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I am a sign painter (Yes I still paint about 50% of the time)and also do T-shirt designs for companies that deal with Harley's and for street-rod events.

www.jackfrancist-shirts.com

I remember the jazz great Tal Farlow was a sign painter when not touring.

Just curious as to anyone else that has an artistic
side.

The "artist" part is questionable, but I "do" stained glass.

www.thesteelguitarbar.com

Masters degree in Fine Art here (sculpture).
Quit making work about ten years ago after injuring my back and becoming severely jaded by the workings of the NYC art crowd, and decided (in another brilliant career move) to join a touring band instead. Instead of busting my hump to make unsellable art few would ever see, I busted my hump to make unsellable music few would ever hear...haha. You think the music business is bad, try the fine art racket for a while. Makes musicians look sane.

I am a Piping Designer/Drafting, is that considered art???

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Brandon,

b0b would probably say "no" because you use a computer.

Have done commercial art, sign-painting, logos, ect on the side for many years. Also draw, paint, photograph, do pearl inlays. I have huge admiration for anyone who can make their living as an artist of any sort!

BFA, MFA, University Arts educator, Artist, Industrial designer.

I understand that Billy Robinson is a terrific visual artist as well as steel player.

Currently working as a graphic designer/illustrator for a weekly paper. The steel player in my rock band is a full-time photographer. I haven't had the chance to use a PSG in an illustration yet, but I did get to put my Trooper in the last assignment I had-

i do oil paintngs as a hobby ( even sold quite a few)

Nathan, I'm really concerned about you after seeing that drawing.

I paint landscapes in oil and lately more in Acyrlic or however it's spelled.

I'm a fine art serigrapher. Definitely not an artist but a master craftsman doing other people's work---been at it for 30+ years. Starting to get the hang of it.

Landscapes, portraits, mostly pastels, also oils and acrylics, sold a lot, won a lot of awards, I enjoy drawing most of all. JP

watercolour

Does Paint by Numbers count?

I was a self taught painter then studied art for several years and became a portrait painter. One of my university professors wanted me to become a courtroom artists. I have two Masters Degrees in Art and Education.

Now I teach art to elementary students (520 this year) and I love it! We have our school's annual art show and write-on festival tommorow and there will literally be hundreds of people come through the school building then.

It is my opinion that the arts run together alot. I have known several artists who play for fun and I've known professional musicians and actors who paint too. Tony Bennett (renown singer), Tony Curtis (famous movie star), Red Skeleton (Comedian), Vincent Price (Actor) all were artists too.

GOD bless!

Terry Wood

Painting? You wanna talk about painting? Does 30 gallons of Benjamin Moore Mint Green count? That's what it took to paint my house last year... (plus 10 gallons of a nice pretty white primer...).

Actually my artistry is with ProE Wildfire 2.0 and Ansys 10. Probably doesn't count for &%$#@...

Otherwise I can't draw a d@#n thing without a ruler and a compass

I just finished painting my house - does that count ??

Nice work, Nathan! I really like that. I like a lot of cartoony stuff, (I guess 'cause I love cartoons).

I used to do some realistic drawing, but haven't done any since art class in high school.

Anymore the only drawing I do is doodling in class. But it'd be fun some day to do comic strips. And I'd love to be able to do caricatures.

My mom's dad is a retired sign painter, and still does does some little jobs here and there. My uncles on that side both learned to paint too, and one has his own shop.

I've been a freelance illustrator for going on thirty years. Learning and playing music - especially psg - is my pressure-release valve and something I look forward to every day regardless of what's on the board. Amazingly, music and trains find their way into commisioned work at every opportunity! More stuff at www.scotthull.com

John

I dabbled in impressionist watercolors and failed before I went into political writings..

;-{

Hmm..

EJL

Whoa - John! That is a fantastic illustration!!!!
Steve

Thanks Steve - if I'd known you back when I did that (and could talk you into modeling)it would have been a tele for sure, played by the right guy for the job!

John

I used to build custom hand wrapped fishing rods. That was back when I could see a little better.