NEW POST!!! IN A VERY LONG TIME

Just testing for a friend, will be posting new stuff.....eventually....maybe......tal vez?

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Introduction of a madmoth, STREET TEAM. and updates

Alritey!

so since reopening Galleryofaclown.com I have seen some awesome bits of interest. First off thanks to everyone who has visited as in the first two weeks of operation I have already seen more than 1,000 viewers! If you have yet to see it please stop in, I swear you'll love it. Second off, those of you that have visited please spread the word, this has been so much fun and I just want to share my hard work with as many people as possible.

Now I know some links are still not working or have not been finished but trust me, things are always in the working. I have the first contest that will most likely happen sometime this summer. It'll involve (guess what) clowns of some sort. There might be a scavenger hunt at some point (as I am notorious for a good ole' hunt).

The MadMoth link is an interesting bit. I have a lot of questions concerning "wtf is mADmOTH?!" (YES spelled just like that). Well, for the last 8 years I have been working on a comic character of that namesake. It began long ago but it is still fresh in my mind everyday. I had him copyrighted sometime back and I hope that this will become a monthly comic for "GOAC". All will be made more clear as I get closer to things. All I can say is it will blow some minds, piss a few people off, but what doens't now adays?!?!

Lastly, schwag such as stickers and tshirts and hoodies will be soon avialable in CIRQUE (the blue clown). Cirque being french for circus is the unofficial name of the clothing line I wish to start. That type of stuff will be made available as soon as my fund grow from some upcoming commissions. In the meantime if there is anyone interested in helping out and being part of the street team then send me an email. I'll explain it later though, I like to keep you guys guessing.

THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT THUS FAR!!!!

THE WEBSITE IS HERE!!!!!!! n' other good stuff!

HEY GUYS!

No this isn't some April fool's thing (although as you may have guessed today is TOTALLY my day). BUT after hours, upon weeks, upon months of hard work I was able to get my work online and live for you to look at a lotta artwork, commissions, etc.!!!! Keep in mind that it's still a work in progress and a few things can't be accessed yet. For the most part it's ready to be viewed so please come back for updates as to when the "comics" page will be up and the clothing and other fun stuff.

ALSO: CONTESTS!!! soon I'll be running a few contests here and there as well for chances to win free schwag and custom work so thats always a plus.

You can also follow me on Facebook and Twitter. Eventually a separate page will be made on facebook. SO PLEASE by all means friend me find me do whatever it takes!!!!

Lastly, For those of you interested I also have aDeviantart page. Deviant Art is a networking site mainly for artists that lets us share our work as our own sort of webpage and also make a few sales. MY deviant art page is mainly to show my studio cutups and throwbacks and unfinished things that I mainly did for fun and won't be sharing anytime soon. Go there ffollow my stuff and dig the old school things that pooped outta my noggin':

serpentclown.deviantart.com

twitter.com/serpentclown

ENJOY THE SITE tell me what you think

Latest show/gallery and other fun stuff

Hey all,

So here's the scoop. Recently I was part of a show in Plantsville. It was an open call for artists and I was able to submit a piece of work to possibly be hung for a show. Well, lo and behold I got accepted by the gallery. It was a great collection of work from artists and congrats to any winners (it was a juried show). Thanks a bunch as well to the gallery. The name of the gallery is Paris in Plantsville and they are a small collective of artists who rent the space out for shows, lessons, etc. They do a great job and I would also like to extend my thanks to Jordan Deschene who is one of their resident artists and a very warm welcoming dude. He made things seem more welcoming than other galleries I've attended who have the avantgard attitude that makes artists seem negaqtive to the outside viewer. He and his crew seem way more hospitable than the average gallery and it made for a night of positive vibes. Thanks again guys. Below is the work I chose to submit. I don't think I need to explain, it's mainly a studio throwback that I thought would be fun to share. In the menatime, visit their website @ ParisinPlantsville.com. Great artists and things happening there.
In other news, the last welcome to Bohemia show was very fun indeed!!! It was held at Billings Forge in Hartford (another gallery/collective) and was hosted by the Libertine Collective. I was asked to be MC for the show. And though I have never done and MC gig before I was more than excited and glad to give it a go. I'll admit I was nervous at first but I loosened up early on and I think I did an alright job. ANYONE NEED AN MC?! I can add that to my list of activities now. Seriously, I love talking and in front of crowd is fun and it was something that was so much more fun than I though it would be.

But anywho, the show itself was spectacular. There was artwork from some CT artists like Corey Pane and H.L. Groen, there was live music from The kelvins and others, and amazing work from spoken word artists such as Summer Tate. ALSO Sugati was there to share her AMAZING dancing skills, always a wicked treat. Great Night I think the next one will be just as good if not better.

UPCOMING: the website is getting closer to complete. Problem now is the two sites I'm currently trying to run are intertwined and running each other's info by mistake. SO once I fix that this week I'll have the grand re-opening.

I'm going to Denver, CO soon for a weekish excursion with the Helix magazine. We'll attending the AWP conference, basically a huge conference of writer's and such. I'm thinking it's going to be ridiculously fun. The Spring issue is on it's way, by the way.

I'll post photos once I take em. I'll keep everyone in the know.

Lastly, I think It's almost time to start sharing some of my characters from the comic I've been working on for 8 years and I think I'm ready to get publishing. Maybe next posting. Until next time kids, I'll leave you with this thought:

"I've won grammys, I've met the Queen of England, and I've met the President of the United States, and what did I do? I was just being myself."

-paraphrased from Ozzy Osbourne (go out and get his autobiography, it's amazing)

welcome to bohemia

HEY GUYS!!! turns out I got a fun gig TONIGHT!!! I have been meaning to mention it sooner but I figure most of you who do read my blog know of it already. WELL looks like I'll be the MC for a show tonight in Hartford, CT!!! Below is the info for the show. Come if you can. ALSO my lovely lady Erin and I are gonna be playin' some percussion as well.

Welcome to Bohemia! SeriesII will be at Billing Forge, March 20th, 6PM, 563 Broad Street, Hartford, Ct

*Live Painting with H.L. Groen and original art also with Stanwyck Cromwell, Gary Jacobs and Corey Pane
*Original and Live Music with the Kelvins, Kate Callahan and
HannaH's Field
*Spoken word with Nancy Otter, John Stanizzi and Summer Tate
*Belly Dancing with Sugati

$5 Cover
For more information contact the libertinecollective@yahoo.com or visit their site at the libertinecollective.com


ANYWHO, i'll keep everyone posted on things. I had a show a week or so ago and was recently int he paper twice. I'll get those up soon, Ive been falling behind trying to get the damn website up! o well, soon so TILL NEXT TIME!!!

Work for friends, Libertine update, art art art

Hellooooooo all!

Just so you know the website IS ALMOST BACK UP AND RUNNING......almost. BUT things are looking on the bright side. It is getting closer and closer and I can feel it. In the meantime I would like to share some work done this past December that were done for some very good friends.

The first bit of work I waited to post since I recently was able to give this piece to Jay. As an early wedding gift I decided I would experiment more with some stenciling in a portrait I did of Jay and Jenna. I figured that the original photo I worked from was such a great photo that they would love this.
I worked my tuckus off making the stencil and even had to ease the shadows in Jay's face and Jenna's cheeks. If I hadn't they would've had a case of Heath Ledger Joker eyes!!!
Either way this work came out great. I think I may try to do more things like this. I do have some other pictures in mind that I think would look great in this style. So, hopefully over summer I'll have the chance to do so.

The second piece is something I did for a friend, Stephanie of a purple mini dragon. The name of the piece is "Stealing Sakura for her Tea". I basically thought let's make a dragon but make it seem smaller than usual. In antiquity dragon's are supposed to be huge so I thought this take on it would be fun.
Stephanie was pretty stoked about this.

SO, for further updates I would like you to know that the new Helix is currently in progress and still accepting submissions. It's going great so far and this issue is going to be an extra special issue. We have some work we will be recieving from kids out of a Hartford elementary school. Their work will be welcomed and I can't wait to see this come together with the other submissions. Also the cover is done BUT I'm not sharing that yet, you just gotta wait!

The new issue of In the Cut art magazine is on it's way as well so if you need an issue ask me. Quick reminder I was recently added to the street team of this publication and I deliver issues to places for viewing. It's an awesome and FREE magazine. Hopefully I'll be able to contribute.

Lastly, Upcoming is another installment of Welcome to Bohemia in Hartford Billings Forge. If you ant more info go check out the Libertine Collectives website and/or facebook page. It's a fun event with live art, music, and work from other CT artists. I might be jumping in to play some percussion as well so come check it out March 20th.

Until next time friends, stay toasty, and enjoy the nice weather!

HELIX MAGAZINE FALL 2009!!!

So for those of you who may not already know I was hired as the Artistic Director of an arts and literary magazine known as "The Helix". This publication is a student run organization at Central Connecticut State University since 1855-ish......I can't remember the exact date. Well a friend of mine (Luis) who is part oft he staff knew they needed a new graphic artist to create the layout for the magazine and so he sought me out. I met Nicole Lalime the Editor in Chief, and now awesome friend, and she was diggin' my work from the get go. And so I was hired to direct the artsy side of the Helix.

My first job was to create a captivating cover design, I wanted to start out with something that I knew so I chose a design that alludes to my years studying tattoo art. Beginning as a side project, I took an idea and created an illustration of a Chinese story known as the Dragon's Gate:

The story tells a tale of a Koi fish who wishes to become dragon. The fish began his journey of swimming upstream (synonymous with American salmon) and was able to overcome adversity and jump over the falls of the dragon's gate( This "gate" being a waterfall as opposed to an actual gate). The fish transformed into the half dragon koi. But if the half creature wished to become a dragon then it would have to also swim out of the currents of the falls safely. After the koi reached this point it was able to transform out of the water and into a dragon and live the rest of it's life in the heavens.

This tale is one of my favorites!!! It is a story that has a great message of living your life to the fullest and never giving up so we may all one day become "dragons" in the heavens. As you can see in my illustration I used a style of drawing that has become unique to me. You have all seen this in my work before and I feel this particular work has helped me into transforming from artist to a better artist. I have much more to learn and for now this is one of my best works, but over time I will get better at what I do, such is the wish of any artist, be it writing or visual or musical. (NOTE: the image I have for this isn't what I'd like so when galleryofaclown.com is up and running you'll find a high red and BETTER version there!)

Along with this cover I also was in charge of formatting the entire issue into the form of a book as well as heading up decisions on what art would be accepted into the issue. Well, the fall issue came out as a great success, to the point where we already need back orders, since they are all GONE!!! lol I am currently working on the new SPRING edition which will revolve around vintage posters from Circus'. I love clowns....DUH! so I feel the whimsy of Spring could be captivated with such subject matter with a juxtaposition of a dark atmosphere. You'll see what I mean soon.

If anyone is interested in submitting poetry, stories, art etc for the Spring Helix please send an email with your files to Helixmagazine@gmail.com. We accept jpegs @ 300 dpi and.doc files for you writers. Until next time...

...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LOVE ERIN ROSE!!!! and a happy start to the St. Patty's Season!

NEWS and a few new projects

Hey all,

so dig it! The website is almost DONE!!!!!! I'm getting a lot done at the moment it's just SOOOOO much to make a website. I'm attaching what will be the official logo of my website and apparel. This will be featured all over the site in many different colors and will also appear on future apparel including stickers, t-shirts, hoodies, etc. Launch date is still scheduled for Late march/early April.

In the meantime, I am currently working on continuing the stars series and am actually painting one between typing. Those will be shared upon completion. Other projects I am working on include a children's book in progress, many cartoons for the upcoming comic, and a new project with my brother: starting a business. More will come as details get ironed out more and more.

For now I think people should go ahead and check out this link:

serpentclown.deviantart.com

here you will find my archived work that won't be making it to the site hosted on a vast networking site for artists.

So i'll be updating as much as possible. I hope everyone is enjoying this pesky winter.

later

NEWS and Pin Art update/sketches

Everyone remember the custom bowling pins I do? Well, they're still in production and I have 12 pins ready for their base coat and new designs. I have about 20-ish ideas for pins so we'll see what pops outta my head. When they are finished (most likely the end of Spring of this year) I'll be sure to post them.

In the meantime I thought I would share some original art from one of my first pins. The tattoo pin was one of my favorites and was featured in the RE-ART show in Middletown this past winter. It was sold over the summer for a good bit. If you're not familiar with this work please refer to older posts.

For any future pins I'll most likely be dipping into my archives and using a few old ideas, but like I said I have plenty of new ideas.

NEWS: the website is currently still under construction but after many, many, MANY hours of studying the program I use and many idea changes I have a format that I think is simple yet fun. A new logo has been made for the site and all that is left is a few little technical touches here and there.

Galleryofaclown.com will be "re-opened" This April 2010 if not sooner. Until then please keep visiting my blog which will still be around after the re-opening for sales, sketches, events, and overviews of some of the art. And if you ever need anything let me know. See you next time.

Stars!

This is an experimental series I've decided to start utilizing stars. These two works were done as gifts for two friends of mine. The series has no deep meaning but it is an exploration of the use of stencils.

Where did this come from? well, 1) i just love stars and 2) I have a love of graffiti art, especially stenciled work by artists such as Banksy. Stenciling takes work and makes it more graphic and "standout-ish". So I am currently going to begin work on a series of smaller works done entirely using star stencils of all sizes on canvas. These stars will utilize my love of color theory as well as channel use of layering to giv e asense of 3-dimensionality.

Specifically, These works are as follows:

The pink treble clef was done for Emma entitled "Pink, w/ Blue Star Splash".



The other was done for "Johnny B Good", "Untitled Stars 1"

Along with my other projects I'll try and keep you posted on the rest of the series as time passes.

Busy busy BuSy!

mmm Venison

So this is a post to show some of my latest work done for a friend of mine. Long story short it's just an 8 x 10 drawing of a 5 point buck I did with an ink background. I went as realistic as possible while adding little hints of character to the little guy.




The reason for the piece was due to Mike's passion for guns and hunting. I thought "what could I do for the holidays for him?" He had been talking about hunting and how he wants to bag a buck this season with his muzzle loader (which unfortunately has yet to happen). So I figured just in case he can't bag one then I could give him one that could possibly inspire him to keep going for the prize.

Mike has great determination and I know soon we will feast on venison jerky!

News, such, blablabla

Hey all!!!

So a lot has happend in the last few months and more things are in the working. I'll be posting some past projects over the next few posts as well as sharing work that are currently in progress!

For example, I am currently reviving the snake series (having been on hiatus from it for almost a year), the website is still under construction (I'm fickle and change my mind...alot), AND currently I'm working on a children's book. The story is set and the illustrations are underway. This will be self-published and I'm hoping completed sometime mid 2010.

In the meantime I'll get some more photos and such posted soon. Later!!

Devil Chick #1

As promised we're gettin' back to work with the Devil Chick that started the mini-series.
The actual reference was just from photos from various tattoo and Heavy Metal magazines. I started to draw a woman's face and partial bust when I decided "HEY, let's give her horns!" and so I did.

The coloring was just a fun play on things, I've never seen blue hair on a devil so why the heck not. Enjoy this one more to come!

BACK!

Hey all! ok I know it's been months since the last post AND I have had people buggin' "when are you reposting?!" & "When is the website being reposted?!" Well now I'll answer.

WEBSITE: Recently I dropped my website server due to technical issues. I have been working on the website a million times but like many artists I have a new idea and decide to start over......5 times :P SO the site is coming back very soon. I had a breakthrough in engineering the site and the RE-LAUNCH date will be announced soon will a few new unveilings.

BLOGGING: I must admit this is a very my bad. I completely forgot to do my weekly posts.....that's it.....BUT I have been pretty busy with a lot of other fun things which I will share over the next few weeks. I am back and now that I have a few things taken care and new art I am ready to start sharing my work again!

The first will be from a series I worked on the last few years on and off again called the "Devil" series. What's it involving? devils, creatures.....beasts!!! things from the cutting room floor that were fun to draw that I might as well share. They may not get to the website but we'll see. ANYWHO i'll have a new one up soon. Till then later!

"Have you ever danced with the Devil in the pale moonlight?"

Graphic Design

Hey all! As some may know I have recently started a new job! I recently landed a position as the Graphic Designer for Central Connecticut State University's Media Technology department. Basically I am the only one there doing graphic design for the entire campus. I have a sweet new office with a whole lotta equipment which I will not divulge.

Instead I would like to share a few things I have already done. I've done a few things for my supervisor that were fun but I also have been working on other things to get back into the swing of using Photoshop CS! I forgot how much it is to use this program! So I figured I would play around before I get any huge projects from someone on campus by working on a poster for the website and a new skateboard design I've been working on. Not much to be said at the moment so I'll just post these and let you enjoy! All I can say is the teddy bear aka "SadTeddy" is just part of the skateboard. I'll have the finished product by the end of the week. Until then enjoy! Later kiddies!









"By the light of the moon, you must escape into the deep black of the night, fight the devil inside..."

-Mastodon

Revolver and Skull

So today I thought I'd take some time to share two pieces I recently did as gifts for two of my best friends. The first is a realistic drawing of a Smith & Wesson .357 revolver I did for Mr Ka. I knew he is a gun enthusiast even more so than I am. So I figured let's do a drawing that shows one of the most badass firearms out there (well, at least in terms of small arms). It's actually a personal favorite of mine as well so I thought this would also work as a means to get some good drawing exercise in rendering an inanimate object as realistically as possible.

I was very pleased with the final product. It took about 2 hours to really get in there with a 6B pencil, a nice dark and soft graphite. It gave me the desired effect of that chrome appearance of a revolver.

I quote Jenna "Fuck you dude, how are you so good!"

I love it when I get sworn at for my art ......and I totally mean that too, thank you Jenna, that quote must go in my professional portfolio

Next is a work I did for Jay. I decided I would stick with the weaponry theme for this and I knew his favorite cutting device of all time is the Kukhri, used by Gurka mercenaries in the Middle East. I drew a few concept sketches but I came to the conclusion I felt it was way too boring with just the knife. So I decided to put a touch of my style to it. I made the knife pierce a neon green skull. Green being Jay's favorite color and then I used orange in the background since I figured it had a nice contrasting effect.

After I finished adding color I was more than happy with the result. It uses the stylized skull but with a realistically rendered kukhri. This is an effect I really like using and I will try and incorporate it into more of my artowork.

I chose to title this piece "Death Before Dishonor 2". I have done another work with the same theme and title and it's a recurring slogan in tattoo art that has always caught my interest.

I framed both works and the guys were both very pleased with the end results. I love art so much and I find I do my best work when I am motivated by my best friends. To the lumberjackers (you know who you are) I love you guys, most of what I do in life is truly affected by you. You keep me optimistic in such a sometimes shitty world.

Of course I like ending with a quote and since I love the new Mastodon album we'll go with something from that.

"Falling from grace cause I've been away too long, leaving you behind with my lonesome song, now I'm lost in oblivion"

from "Oblivion", Mastodon

Back with updates and news and a lack of pizza :(

SO i betcha everyone thought I was dead! WELL THINK AGAIN!!! It is a bittersweet feeling knowing that I am done with my student teaching experiences but I am finally finished! I have received a lot of inquieries as to why the blog has not been updated in.....2 months!!!! well I just gave you the answer, teaching takes a lot out of you.

For anyone wondering the website has been down as well since I have spent a lot of my free time working on new plans for the site, including new interactive features, more artwork, AND soon to be a monthly comic featuring my recently copyrighted cartoon character.

SO when I am ready to unveil the newest in my art you'll know it. Until then be good and I will be getting back into showing off some work via blog.

"JAPAN FOUR!!!!"

Bowling pins O Rama!!!

So, now I can finally take some time to talk about the other work I had in the RE-Art show almost a month ago!

As you can see the first set is just a set of custom painted bowling pins. My dad started collecting bowling pins for no apparent reason. I started using them as gifts for people or to shoot at but then I decided one day I would try and do some custom colors. The set of three you see are known as "Joker's Strike". The name itself suggests bowling terminology and the reason for Joker is a double meaning. First off my nickname has been "Joker" for quite a long time and this is my art. That's the obvious one. Secondly, the custom colors I chose happen to be lime green and violet. These colors have been a trademark color scheme for the Joker in the Batman series. Joker is also, ironically, one of my all time favorite villains and characters. I used the basic outline of the bowling pins original stripes but added my flair of color.

Next I had one pin left and I dind't know what to do for this. I was looking at work by Sailor Jerry, one of the tattoo greats, and decided I would pay homage to him and other traditional tattoo artists. The subject matter revolves mainly around American tattoo imagery with a slight new school twist. I used themes that occur mainly in this genre. First off you see the swallow on one side next to a rose and covered by a scroll reading AMOR, spanish for love. Next large part if on the other side and involves a schimitar piercing through a heart, another reoccuring theme in american tattoo art. The rest I decided to use purple nautical stars and randomly placed dots to add some extra embellishment tot he piece. I also decided to allude to modern tattoo by using a spider web rendition on the top of the pin. The title of this work in the who was "Tattoo Pin" but when I rethink things I have decided to rename it "Homage".

All pins are currently for sale and I do plan on playing with other color schemes as I did with the Joker pins. What next? Perhaps Superman pins to stay in line with the Comic character theme, but who knows? Enjoy what you see, I'll be posting again soon I hope

"Like most men of power I worship Pan the goat god!"

paraphrased from Duke Phillips.....because it made me laugh

TITLE!

So, it's been a month almost since my last post BUT for now I need to make a slight change. The last post on my Dinosaur Skate deck was a fun one but I of course forgot to mention the title.

The title of the work is "Vigilance Until Demise". The title alludes to the subject matter of this composition. As you can see the Triceratops "Mama" is defending her eggs even though overhead you can see Asteroids about to hit earth which was the cause of the dinosaurs' demise.

So there's my clarification on this work, hopefully I'll have the post on my bowling pins, till then stay Phrosty......I never knew what that meant but it is very fun to say

"Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

- Jack Nicholson as the Joker in 1989's Batman

Dinosaur Skatedeck

So I decided to get right to it with the work from the Re-Art show! tonight I'll start with the most popular of the pieces the Dinosaur Skateboard!

As some of you know I have been working on designing Skate decks for the last few years while studying tattoo art. I have only done a few skateboards BUT I have tons of designs that have yet to be put onto maple skate glory! A lot of the design work has revolved around my fascination with Japanese and other eastern art traditions. But then I decided on a new idea...DINOSAURS!.....duh

Dinosaurs have been my longest running fascination since I was a kid. I loved dinosaurs, I wanted to be an archaeologist for a long time! I of course loved the Jurassic Park movies, collected dinosaur figures, read many many books (probably the most i've read in 23 years), sometimes I still wish I could find more dinosaur related clothing!

It was around the time I started planning for this show I realized let's get back into dinosaurs. I had drawn a few as jokes with the CCSU Art club but never thought anything of some of my sketches in my journal until recently. I took a look at my T-rex necklace and just let my imagination run.

The board itself fell into the category of Re-Art as it was, quiote literally, a skateboard I found discarded in a dumpster at Central Connecticut State University. I kept the board thinking I could use it for something at some point and when the opportunity of Re-Art came into mind it fit perfect. I had Jay sand the face of the skate deck, I kept the original hardware and I began thinking about a design. I thought "I want an epic battle", so I took the two most popular dinosaurs the triceratops and the Tyranosaurus Rex and pitted them into mortal combat.

As an artist I had to start thinking more than just random subject matter. I began to let the piece evolve as I worked. I made the painting in exactly two days. I drew it up on one of my breaks then brought it home and started with some solid colors. For the longest time it was just going to be two dinosaurs in battle with little detail but then I decided to give a real sense of setting. I put comets in the background with a volcanoe and a small pterodactyl. The middle ground consists of the two raging beasts in mid battle with the triceratops being the clear victor rather than a biting T-rex as most would expect. the horn of the triceratops and the overall detail of things works as a small tribute to japanese woodblock prints and my studies in japanese artwork. Then came the hard part of choosing a foreground. I decided to make the battle over the triceratops' "pups". Instead of a random battle to the death I wanted to make this piece evolve into something more. So I made a mud nest with one hatching egg and two Compsognathus' in the middle of trying to steal the eggs, not realizing they're being caught in the middle of a battle.

The title "Vigilant Until Demise" refers to the maternal nature of the triceratops. She continues to protect her babies even as the end of the world is soaring to fruition. She continues to fight this predator and will do so until the ashes settle and the end of the dinosaurs time has come.

This composition shows my style of work and a new theme in my thinking. I plan on making a few more compositions involving dinosaurs, my brain is brimming with ideas and it is going to be a short break from the VICE SERIES. I am currently working on that as well but will be concentrating on this theme for a little bit. I am not a genius like Leonardo da Vinci, but I sure as hell know how to change my mind as much as he did.

Next blog, bowling pins a plenty!!! I hope everyone is enjoying

"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do"
- Leonardo da Vinci