"Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking"
Antonio Machado (Spanish Poet and Playwright, 1875-1939)
I am a self-taught artist out of upstate NY, influenced by the likes of Roger Dean and Salvidore Dali, but I try not to imitate anyone.
Most of my current work is posted in my PICS section.
Like many artists (musicians included) I have to eat so I recently sold my soul back to "the man" after spending the last three years playing Mr. Mom and doing some random tech work when the need called.
Shortly after my wife had completed nursing school five years ago, we found out that our plan to only have two kids had been foiled. Fate dictated that we were to have a son in the house, breaking my family curse. "Curse?", you ask? I come from a proper Catholic family of ten kids, nine of them were girls. I think my dad is just happy that I came out straight, even if he shudders at my slightly left-of-center attitudes, to quote a friend of mine. My wife, on the other hand, knows my mind on such issues but somehow I don't think she appreciated my twisted humor when I said that we should keep having kids until she breaks... which is a moot point these days since the doc capped off her plumbing after our son was born.
In the early part of this millennium I managed a band called BLA (Born Leaders Anonymous) consisting of Jim Lomonaco (YoLK), Matt Murphy (YoLK), Mike Burrell (YoLK's early incarnations, Staple) and Phil McGovern (One Minute More).
BLA!!
In my *spare* time I draw, paint funky works of art, practice with stop-motion animation and make indie music videos... among other artistic endeavors.
Get this video and more at MySpace.com
Elevator Death Squad's "Spread the Plague"
Video by Jer with assistance from Joe Wagner
My old website (artformusicians.com) is now defunct. The new site is RavensRockStudios.net - based on the Macdonell of Glengarry motto - and for me, a badge of honor, even if I have not met my true Scottish clansmen.
What's YOUR Zombie Plan???
OK, a note about my comments section. I don't do the required approval thing but I do keep an eye on comments here. Basically, I won't advertise on your page, so I don't expect that you will advertise on my page. Since I work with bands I'm pretty liberal about bands posting gigs and band info but I generally delete gig postings that are not relevant to my area, so if that's your thing then don't bother. Have respect, that's all I ask.
