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ryan

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About Me

first off i'm a native american artist, Dine'(Navajo) to be exact. i am a proud father of my 4 year old son (colin). he made me very proud, the first time he drew his own train while we were having breakfast at IHOP...my artistic talent began it's course at the age of 4. i began drawing members of the band KISS. unknowingly inspired by their music i started drawing gene simmons spitting up blood and blowing fire. i remember drawing a 3 foot gene simmons on our white front door of our house. and i remember getting my ass kicked by my dad and cleaning it the rest of the day. and i distinctly remember deciding that i want to do art for the rest of my life. i thought, "if i can make an impact like that on someone, maybe my art WILL take me places."now i live in a town called maricopa, it's just right outside of chandler. where i do art full-time and just took a break from school when i was getting close to graduating because i was working on illustrations for a book which should be out at the end of this month. the book is titled: "Johonaa'ei: Bringer of Dawn", (a Navajo Children's book). the book will be available from Salina Bookshelf, a publishing company in Flagstaff, Arizona which specializes in Navajo education. they have a pretty nifty website too at: salinabookshelf.com
Halo Piercing on MySpace
found this plain layout at HOT FreeLayouts.com

My Interests

" REM sleep, daydreaming, nightmares, coffee, u.f.o.s and, oh yeah art"

I'd like to meet:

...people who; drink coffee, collect records, collect toys, collect scars on their bodies, collect parachute pants, listen to all genres of punk rock, are into science fiction, and who understand art as a passion for revealing the deepest human emotions but not neccesarily the person who made it...because you never will. website: www.maniaverse.com

Music:

the beatles, elvis the king, the eagles, ELO, DIO, JFA, DOA, DRI, TSOL, GBH, PIL, REO Speedwagon, Cheap Trick, Black Flag, the adolescents, the accused, septic death, the misfits, the dickies, Bad Religion, descendents, ALL, big drill car, jesus & mary chain, the smiths, UB40, motley crue, scorpions, malignus youth, hot fought cold, the vinegar sting, the ponies( from flagstaff, az.), the mars volta, the blacks, the locust, man is the bastard, j church, cringer, wynona ryders, crimpshrine, the woggles, jason & the scorchers, kiss, the ch'iizhis (from leupp, az.), ruinacre, discarded youth, downplay, pulltab, the port-a-johns, barbie doll sluts, the spoilers, the ugly kids, the stillbornes, pedro the lion, hey mercedes, hot water music, man or astroman?, word salad, logical nonsense, the minutemen, green day, jawbreaker, holly golightly, god hates computers, soiled doves, melt-banana, hepcat, the slackers, alkaline trio, kylesa, damad, demon system-13, charles bronson, if you read this far then you deserve a snickers bar.......oh yeah a crazy experimental band called subverted (from flagstaff, az.) and there's lots more.......like iron maiden, the cure, OASIS, the Wallflowers, the Replacements, PLINKO, the gits, scared of chaka, the reputation, the proms, the ramones, the vindictives, the queers, the connie dungs, the bananas, the lizards, the automatics, the sea monkeys, the dollyrots, the parasites, PINHEAD GUNPOWDER, dillinger 4, the lillingtons, the grabass charelstons, and of course the ramones of our generation: SCREECHING WEASEL !!!

Movies:

the BARFLY, POLLACK, BASQUIAT, CRUMB, BOTTLE ROCKET, STAR WARS, SCARFACE, APOCALYPSE NOW, FIRE WALK WITH ME, LOST HIGHWAY, MUHOLLAND DRIVE, DANCE ME OUTSIDE, and anything that CLINT EASTWOOD has directed............

Television:

SEINFELD, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIAM, ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, CAMPUS LADIES, THE OFFICE, ENTOURAGE, THE SORPRANOS.........

Books:

POST OFFICE, TALES OF ORDINARY MADNESS by Charles Bukowski and INDIAN KILLER, TONTO AND LONE RANGER FISTFIGHT IN HEAVEN by Sherman Alexie (hey, wait a minute! how did they get in here?) ALSO ANYTHING BY HENRY MILLER....BLACK SPRING, SEXUS, PLEXUS AND NEXUS, TROPIC OF CANCER AND SO ON AND SO ON......

Heroes:

T.C. CANNON AND BOBA FETT .........

My Blog

SWEDEN ART SHOW !!!!

This was a real surprise, an artshow featuring one of my favorite artists and one of the current hippest skateboarding enthusiasts artist around!  I feel privileged and honored to have ...
Posted by ryan on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:33:00 PST

RED INK PREMIERE NOV. 9th

Hosted By: Red Ink Magazine When: Friday Nov 09, 2007 at 7:00 PM Where: The Poetry Center at The University of Arizona 1508 East Helen Street (At Vine Avenue) Tucson, AZ 85721 United States Descriptio...
Posted by ryan on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:42:00 PST

ART SHOW "Double Dare You"

Art Show at the POP Gallery , Santa Fe, NM. "Double Dare You"  (featuring 12 artists)... Friday Oct. 12th (opening night) 133 west water. Santa Fe, NM. more info. (505) 820-0788...
Posted by ryan on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:59:00 PST

ART SHOW " CHECK INJUNS "

"CHECK INJUNS"  (collaboration show) Cody Sanderson & Ryan Singer IAIA Museum        Oct. 19th thru Nov. 25th Opening Reception Friday Oct. 19th 4-7 PM 108 Cath...
Posted by ryan on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:45:00 PST

"Johonaa'ei: Bringer of Dawn" (Navajo Children's book)

Hello everyone, my name is Ryan Singer.  I am a Dine' (Navajo) artist.  I have just finished illustrating a book (Johonaa'ei: Bringer of Dawn) for children both in English and Navajo by the ...
Posted by ryan on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:29:00 PST