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Tradeshowjoe
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Hello,
My name is Joe. Not real sure how to start a self intro, it seems this was much easier when I was younger. There's the start; I'm 47 years old, from So. Cal, currently living in Las Vegas. I've been an artist my whole life, well, artistic that long. When I was younger I could've benefited from a bit more focus ( who can't say that, right?) Long story short is that I got my first AB (Badger 150, still use it!) from my high school art teacher in 1986. Learned how to use it and went off to college. That was a lot of fun but didn't last long. Out in the "real world" trying to pay bills, getting married a few times, and trying to make living kept me from expanding on my natural talents. Well, since my last divorce (almost 5 yrs now) I've been on a path of self rediscovery.
My hobby is collecting hobbies. At one point I started building model cars. I needed to break out my old AB for that. It felt so good to hold again that I started shifting from modeling back into... so called "art". That was about three years ago now. Between say, 1989 and 2012, I may have only used the AB a handful of times., a mural in my daughters room when she waiting to be born stands out in my memory. So, now I'm back! I can't stop painting and drawing. Most importantly; I'm so happy!
It's bittersweet, I feel like I blew it by losing 20+ years of practice. Whatevs, I'm so stoked to be creating. I'm rambling, I do that. when I started back into it I figured I'd want to end up doing graphics on cars and bikes. So I started off with urethane paint. Last year I attended the Airbrush Action Getaway, since then I've been using the Createx line of paints as well. I have some Com Art paints, limited use, so far they seem nice. I'll spray anything that I can reduce. I don't want to get selective. I do like my lacquer based the best. I predominately use paint products from ALSA. I'll try to wrap this up as I know I'm really just procrastinating from painting right now (Steven Pressfields book "The War of Art" should be read/audiobooked by all)
My "guns"; 1. Badger 150
2. Iwata Eclipse HP-CS
3. Iwata HP-B+
4. Iwata HP-CH
5. Iwata Kustom Micron CM
And I suppose that will do for my intro.
My name is Joe. Not real sure how to start a self intro, it seems this was much easier when I was younger. There's the start; I'm 47 years old, from So. Cal, currently living in Las Vegas. I've been an artist my whole life, well, artistic that long. When I was younger I could've benefited from a bit more focus ( who can't say that, right?) Long story short is that I got my first AB (Badger 150, still use it!) from my high school art teacher in 1986. Learned how to use it and went off to college. That was a lot of fun but didn't last long. Out in the "real world" trying to pay bills, getting married a few times, and trying to make living kept me from expanding on my natural talents. Well, since my last divorce (almost 5 yrs now) I've been on a path of self rediscovery.
My hobby is collecting hobbies. At one point I started building model cars. I needed to break out my old AB for that. It felt so good to hold again that I started shifting from modeling back into... so called "art". That was about three years ago now. Between say, 1989 and 2012, I may have only used the AB a handful of times., a mural in my daughters room when she waiting to be born stands out in my memory. So, now I'm back! I can't stop painting and drawing. Most importantly; I'm so happy!
It's bittersweet, I feel like I blew it by losing 20+ years of practice. Whatevs, I'm so stoked to be creating. I'm rambling, I do that. when I started back into it I figured I'd want to end up doing graphics on cars and bikes. So I started off with urethane paint. Last year I attended the Airbrush Action Getaway, since then I've been using the Createx line of paints as well. I have some Com Art paints, limited use, so far they seem nice. I'll spray anything that I can reduce. I don't want to get selective. I do like my lacquer based the best. I predominately use paint products from ALSA. I'll try to wrap this up as I know I'm really just procrastinating from painting right now (Steven Pressfields book "The War of Art" should be read/audiobooked by all)
My "guns"; 1. Badger 150
2. Iwata Eclipse HP-CS
3. Iwata HP-B+
4. Iwata HP-CH
5. Iwata Kustom Micron CM
And I suppose that will do for my intro.
