#ClarenceClemons and I are from the same area - #Norfolk. The art I did in my hometown promoting #BornintheUSA as a display artist in which I painted a 6” x 6” reproduction of that hung on a #recordstore for thousands to see, earned me 2 platinumalbums, uncommon for a display artist to receive in #1984. One‘s a key piece in my #1980s Exhibit at ART’S UP Gallery , which starts with a memorial drawing I did in #1980 for Lennon from the #Beatles who inspired #Springsteen to pursue music. Norfolk is a very #patriotic region, boasting the largest #navy base in the world. Both parents served - dad is a #KoreanWarVet in his #90s. In my letter I requested that Bruce bring hisvguitar and strum a tune to bring the exhibit to life. Being Born in the USA, I dream big. #nfk #theboss #BruceSpringsteen #usa #military #NOB #supportthetroops #usnavy #usarmy #usairforce #seals #coastguard #oceana #cityofvirginiabeach #mayor #bobbydyer #tidewater #hamptonroads #patriotism #dreambig #americanflag #instagoid #yelp #norfolkva #eighties #artwork #fm99
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Artchilles is Back! /
Picking things back up with the journey of #KempsvilleBuildingMaterials #machineoperator chasing a dream. Posting a page at a time.
Comic Strip helps raise money for Chesapeake Regional Health Foundation /
10 donated comic strips were used to raise money for the BRA-Ha-HA event sponsored by the Chesapeake Regional Health Foundation Board of Directors. I have been using the format of comics for decades to promote events. It is touching to find support from this great foundation. I know the Chesapeake General Hospital nearby well. For years, my ex-wife's rheumatoid arthritis was treated there. My comic strip will also be used in next year's Bra-Ha-Ha event to raise money for early detection of cancer.
Art of Witch Vanishes @ Office Max Printer near her Ducking /
I take my originals to Office Max and make prints of my comic strip. I then hold a drawing each week to pick a winner for the a signed print. But when I depicted the Witch of Pungo, the original mysteriously vanished at Office Max. The Operations Manager said they wouldn't throw away an original even if it was a kid's drawing. I asked the printer who printed some of my other strips, and he doesn't know where it went. Good 'ole witchcraft.
Panel 3 of 4 panel comic strip featuring Grace Sherwood, convicted Witch of VA.
6 months later and no followup from Cultural Center of Virginia Beach /
I lugged my 4' x 2' exhibition model through the streets of virginia beach and up the steps to the conference center of the Cultural Center, with framed work, portfolio, etc., to make the meeting on time, which I did. The meeting had already been pushed up to accommodate a city worker, who arrived late. After the meeting, I sent the additionally requested info promptly. But it has been over 6 months without any followup. So, I sent email today. "There's no place for your art," was the response. This to art created on the assembly line at the old Kempsville Building Materials on Witchduck Rd., where I got my start, when I drew inbetween assembling doors on the line at work, when I didn't have a studio, and was living on the street. The drawings would have special meaning on the walls of the homeless center being built on that spot, as an inspiration to the down and out that are going to be treated. The point was to show that despite the seemingly hopeless efforts - creating works on ripped paper to fit a small drawing surface with a finger dipped in company coffee - there is light at the end of the tunnel. One series of blue-wash drawings is of an architectural nature, providing a sense of home, when there was none - what relevance to the homeless center! The drawing style originated in this local factory has won national and international awards, while that is not in itself so amazing, holding onto something through (thick and...) thin, and the culminating symmetry of the journey's composition is. But, no matter how relevant, how academic, how cultural, it has to make it across their threshold of prejudices and ignorance.
My exhibition model filling the elevator @ Sandler Performing Arets Center's conference room at the Virginia Beach Cultural Center
Trademark "ARTCHILLES" Registered for my Comic Strip /
Filed application in March, Officially Registered on Sept. 19, 2017.
Finally my name is official - I can put the "R" in a circle.
BATMAN creator's granddaughter Loves New Cape Design /
Athena Finger responded with an enthusiastic "YES!," when I asked if I should put a cape on the famous Beheaded Betty Boop. Shot her a quick design sketch of cape -"Love it!" she responded. Nice to have input from royal comic blood!
