{"id":68504,"date":"2022-03-02T16:19:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T16:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artspainter.com\/?p=68504"},"modified":"2022-03-02T16:19:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T16:19:27","slug":"an-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artspainter.com\/blog\/an-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"An Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=300vh src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ku35TLDQwSE?autoplay=1&#038;mute=1\"><\/iframe>I am an Artist. My name is John Doe, and I am a fine artist. I run a small(5) but very fine art gallery in Midtown Manhattan. I have been producing original art for over twenty years.<\/p>\n<p>This website is intended to be a manifestation of my work, and also provide some information about me and the gallery. You can contact me via email at jwd@example.com or by phone at 555-555-5555. If you want to buy art, please visit my Web Gallery; there are many beautiful things there that would make an excellent addition to your home or office.<\/p>\n<p>My work is often described as xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, which has been very successful commercially and critically. I sell my work through galleries such as mine all over the world, but also directly off of this website, where you can find a large selection of my work at very competitive prices. In particular, please take a look at my latest series of pieces entitled &#8220;xxxxx&#8221;, which represents a culmination of my thirty years&#8217; experience as an Artist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy looking at my work as much as I enjoyed creating it!<\/p>\n<p>As an artist, I am interested in the human condition. To express my art, I use many different mediums and styles. My artwork can be described as pop-surrealism and it&#8217;s intended to make people think about themselves and how they fit into the world around them. My goal is to get people to ask questions about themselves like: &#8220;What makes me tick?&#8221; or &#8220;How did I get here?&#8221; or &#8220;What does this say about me?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I live in a small town called Mebane, NC. There are no theaters or exhibits of any kind that sell original artwork that are located in my town. Without this outlet for my artwork, it can be very difficult for me to find places to display my work. On the other hand, I have had two pieces selected for display at jwd Art Space in Durham, NC which has given me the opportunity to not only display my work but also meet others who share similar passions.<\/p>\n<p>The owner of JWD Art Space is a man named Justin Wiles (pronounced Wiley). He is a very nice man who has been a great supporter of local artists and the art community in general. He has purchased multiple pieces from me over the years and has also helped me to find a gallery in<\/p>\n<p>The artworks of James D. Watson have been displayed in several museums and galleries around the world. These projects, including Supercomputers and Wetware, have been featured in magazines such as Der Spiegel and on television programs such as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>Watson&#8217;s work is in many private collections, including those of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, and David Rockefeller. His most recent project was commissioned by the Royal Society for the Arts in London and is entitled The Art of the Human Genome.<\/p>\n<p>The artist has also been an active member of the TED community since 2006, when he gave a talk at TEDGlobal entitled &#8220;The Art of Genomics.&#8221; Since then he has delivered four more talks at TED conferences (on topics such as the future of cancer treatment), interviewed over eighty luminaries from the world&#8217;s leading institutions (such as UC Berkeley, MIT, Google, Microsoft, Oxford University), and appeared on panels with thinkers like Ray Kurzweil and Peter Thiel. He was also one of the founding members of the TED Fellows program.<\/p>\n<p>James D. Watson&#8217;s work explores connections between science and arts; it is often about genes or computer code but always about where these technologies take us\u2014toward improvement of our species or<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Machine&#8221; is a small, industrial-looking construction, made from metal pipes. It&#8217;s powered by a bicycle, and has a bank of lights that flashes on and off in an endless loop. The bike itself is chained to the machine; the front wheel is locked into place, so the rider can&#8217;t slow down or stop pedaling.<\/p>\n<p>The artist in question is an Italian who goes by &#8220;JWD.&#8221; I&#8217;m not sure what his real name is, but I know him as JWD because that&#8217;s where his art show was \u2013 in the building next door to mine. His work was also all over the internet, and in some exhibits in Europe as well.<\/p>\n<p>Having seen all this online and in person, I knew what to expect when he showed up on my doorstep: a strong body odor from being homeless for so long, and an unusual personality (in both cases). That&#8217;s what happened. He seemed perfectly sane \u2013 or at least no more insane than most artists are \u2013 but when he talked about his art, his eyes lit up with religious fervor.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, there&#8217;s nothing wrong with religious fervor, except when it gets violent. And there&#8217;s nothing wrong with the kind of religious fervor that motivates people to create beautiful<\/p>\n<p>Richmond, Virginia native Jonathan D. Woods (b. 1971) received his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2000 and currently lives and works in New York City. After studying painting, drawing and printmaking at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Woods decided to pursue a unique artistic vision that embraced the entire world around him. In order to do so he learned how to use the technical aspects of photography while applying his own aesthetic, resulting in a body of work that is both technically and visually stunning.<\/p>\n<p>Woods&#8217;s work can be found in many public collections including the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida, Gainesville; the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia; the New Orleans Museum of Art; and The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu among others. His photographic projects have been featured and reviewed widely in such publications as The New York Times, Time Magazine, Art &#038; Antiques Magazine, Aperture Magazine, American Photo Magazine and The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>Woods has had numerous solo exhibitions throughout the U.S., including venues in Richmond, Philadelphia and Chicago. He has shown internationally in Ireland (Dublin), France (Paris), Canada (Montreal) and Italy (Genoa).<\/p>\n<p>Woods&#8217;s work is represented by Greene Exhibitions<\/p>\n<p>The landscape artist John Warder Davis (1864-1942) was born in the wilds of northern Michigan and spent his life travelling through the north woods, painting and sketching. He had little formal art training and no interest in the major artistic movements of his time. His works are joyful celebrations of the land he loved; he described himself as a &#8220;born again pagan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His work was collected by many prominent people, including Andrew Carnegie. The original collection is now housed at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh; this reproduction by jwd art space features eight of Davis&#8217; paintings, including his famous &#8220;A Song of Praise&#8221; &#8212; an image so beloved that it was reproduced on a United States Postal Service stamp in 1983.<\/p>\n<p>Although his paintings are frequently reprinted and widely available, there is no comprehensive catalogue of his works. This selection represents just a small percentage of his output; it is intended to be representative rather than exhaustive.<\/p>\n<p>The concept of the &#8220;artist&#8221; is relatively recent. In the Middle Ages, artists were more like craftsmen&#8211;trained in a tradition and following well-understood rules. It wasn&#8217;t until the middle of the 19th century that people started thinking of art as original work created by a genius. 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