Artists

I was in the end of the cold war and desert storm and desert shield.I was a HTFN in the navy aboard the USS WORDEN cg-18.I was a welder,fitter and fabracator for 35 years.I am a welding artist also.Im also a author of 20 some odd ebooks and have a kindle store under my name.I also hold now close to 7 patents and 20 some odd copyrights moslty for games i created.my ebooks can be purchased at my kindle store on amazon under my name..I was also one of the subjects in the cia experiment when they gassed the primary schools in america back in the 1970s!!!the fbi has been following me for decades because of it.though alls good now !!!!

Darby Perrin’s love for aviation began in 1986 when he joined the United States Air Force. Already an accomplished artist, the military fed his creativity and afforded many opportunities to paint and design. He’s been a Crew Chief and flew as an Airborne Communications Technician on AWACS. He was a KC-135 Boom Operator for 20 years. In 2018 he was employed by the Air Force Reserve Command History Office as a full time Historian/Artist. He retired from the Air Force in December of 2021 and still runs his gallery and studio on Tinker AFB outside of Oklahoma City.

Michael E. Ramos is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. During his time in service, he fulfilled his duties as an Electrical Equipment Repair Specialist (MOS 1142). Around the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Michael became more active in arts and crafts while helping his children with homeschooling. As an amateur artist, his artwork normally takes the form of painting, penciling, wreath-making, or dioramas. Moreover, his political activism on occasion influences his artwork. Michael currently resides with his wife and children in Melbourne, Australia. \nHe is a member of the Marine Corps League (Detachment 607), The American Legion (Post AU01), AMVETS (Post 145), the VFW Auxiliary (Post 8890), American Latino Veterans Association, Mexican American Veterans Association (Chapter 4), and a volunteer with Blue Star Families, Secure Families Initiative, and more. Michael is a service-connected disabled veteran recognized through the Department of Veterans Affairs, and is currently a veteran service officer-in-training.

Paul Bouchard is a multi-faceted artist. His work is particularly influenced by working through his PTSD from the Vietnam War. His primary media are handmade cast paper, oils, welded aluminum and steel, acrylic, and watercolor, mixed media.

Laurel Cyrene is a U.S. Army Veteran and the mother of five that has been creating Art for over forty years. She majored in Art Illustration but later graduated from Kansas State University with a B.S. degree in Education and a minor in Art In 1989. She taught Art in the public school districts in Texas. She has taught adults and children private lessons and classes. She has won numerous awards for her Paintings, prints, and drawings. She uses different media’s and enjoys depicting animals, landscapes and people. Member of San Antonio Art League, River Art Group, Friendship Art Club, Gaga and San Antonio Artist Collective. WWW.laurelcyreneart.com *Members Art Show River Art Gallery 2024 *Distinguished Veteran Artist Dougherty Art Center Oct-Dec 2024 *Friendship Art Club Best of Show 1st and 2nd place 2024/1st place & 2nd Place 2023/Best of Show 2022 *Veterans Artist Nationals 2021/2022/2023/2024 *Showing The Bee Hive Bee Cave Texas Distinguished Veteran Artist Oct 2021-March 2022/ *Showed San Antonio Art League Members Gallery and with GaGa group show 2022 *Showing at the Nave Art Museum in Victoria TX on Nov 21 through Jan with GAGA Group Show. 2022 *Honoring Women Show with GAGA Group show at OLLU in San Antonio now to Optometrist School San Antonio 2022 *First Place Oil and Acrylic Painting Hondo Art Fair 2019/Peoples Choice Hondo Art Fairl 2019 and 2018/First Place Acrylic Painting Hondo Art Fair 2018 *Second Place Dry media 2018 Website : https://www.laurelcyreneart.com/ https://www.friendshipartclub.org https://store.gallerysa.com/product-category/artist/laurel-cyrene/?woof_parse_query=1 https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/2-laurel-cyrene

At heart, I am a humanitarian. My desire to contribute to the greater good of humanity is what moved me to enlist into the U.S. Army before I graduated high school. After serving on active duty, I returned home and continued the path of servitude by entering the field of physical therapy. Unfortunately, I carried with me traumas from military service which emerged and interfered with my occupation, leading me to take a break from practice. Today, after a ten year recovery period, I have developed a vision to operate a non profit physical therapy clinic that would address the underserved needs of my hometown. To help discover and envision what I wish to accomplish, I turn to art. I record my journey through photography, writing, collage and painting. All photographs were shot in my hometown or/and in association with Gracie Jiu Jitsu Whittier. Head coach: Jacob Belhumeur.

Professional: I am a self-taught artist. I have been making and performing with Custom Native American style flutes since 2000. I have shared my Art and Music with many Colleges, High Schools, and Elementary schools, my way of giving back!

Living in Washington State, I have been painting for the last four years. Though I work on landscapes my preferred art is abstracts. I work mainly with acrylic paint however I’m expanding into some mixed media as well.

I was born in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains in the Southern tier of New York state where I found my love of the outdoors. That love continued to nurture as I grew through boy scouts. My love of nature found visual expression in my early drawing. I joined the Navy upon graduating from high school and went into the nuclear power program ultimately being stationed on the USS Enterprise and in the Viet Nam conflict. Having survived that and getting married I went on to college in liberal arts. Following that I was in Philadelphia getting an MFA in sculpture With all those degrees, I was able to teach college lever and continued to follow my passion in art. I was never very interested in making art to sell but sought the joy in the journey of creating art. It is wonderful when someone is interested enough to purchase my work and it allows me to buy more art supplies. I retired from fulltime teaching giving me time for drawing a series a landscapes and creating figurative and imaginative sculpture in epoxy clay and large sculpture with DIY papier mâché clay.

Michelle was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and now resides in central California. She describes her art style as abstract mixed media, and is inspired by the human condition, film, music, and different cultures. She enjoys painting, drawing, sculpting, and nature photography. She is currently is working on completing her bachelors degree in studio art with a minor in art therapy. Her goal is to work in the Mental Health field as an art therapist. Michelle is a disabled veteran and hopes to help as many people as she can with her art by raising awareness.

Julio Nazario is an acclaimed photographer and mixed-media artist whose work is in museums and private collections. He is retire as Assistant Dean/Faculty in the School of Arts & Sciences Honors Program, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and over the years taught courses in the Caribbean & Latino Studies department focusing on Latino Cinema and Identity Politics. Nazario taught photography for a decade at the International Center of Photography in New York City and was an Adjunct Associate Professor for 17 years, at La Guardia Community College (CUNY). He is a graduate of Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University with an M.F.A in Visual Arts and graduate of Queens College (CUNY) where he earned a B.A. in Philosophy. He is a Vietnam War veteran and recipient of a Purple Heart.

I am a lifelong artist. There has never been a time where I can remember not making stuff. I’m a teacher and a painter. I was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas but now lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida I went to Northeast Junior High, Sumner High School and then graduated from F. L. Schlagle High School. I served in the U.S. Army for 22 years. I later graduated from the University of Missouri Kansas City and received a bachelor's degree in History and a Master's of Arts in Education from the University of Saint Mary. I have never been school trained in Painting or drawing, but have been doing this all of my life. Faces are special. You remember them long after you forget names. My paintings have a traditional classical style with a more modern look. My goal is to capture color and depth while incorporating elements from typography to abstraction to nonobjective. Historical subjects are my favorite. Most of the painting are acrylic on canvas but occasionally I’ll experiment with other mediums. All of the artwork that have been submitted with this application is an attempt to show diversity in my soul as well as an open mind toward the world. I am an artist that loves to express myself through all types of subjects, not just certain genres.

Lee Drake is a graphic designer and fine artist from Bronson, Fl. His work explores the darker side of life while offering a subtle positivity. He works in acrylics, oil, pen-and-ink, digital painting, and graphite/charcoal. Currently, he works as a fine art instructor for a local University.

I have been painting and selling in Sonoma County for over 20 years

Im a Army veteran, im not great at writing things about myself. That being said i do enjoy using art to share thoughts said by many or just I. Im located in upstate NY, this is home to me. I enjoy my peace, nature and long walks in the woods to collect rocks and weird looking chunks of wood to turn into something unique, and one of a kind.

I do scratch board illustration, photography, digital & fine art, ATC, multi-media and, printmaking. As an artist I like dealing with personal imagery, myths, science fiction and symbolism. I have backgrounds in graphic design, photography, art education and lowbrow art. DESIGNER TOY, ART TOY, CUSTOM TOY, MASH-UP TOY, NEO-KAIJU TOY, INDIE TOY, URBAN TOY, OUTSIDER ART I make toys and other collectibles produced in limited editions. The toys are made of variety of materials; resin and polymer clay are most common, although wood, metal, and epoxy are

Joseph Jefferson is an abstract painter from Houston, Texas and a graduate of the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. His work emerges from a life shaped by discipline, service, and creative exploration, drawing on experiences as a musician, Eagle Scout, technician, inspector, war veteran, husband, and father. These intersecting roles inform a visual language that is both intuitive and engineered, expressive yet deliberate.

A simple person practicing his art to get better so others can enjoy what they see. I'm a Navy and Army Veteran that has been into art as far back as I can remember. I'm on here for the right kind of exposure to see if the world can like my art. If this is a path that is right for me.

Army Veteran. Armor Officer, Retired. Pursuing a career in representational art.