darkprince79

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I never did like typing descriptions about myself. Help I have issues writing my artist statements. But I've been on this website for years now so I'll give it a shot. Well for the past few years, I've been trying to find my place in the art world (if there is a place in it for me at all). So I've been labeling myself so make it easier for others to associate me with specific genres. Recently, I have found this to be a big mistake. Boxing and pigeon toeing myself was stopping me from pursuing my passion to experiment and to broaden my horizon as an visual artist. As you can see, my interest is drawing the female body. I also deal with different levels with sexuality and different levels of femininity.

The main reason why it has taking me this long to do the work that I need to do and that is the fear of being a failure. This fear has made me at times very withdrawn, close minded, angry and hopeless. And by having this fear I have involved myself into the mainstream, materialistic, consumer culture so deeply that I was beginning to lose myself. Not to mention that I have focus on other people opinions about me and these are individuals that don't give a damn about me. So you can say that I've been spending all this time deprogramming myself of what I call having a bullshit mentality.

My pieces are going to be a more subversive, erotic, sensual and dark with a twinge of gentleness. The fantasy and role playing game worlds (final fantasy for example) and illustration has always been my first love. Women(and all things feminine and effeminate) have always been the source of my pleasures and pains. And with them, I will do all that I can to bring out my imagination in all it's glory, no matter how disturbing some people might preserve them to be.
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