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Derek

"A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art." --Paul Cezanne

About Me

An artist (mostly oil on canvas, pastel, etc.), student at Flagler College in St. Augustine majoring in Fine Art, minoring in Art History, and currently a retail slave to support the luxuries of life (shelter, food, etc.)

Check out my site:

ArtbyDerek.com

Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / Starry night

My Interests

Art of course, classic literature, twentieth century literature, anything historical, classic movies, museums, art galleries, music, etc.

Music:

Classical, Jazz old and new, all forms of Rock, Blues, some Rap, and everything in between...I'm a musician (Guitar)

Movies:

Casablanca, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Apocalypse Now, Citizen Kane, To Have And Have Not, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Young Frankenstein

Television:

CSI Miami, Futurama, Family Guy, The Simpsons and mostly old shows (M*A*S*H, Seinfeld, Northern Exposure)

Books:

Anything by: Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Kerouac, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jimmy Buffett, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Anne Rice, Stephen King, and many many more

Heroes:

Bender (Futurama), Peter (Family Guy), and of course Homer (The Simpsons) I have learned much from their teachings...>