For me, art is a voyage of discovery. I am as surprised by the art I create as anyone else who views it. Though I constantly strive to improve my skills, I am much more interested in creating something new (and hopefully beautiful) under the sun than in craftsmanship. I feel that photography has superseded other forms of art when it comes to reproducing the external world -it is the interior landscape that I strive to explore and reveal.
BIO
Born in Paris, France in 1950. Moved to New York when I was 5 years old. From an early age, developed an (unhealthy? obsessive?) interest in fantasy, science fiction, surrealism and anything that was beautiful and mysterious. My parents called me "Jean de la Lune" because I was often distracted by things that they couldn't understand. Also had an aptitude for drawing from an early age, but never really pursued it seriously back then. Went away to college in 1967, at the time that the psychedelic zeitgeist was reaching critical mass & got swept up in the maelstrom. Ego disintegrated & a new one rose like a phoenix from the ashes. Began drawing & painting in a stream-of-consciousness mode, bypassing the rational mind. Fell in love, moved to Berkeley, California, and had a son. Took art classes (illustration, figure drawing, portraiture, color theory, etc.). In the late 70's, began playing with computers. Learned to program & wrote simple applications for generating visual patterns. Having no real aptitude for marketing my artwork, I instead embarked on a career in information technology, which lasted 22 years, at which time I quit (in May of 2003). My current incarnation as a digital artist began with the first release of Fractal Design Painter. I experienced a breakthrough with the first release of Bryce, which was the medium that enabled me to finally satisfy my creative impulses. I use many other supporting pieces of software (Amorphium, Poser, & several others), but they only provide me with input for Bryce. All of my images are rendered only in Bryce, with no post-processing at all. Each of them starts with a bare-bones idea or model or texture which I then attempt to allow to evolve in whatever direction "it" decides & which I have never been able to predict. I obsessively tweak shapes, colors, textures, & visual relationships until the image seems "right". If the final result is somewhat disturbing and disorienting, yet at the same time beautiful, then I have succeeded...
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Comments (15)
pillaymithunr
dats really funny good concept
ropost
"You can never earn in the outside world more than you earn in your own mind."
MFM008
LOL! This is probably how w views himself-- except wrong god.......
eyeland
Well then, flipflopper1, if the rational mind justifies invading Iraq because al qaeda is there, just as it is in 60 other countries, then logically we should be justified in invading those other 60 countries too, right? This is the kind of warped, simplistic, "damn the consequences" kind of logic that people like you practice all the time. Maybe you should get caught in the "psychedelic maelstrom" - you might have a revelation about what effect people who think like you have on the world. I have a son & grandson who I hope will be able to live in a more peaceful world, not one of perpetual war & hatred.
bluliner35
Seems like a fitting day to put all the arguments aside and pay some respect to all those caught in the crossfire. Every person is carries wounds from acts of terror and brutality, whether it's the Twin Towers or Beslan or Oklahoma City. I understand your emotion and rationale. Posting this today seems more than a little irreverent.
dol
ferry good buth were is the blood on his hands and a hole in his forehaed sorry for mij bat inglish
Flipflopper1
I didnt say it justifies invading iraq,I was simply saying there IS reason to be there,Seems alot of "people like me" remember seeing on tv hundreds of terrorists dancing in the streets of iraq on sept 11,Personally I believe 4 or 5 other countries need "liberating" Its amazing with every comment you make,you bash the US govt,and defend these animals that target and kill innocent men women and children.Back away from the psychedelics and view these cowards for what they really are.Also,thats the problem with you libs..if anyone disagrees with you their stupid..or "Simplistic" maybe your just a "product of your environment" (france/Berkley) Arrogance,The people of the world were better off with saddam right?saddam was a good guy after all right?All those nice things he did for the world and all.
dragon1
The text in the background is about the extent of what's going through Bush's simple, deficient mind. As for Saddam, his atrocities didn't seem to bother us much back in the 80's when we actually supported that murderous tyrant. Hell, the same people today trying to justify the way by saying "Saddam is a really bad man" were probably the same people who back in the 80's denounced anyone who said that maybe it wasn't a good idea to support him. Maybe if we didn't support brutal dictators in the first place we wouldn't be in this mess.
eyeland
bluliner35, I certainly didn't intend this to be irreverent or disrespectful to the victims of 9-11 & you have my apology if you were offended. But despite their best efforts to exploit NYC & 9-11 at their convention, George Bush & his cronies do not speak for all the victims & have not earned my respect. As for flipflopper1, I just find your comments pathetic. So 4 or 5 other countries need liberating? I'm sure you're not a chickenhawk like Bush & Cheney & you're going to lay your life on the line & volunteer to be one of the liberators, right? And by all means when you fail to come up with a rational argument, resort to lies (I challenge you to find an instance in which I've defended either terrorists or Saddam Hussein) & personal attacks (yes, I was born in France & lived in Berkeley - does that automatically invalidate my point of view?). I'm not ashamed of who I am, but I find it interesting that you who don't allow comments on your political images, who doesn't even publish his name or any biographical data at all, attack my background & call other people cowards. You & your hero George Bush are truly birds of a feather.
captor213
Lets be honest,911 didnt happen it was a hallogram created by Bush and halliburton,to get oil.Saddam was a nice guy,peace love and flowers for everybody!
I__
Hahahaa!... Georgie's face looks so funny on that statue!
LunarSight
I agree about Iraq. It's not about pacifism insomuch as it's about kicking the correct derrieres in as cost-efficient a manner as possible. We don't want to give our enemies the message "If you mess with us, we'll go and kick somebody else's buttock." - Yes, there were some things in Iraq we likely should have taken out. Did we need to take the entire country? No. We got sidetracked in doing so. Bush was hoping for a quick victory against a "good for ratings" sort of enemy, and it backfired on him.
shamanka
Here, here Bluliner!
Mivan
My wife and I are doing rofloas (rolling on floor laughing our asses off.) This is a hilarious image and most truthful it would seem. "Flush twice, it's a long way to Crawford, TX."
gknapp
Extending the Corporation's territory,isn't he?..What was it Carl Bismark said about blood and iron?..But we outgrew all that in 1945,didn't we?