Post by stonecarver on Nov 20, 2013 19:12:58 GMT -6
Some Questions That Might Help
What would you like to be called?
How old are you?
How did you hear about S.D.?
Are you a writer and/or artist?
What are some of your interests?
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Please tell us about yourself and how you got started in sculpting.
Hello, my name is Garry, I am 60 year old, I heard about this forum on another forum, forumpromotion.net/ Sometimes I am reluctant to call myself a artist, but I guess I am. To make a living I am more of a "craftsman", I cut stone, I also carve figures with the stone we have. I also like to paint, and draw, with the paint , I prefer oils. My life is a long story, so I won't go into that now, other then I worked as a sign painter,also have painted many murals, also worked as a construction worker, cement,etc. When ever I had free time, I liked to paint and draw, eventually finding I could make money painting signs, later here in Mexico where I work with stone, before that I was painting signs,and sometimes selling paintings. I did not really just decide to "be a artist" it seems to be more of something I can not help. Did very poorly in school, because I could not seem to concentrate enough to learn letters and write, all my notes,and "home woprk", test sheets, would end up being paper covered with little drawings, "doodles" I call them, so I got tired of being yelled at by the teachers,and parents,everybody all the time, left school at about 10 years old, (that is when I stopped going), by the time I was 16 I left home,and followed the construction industry,and also agriculture, to make a living. It was years later when I met a sign painter, that taught me the discipline I needed to be able to "draw" letters correctly,and paint them, This opened up a new trade for me that I liked better then working in a apple orchard, where I was employeed at that time,..more about me, on my websites, I have several, but this one, more about me if you look at "my other site", that is where I have the most written about my past, Another interest I have is computer programming, a little of webdesign, I am a moderator at StopForumSpam.net, and also have several forums, all of that is a "hobbie" for me, I got involved with SFS, because I had to much trouble with spammers, on my sites,.. anyway I guess that is about it for now, sorry if I "ramble", I seem to do that a lot these days/.
