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C M

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About Me

My art is in private collections across the country in places like: Chicago IL, New York City, Delran & Highlands NJ, San Francisco & Hollywood CA, Dallas TX, Little Rock AR, Lincoln NE, St. Louis & Springfield MO, Las Cruces & Santa Fe NM and all kinds of places inbetween. See over 250 examples of the last 13 years of my work at www.shawart.com.I have been playing in my rock band, Polaris, for 20 years. We have released 3 full-length, self produced albums to date. See www.polarisband.com.

My Interests

art and music- my art website: www.shawart.com my band website: www.polarisband.comI also enjoy history and old architecture.

I'd like to meet:

I like to meet all kinds of nice people.

Music:

all kinds of stuff, though I'm not typically into rap, pop country, modern rock, or anything immediately popular or hip

Movies:

if you haven't seen "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" then you don't know. I'm a working musician- studio and live. These guys MADE those old R and B songs. You'd be well told and do yourself a favor. You're welcome.

Television:

don't watch much T.V.- but I do like PBS- watched Charlie Rose last night and saw Lindsey Buckingham on Soundstage recently- AWESOME!

Books:

I love art related/art history books and have several, including "365 Takes, the Andy Warhol Museum Collection... terribly interesting! And also "500 Self Portraits", Phaidon, 2000 I use alot of self portraiture in my art, so... it's really revealing to me. HST's "Kingdom of Fear"- hilarious/frightening/liberating- and also "Hey Rube" by HST- funny shit! Just read "High Fidelity", 1995 Riverhead Books: I'm an opinionated audiophile, so... and I read "Night Train" by Martin Amis, 1997 Vintage Books, which will make you think about suicide in a whole new way. Also, check out my friend FuriousPoet's verse (on my Friends List). He's released a book of poems that might make you pee a little. I love a soul to search that's a soul searching. Oh, and my sister, Anne just had a piece published in Marlo Thomas' "the Right Words at the Right Time Vol. 2: Your Turn" Atria Books, 2006. Big Time! No.1 Best Seller, New York Times. She is finishing up a novel & currently shopping publishers for it with her agent.

Heroes:

People that are not hip and don't give a damn- trailblazers unconcerned about what they "might be missing", who are instead focused on what they doing. My folks. My brothers in my rock band Polaris, too- they are tough, real men!

My Blog

Winter of Our Discontent

Who are these people? My "friends" on MySpace I mean. Some I met a few times and suddenly they are adding me to their ever-growing list of other people they never converse with and are minimially int...
Posted by Colin Michael on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:27:00 PST

Valentine's Day- love always cuts out the warm & tender part...

So today is, ya know&umm, Valentine's Day.  Last night I'm telling myself "Colin, don't let that get you down tomorrow, dude", 'cause the last couple days I'd been reading about how this day is d...
Posted by Colin Michael on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:03:00 PST

Art Auction for Easter Seals/Grape Soiree

Well, the art auction for the Easter Seals in Bloomington, IL went well this past weekend!  To my surprise, my peice went for twice the reserve price: it made $300.00 for the Easter Seals organiz...
Posted by Colin Michael on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:58:00 PST

Good News!

Good News!  I'm getting my first check from CafePress store set up in benefit of the Child Life Center at Children's Hospital here in St. Louis, MO. The proceeds for this fundraiser are in honor...
Posted by Colin Michael on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:25:00 PST

My special friend: Leslie Sanazaro

Have you checked out my Special Girl, Leslie Sanazaro?  She came on with my band, Polaris, last summer in preparation for our date with The Spin Doctors, and we liked it so much we kept her. ...
Posted by Colin Michael on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PST

The Mighty Polaris: Our New Album, "Night Like This", now available in CD Baby

Me & the Boys finally have our new album, "Night Like This", available on cdbaby.com!!!  I've been blessed to have these special brothers in my life for the last two decades- NOBODY does it l...
Posted by Colin Michael on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:53:00 PST

Help me raise money for Child Life Services in memory of my cousin Savannah

Please help me raise money for Child Life Services at Children's Hospital in St. Louis in memory of my cousin Savannah Snider who passed away earlier this year at the age of 19 years. Savannah recieve...
Posted by Colin Michael on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 12:53:00 PST