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James

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About Me

I'm a down to earth guy with an artistic passionate soul. I found out as a child that I was adopted. Finding out that I was adopted caused me a great deal of emotional issues. Throughout my childhood and through most of my adult life I have dealt with this issue and the issue of abandonment. I have noticed that throughout my life I have always kept people at a distance for the fear that if they would really get to know me they would abandon me like my birth parents had. However, through much self discovery I have come to realize that being adopted was a blessing and NOT abandonment. I have been blessed with the greatest adoptive parents I could have ever hoped for. I have also come to realize that my issues with abandonment were wrong and that there are people out there that will truly care about you and will always stand by you no matter what you do. I was able to come to this realization with the help of my partner and soul mate. We have been together almost 14 years and he has always stood by me through thick or thin. My life would'nt be complete without him!!!!! About 7 years ago after much searching I have found my true passion in life and that is Art. I live and breath art, always designing my next painting in my head. While I wish I could paint full time unfortuately at this time I need a steady job to pay the bills until the day comes when I can create art as my career. *****My Latest Painting Titled "Color Me Ari"***** This Paint has inspired me to work on a series of portraits in this style so there will be more to come!!!!

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My Interests

Art, Travel, Spending time with my friends and family. In regards to my art I enjoy many different mediums but I am most fascinated currently with watercolors. Also, I recently have been working on a series of abstract paintings that also incorporates the figure. Some of my favorite themes in my art are circles, angels, tribal elements and tattoos.

I'd like to meet:

I would like to meet artistic and creatively driven people who have a passion for the arts.******Stepping Out of the Shadows******

******The Humming Odyssey******

Music:

********NEW ALBUM BY JULIA FORDHAM TITLED "CHINA BLUE"

***JULIA FORDHAM HAS A VOICE OF AN ANGEL FULL OF RANGE AND EMOTION. JULIA FORDHAM'S NEW ALBUM "CHINA BLUE" IS A CLASSIC JAZZ ALBUM THAT SHOWCASES HER BEAUTIFUL AND MULTI-OCTAVE VOICE. PLEASE GIVE IT A LISTEN AT NOVATUNES.COM, JULIA FORDHAMS MYSPACE PAGE, OR WWW.JULIAFORDHAM.COM. IF YOU ARE A FAN OF MUSIC AND GREAT VOCALS I URGE YOU TO LISTEN TO JULIA FORDHAM. A GREAT SINGER AND SONGWRITER. i PROMISE YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED. JULIA FORDHAM'S NEW ALBUM 'CHINA BLUE' IS AVAILABLE AT NOVATUNES.COM****** Fav.Artist Julia Fordham.


Ari Gold


Madonna - ALL HAIL TO THE QUEEN


Jody Watley Toni BraxtonJewel Bonnie Tyler(Total Eclipes of the Heart is my all time favorite song) Kina Ryan Star Til Tuesday Miss Whitney Houston Love and Rockets The Cure Depeche Mode Pink

Movies:

My favorite movie of all time is Barbra Streisand's Yentl. I also like Trick, The Broken Hearts Club, Evita, Four Rooms, Dreamgirls,all Superhero movies, art films,and all of Tim Burton's movies(He is a visual and creative genius) and sci-fi movies.

Television:

CNN, Discovery Channel, The L Word, Noah's Arc, Brothers and Sisters, Desperate Housewives, Deal or No Deal,and Ugly Betty. My Favorite television show of all time is "Ally McBeal"

Books:

Art books, E Lynn Harris novels, and Stephen King.

Heroes:

my mom and dad , my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and my BETTER half Daryll.My art heroes are: Gerhard Richter Klimt John Singer Sargent Mark Ryden Camille Rose Gracia Ted Nuttall Wangechi Mutu

My Blog

The knocking at the door that goes on and on and......

Its been over seventeen years and the sound of the knocking at my door still rings in my head everytime I think of my sister.. In 1988 I left my family in Upstate New York and proudly joined the Unite...
Posted by James on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:19:00 PST

The Real Cause

I was going through some of my old papers and came across a few poem I wrote a few years back. I thought I would share them with you.This was written in memory of Matthew Shepard. Though he is gone he...
Posted by James on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:03:00 PST

My Greatest Blessing

    Realizing and accepting being gay is one of the most difficult moments in my life.(as well as for countless others I'm sure) For me accepting being gay was giving up a dream. A...
Posted by James on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:02:00 PST

Art and Fear

As an artist I am constantly fighting within myself the fear that my art is not good enough for public display. I'm sure because of this I has not tried to display my work in galleries or send my work...
Posted by James on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:00:00 PST

Artistic symbolism

In much of my art work I like to incorporate symbolism. No other symbol am I drawn more too than a circle. A circle for me represents continuation an on going movement that never stops. Also, a&n...
Posted by James on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:06:00 PST

My Parents

I have been blessed so much by being adopted by the greatest parents a child could ever have!!! Why is it that everytime someone finds out I was adopted their first question is "Do you ever want ...
Posted by James on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:04:00 PST

Start of my blog

Hey everyone. I have decided to start my own blog. My blog will consist of things I'm going through in my life, my art, creative thoughts, and just other thoughts that run through my crazy mind. ...
Posted by James on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:10:00 PST