My Artwork & Photography
"Self-Portrait"
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"Tibetan Prayer"
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"Dreamwalker"
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"Olympus Mons"
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"Fathom"
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"FLUX"
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"Judge Dredd of Mega-City One"
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"Portrait of Sean Connery"
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"A Path In The Woods"
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"Emerald & Jade"
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"Beauty & the Beast"
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"Empire State"
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"MGM Las Vegas"
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"Versailles Gardens, Nassau, Bahamas."
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"Market in Kathmandu"
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"Superhero Sketches"
Copyright © 2006, ASHFrom my sketchbook... Weapon X (Wolverine) & Elektra.
"Homage to Patrick Nagel"
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"Belle"
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In a past life...
Confabulation is the confusion of imagination with memory, and/or the confusion of true memories with false memories.Past life regression (PLR) is a process of retrieving supposed memories of alleged previous lives... I enjoyed the experience which allowed me to "remember" events from a previous life as a soldier of Ancient Greece. It seemed to me that I was an Athenian wearily returning home from combat (perhaps during the Persian Wars of the 5th century BCE); I was attacked by a band of rivals and killed (skewered to a door by my opponents spears). However, I remain very much a skeptic and do not believe in reincarnation; rather my "past life" is the result of my interest in history and the period bolstered by an over active imagination! It has been pointed out that my interest in the period may have developed from my past life experiences... lol... and so it goes...The above images are from the upcoming film "300", which has been faithfully adapted from the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller in which Spartan King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the last man against Persian King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his massive army. Facing insurmountable odds, the Spartans' heroism and sacrifice inspires all of Greece to unite against the Persian invaders. The story is based on the famous Battle of Thermopylae (a pivotal moment in history and a favorite historical subject of mine) which took place in the summer of 480 BC and was a turning point of the Greco-Persian wars.The movie was a shot-for-shot adaptation of the comic book, similar to the film adaptation of Miller's Sin City . Director Zack Snyder said that he had photocopied panels from Frank Miller's comic book and worked to plan out the shots that would lead up to the moment and the shots to get out of it after. "It was a fun process for me to kind of have to go, to have a goal, to have a frame as a goal to get to," said Snyder. The director also worked to craft the film style to be similar to the comic book. Numerous images and pieces of dialogue are taken frame for frame from Miller.
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I'd like to meet:
lol... Hot Comic Book Chix!
Seriously, you have to love the incredible art of Joe Madureira...
an American comic book artist, known for his work on Marvel's Uncanny X-Men and his own Battle Chasers. His style was heavily influenced by Japanese manga and anime and his popular work lead to a new interest in Japanese entertainment in the U.S.
Adriana Lima
Brooke Banx
Music:
Diverse music tastes, including: Audioslave, Godsmack, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Delerium, Kate Bush & Sade.
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Movies:
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My favorite movie: An early Kubrick flick... Spartacus (1960): Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov... it dosn't get much better than this! I would especially recommend it to the Braveheart fans, as Mel Gibson has acknowledged that this movie was his inspiration for making his Oscar winning movie.
Spartacus (1960)
By openly hiring Dalton Trumbo to write the screenplay of Spartacus, Kirk Douglas helped break the infamous Hollywood blacklist of the 1950's.
Also, loved the
Lord of the Rings trilogy,
Braveheart,
Lawrence of Arabia,
Ben Hur,
Gladiator,
X-Men 1 & 2, All
The Matrix movies,
Godfather 1 & 2,
Jaws,
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith,
Dances With Wolves,
Legends of The Fall,
Troy,
Casablanca,
The Princess Bride,
Somewhere In Time,
Memento,
Predator,
Minority Report,
Pirates of the Caribbean,
Old School,
Spider-Man 1 & 2,
Terminator 1 & 2,
Aliens and
Seven Years In Tibet.
Television:
Battlestar Galactica
Time Magazines No.1 TV Show for 2005
Hands down the very best show on television is (the reimagined version of) Battlestar Galactica. This new version of the show bears little resemblance to its predecessor... watch just one and I promise that you will be hooked! The obvious place to start is Season One , which includes the original mini-series.
I also enjoy LOST, NIP/TUCK, Smallville and Law and Order or when all else fails... pretty much anything on The History Channel.
Books:
"The Emperor's Handbook" by Marcus Aurelius is a new translation of the "Meditations". Marcus Aurelius (the Richard Harris character from the movie, "Gladiator") ruled the Roman Empire at its height, yet he remained untainted by the wealth and absolute power that had corrupted many of his predecessors. The Emperor's Handbook has been called "the essential book on character, leadership and duty." I purchased this book on mass from amazon and have handed it out to my friends and family; previous translations were way too dry, this new version is much more lyrical and I recommend that everyone track down a copy. Also, high on my list of recommended books is "Peace Is Every Step : The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life" by Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh, "Fire in the Crucible: Understanding the Process of Creative Genius" by John Briggs, "Discovering Your Personality Type : The Essential Introduction to the Enneagram" by Don Richard Riso, "Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century" by Jonathan Glover and "Freethinkers : A History of American Secularism" by Susan Jacoby.
My favorite Graphic Novels are: The Dark Knight Returns , Batman: Year One , Daredevil: Born Again and Watchmen.
Heroes:
From ancient history to modern day; from Kings, Emperors and warriors to artists, poets, visionaries and peacemakers, from the pious to the secular, from creative geniuses to marketing geniuses, from the real to the fictional:Marcus Aurelius, King Leonidas of Sparta, Queen Boudica of the Iceni, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Paine, Robert G. Ingersoll, Rosa Parks, John William Waterhouse, Frank Frazetta, William Wordsworth, Carl Sagan, Martin Luther King, Gahndi, George Lucas, James Cameron, Frank Miller, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Alex Ross, Robert E. Howard, Hugh Hefner, Bettie Page, Superman and Peter Pan.
JLA by Alex Ross
With art that looks like a hybrid of Norman Rockwell and Jack Kirby, artist Ross has become the preeminent painter of superheroes of his generation.
The Shrine (1895)
By John William Waterhouse (1849-1917)
Waterhouse is one of the most enduringly popular of the Victorian artists, and paintings such as The Lady of Shalott, Hylas and the Nymphs and Ophelia have become icons recognized the world over. With their compelling composition and glowing colour, these paintings are admired for their beauty and for their power to transport the viewer into a romantic world of myth and legend. At the same time, Waterhouse's wistful heroines also reflect the troubled attitudes of nineteenth-century male artists towards women.
Statue of Boudica near Westminster Bridge
In AD60, Britannia - the Roman Empire's newest province - exploded into revolt. Queen Boudica of the Iceni led a massive rebellion that brought imperial rule to the brink of collapse.
Thomas Paine (January 29, 1737June 8, 1809), intellectual, scholar, and idealist, is widely recognized as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A radical pamphleteer, Paine anticipated and helped foment the American Revolution through his powerful writings, most notably Common Sense; he also proposed the name The United States of America for the new nation. An advocate for liberalism and constitutional republican government, he outlined his political philosophy in The Rights of Man. Paine was also noteworthy for his support of deism, taking its form in his treatise on religion The Age of Reason, as well as for his eye-witness accounts of both the French and American Revolutions.
Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802
By William Wordsworth (17701850)
Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty:
This City now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky;
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;
Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
The river glideth at his own sweet will:
Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!
-- William Wordsworth
Wordsworth was a defining member of the English Romantic Movement. Like other Romantics, Wordsworths personality and poetry were deeply influenced by his love of nature, especially by the sights and scenes of the Lake Country, in which he spent most of his mature life. A profoundly earnest and sincere thinker, he displayed a high seriousness tempered with tenderness and a love of simplicity.
