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[2016-05-07 22:03:42 +0000 UTC]
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 71; Deviations: 57; Watchers: 3
Watching: 17; Pageviews: 1967; Comments Made: 51; Friends: 17
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Carol Carter, watercolor artistFavorite movies: Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Stand By Me
Favorite TV shows: Kill your television. Seriously.
Favorite bands / musical artists: Rush, Def Leppard, Concrete Blonde, Sabbath, Offspring, anything loud.
Favorite books: The Stand, 1984, Brave New World, anything by Bradbury
Favorite writers: King, Bradbury
Favorite games: Life.
Favorite gaming platform: Earth.
Tools of the Trade: Watercolor, Airbrush, surfboard.
Other Interests: Surfing, people.
# About me
I have a five year degree, a BFA in Art, which I pulled off in four years working three jobs and raising a family, and graduated with a 3.89 GPA. I was going to rule the world and be a superstar.And then, life happened. I won't bore you with the details, you've heard it . . .
But somehow, my watercolor tackle box never strayed far from me. Wherever my computer was, wherever I sat after spending eight hours doing what one has to do to feed the children and put on the facade of living the American Dream (which you have to be asleep to actually believe,) it was always close. For 35 years, it sat there, within reach, closed, dark, untouched.
But close. Always close.
In 2012, as I sat at my computer, I looked down at the dusty plastic box on the side table, and wondered, how did we part ways? WHY did we part ways? Who abandoned who? And why have you always, always stayed so close when I was so far away?
I pulled it off the shelf and opened it. Sable brushes caressed my fingers like an old lover, tubes of Cotman and Windsor, many of which were still soft and ready to speak, rolled through my hands. The box had kept the dust off the mixing trays, and they were ready. They had waited for me, and spoke.
This time, you get to do it for all the right reasons, they said. You are ready to listen. You are ready to let us speak through you. You're a bit out of practice, your head is still pretty thick, you need some training, but you will do.
So I'm back, and this time I am listening. That is my story, and who I am, I hope something here touches you.
# Comments
Comments: 8
Good afternoon to you, Bill. Thank you for dropping by and viewing my work. Thank you especially for sharing your very interesting and beautiful watercolors as well for our inspiration and enjoyment.
Cheers,
Ed
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Thank you Ed, honestly, I don't come to D.A. as often any more, so much to do, so little time. Keep painting, love them! :-D
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Firstly, Bill, thank you so much for the DA watch and all those faves. Wow. Thanks for you appreciation and kind words. One of the main reasons I spend time on DA -- maybe the main reason -- is young people, young artists. To my thinking, DA is as much social media, perhaps even more so than art site. I feel the pulse of the young person I used to be, the young artist that I was decades ago, and sadly, I feel the same pain. It's as if nothing's been learned or advanced in all those years -- the technology is different, but it's same pain, the same angst, the same alienation across generations, the same self-harm, the same beautiful, wild talent and potential on the verge of destruction and loss. I never had children of my own, and my short stint as a stepdad was to my regret a glorified baby-sitting job. While my desire is to be a champion for the humanity of all women and men, I want to make it better for these young women and men somehow, now that I have after all this time some clue on how the game works and how it doesn't.
Cheers and best regards,
Ed
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Yes, for sure, some of them simply genius. Traditional art doesn't seem to have as much traction here.
I think, out of all of them so far, this is the best one yet. 
www.deviantart.com/art/Letter-β¦
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Hi, welcome to DeviantArt ^^ I hope youβll enjoy your time here.
If you have any questions about the site, you can find most answers at the deviantART FAQ . If you can't find it there, please feel free to leave a comment or send me a note
Other useful places if you want to get started in the community:
You can introduce yourself at the Welcome Forum
You can share your art at the Thumbshare Forum
Meet people and share your art in Groups
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Thank you, your work is amazing, hard to tell if it's airbrush, digital or drawing! :-D
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