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About Me

Self-taught Artist, a manipulator of paint, husband, gardener and cook..I enjoy my life..I'm surrounded with art, mine and others..it's in every room. Everywhere there's art and I keep painting and acquiring more. More art then I know what to do with. I was born in the northwest, we moved to Ca. when I was young and quickly ended up in Pasadena,Ca. Started painting with oils on canvas when I was 13, and have been creating art in one form or another ever since. I'm married to a wonderful women and we've been with each other for 27 years. She's an artist also, works in photography and fabric art. Go see her at http://www.myspace.com/artist_and_muse. Together we've created an artistic environment where all artistic expressions can be voiced.

My Interests

My Wife. A good meal with a bottle of wine. Our garden.

I'd like to meet:

You Know who you are..I'd hope you know. Having said that; I like to meet people who don't take things so personal that you have to be careful what you say or you'll hurt their feelings. I'm at an age now that I don't want to babysit people that can't take it. There are so many people that can dish it out but when the table are turn they cry foul. My Grandmother use to say "if you can't take the heat stay out of the kitchen",and that's my felling also. I like debates, differenceses of opinions and competition, these help stimulate the mind and to keep it sharp. No wimps please!!!!

Music:

Just about everything you can think of from Bach to ZZ Top. If it sound good we listen to it. I don't think I have a favorite group but Pink Floyd is the one group that I have the most DVD's. The doors are one of the best but then I like REM, Pink is hot but so is Johnney Cash. I could go on like this for a long time because that how much good music their is out there. If you look at may friends you'll see some of what I like..most of these musicans have played at my art events or I know personally.

Movies:

Good ones

Television:

It sucks out your mind and turns people into vegetables.

Books:

Science fiction, Tad William, Dean Koontz, Lord of the Rings. And the book I've read the most of through my life, the Bible.

Heroes:

My wife, for putting up with me through all of these 27 years.

My Blog

Life

Life, what does it really mean? With every death that I'm associated with, life seems shorter. I find myself looking at life in term of possibilities, years instead of decades and down to minutes and ...
Posted by GothardArt on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:46:00 PST

Left For Greener Pastures

It's like my brain has turned to liquid and ran out my ear, not a thing, not a single thought is left to transfer to canvas. Blank is my mind as are the few remaining canvases I possess. Where am I go...
Posted by GothardArt on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:56:00 PST

Inspiration

I'm just about out of canvas and wood to paint on and at this point I need some inspiration to move on any way. Most of the time I look at aspects of my life or family and friends, to come up with ide...
Posted by GothardArt on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:04:00 PST

Canvas size

Big or small? What size paintings do you like to do? Or does it matter? Or do you paint on wood?
Posted by GothardArt on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:30:00 PST

Abstracts forming....

I'm standing in front of a blank canvas, I had an idea but now my mind is as blank as the canvas. So I picked up the charcoal and look once again at the blank canvas that's looking back at me with dis...
Posted by GothardArt on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:12:00 PST

Who are you?

Who are you? Who, Who? I really what to know. Do you what to know who's behind the curtain? Who Patrick really is and what makes him tick? Asks and you shell recieve....
Posted by GothardArt on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:01:00 PST

In the Beginning&

In the Beginning& For most of my adult life I've kept hidden away most of my early work because of the pain associated with it. Coming from a family that lived through the Depression we were taught to...
Posted by GothardArt on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:16:00 PST

Jimmy Joe and the U. f. O.

Things don't alway turn out the way you think they should and that's the way it was with this painting I started on Saturday. I had an idea but the paint and canvas thought differently...so what came ...
Posted by GothardArt on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:59:00 PST

Its a new year...

It's a new year and I'm excited with what this year has to offer as far as my art is concern. I'm still painting with the acrylic enamel house paints and learning a lot about how these paints work. I'...
Posted by GothardArt on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:03:00 PST

Do you do it every day like a job..

You do what you do and pay for your sins....that's from Tim McGraw. I do what I do because over the years that's what I've learned to do, still I'm asked if I do it every day like a job. What? No I si...
Posted by GothardArt on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:18:00 PST