Melanie Safka.
Favorite books	Biographies of artists. Good fiction. The Bible. Creationism.