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HERE IS A CONDENSED STORY OF MY CREATIVE SIDE OF MY LIFE.
I’VE ALWAYS ENJOYED DRAWING AND PAINTING SINCE I CAN REMEMBER ANYTHING.IT WAS THE ONLY SUBJECT AT SCHOOL THAT I LIKED. I DID BADLY AT SCHOOL AND I WAS VERY DESTRUCTIVE AFTER A VERY TRAUMATIC CHILDHOOD IN WHICH BOTH PARENTS DIED AT A EARLY AGE .SO AND ENDED UP JOINING THE ARMY AT SIXTEEN IN 1988.
I DIDNT DO ANYTHING CREATIVE FOR 5 YEARS AND SPENT MY TIME IN THE ARMY IN HATRED OF THE WORLD (BEST PLACE FOR ME REALLY). WHEN I LEFT THE ARMY I WAS JUST AS ANGRY AT LIFE AS WHEN I FIRST JOINED. I GOT MYSELF IN MORE TROUBLE AFTER FIGHTING WITH A POLICEMAN ON A NIGHT OUT. I WAS SENTENCED TO A YEAR IN PRISON WHERE I FOUND MY CREATIVE SIDE ONCE AGAIN AND STARTED TO WAKE UP.
I FOUND FOCUS ON A PRISON ART COARSE WHICH I WAS LUCKY TO ENROLL ON AT THE START AND BEFORE LONG I WAS PAINTING OTHER INMATES FAMILYS. I SPENT ALL MY TIME DRAWING. I MANAGED TO LEARN THE ARTS OF MARBLING, WOODGRAING, PAINTING MURALS ON A SPECIALIST DECORATING COARSE .
WHEN I WAS RELEASED I SPENT A FEW YEARS DOING PAINT EFFECTS AND MURALS IN PEOPLES HOMES AROUND LONDON. I THEN WENT ON A NINE MONTHS BACKPACKING AROUND ASIA AND SOUTH AMERICA I FOUND MYSELF IN A BACK STREET ART SHOP IN THE COPACABANA RIO BRAZIL. BEFORE I NEW IT I WAS FILLING MY BACKPACK UP WITH PAINTS, BRUSHES AND OTHER ART GOODIES. I HAD NO ROOM FOR MY CLOTHES SO I GAVE THEM AWAY AND HAD AN EXTRA BAG FOR THE CANVASES I SQUEEZED IN.
IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO ME ON RETURNING TO LONDON THAT I SHOULD START PAINTING ON CANVAS AND BEFORE LONG HAD A BIG COLLECTION. MY FRIENDS THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY AS I WENT DEEP INTO PAINTING AND IT BECAME MY MEDITATION AND THERAPY.
I MET AN INSPIRING WOMAN CALLED LOUISE WHO WAS ALSO IN THE SAME POSITION AS ME. WE GOT A STALL TOGETHER IN LONDON AND ON THE FIRST DAY I SOLD A PAINTING(SHE ALSO). SOON AFTER I RECEIVED MANY COMMITIONED WORKS, SOME FOR BOOKS.
15 YEARS AGO I MOVED TO GLASTONBURY, WHERE I NOW WORK AND EXHIBIT. I CONTINUE GROW. PRACTICE MINDFULNESS ,MEDITATE, SHAKE, TRAVEL AND LIVE IN PEACE.
HOPE YOU ENJOY MY WORK .
IM ALWAYS UP FOR NEW PROJECTS OR COMMISSIONS .PLEASE DO CONTACT ME AT INFO@LIGHTSIDEOFTHEMOONART.CO.UK
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK. ENJOY YOUR, LIFE AND BE KIND TO EACH OTHER. 🙂
PAUL
A NICE MAN ONCE SAID TO ME “CREATE OR BE CREATED”