Artist Statement I respond to what catches my eyes and heart using colors, shapes and lines. I desire to capture simple pleasures, wind in the trees, atmospheric reflections, people and places around the world. I personify nature through color and movement evoking moods of transition, strength, and serenity. I use my fingers of both hands to blend pastels and sculpt form through layering pigment; pastel being one of the purest pigments. As I work the images can be unexpected, … [Read more...]
Profile: Fip Buchanan
May 20, 2009 By 4 Comments
::: Artist Name:: Fip Buchanan ::: Media::: Primarily skin and ink (tattooing), also watercolor and acrylic ::: Website::: www.fiptattoos.com ::: 1 ::: When did you first realize you were an artist? Did you draw as a kid? Color outside the lines? I've been drawing all my life. My mother still has art I did when I was about 2 years old. I never liked coloring books much, I reperred to draw my own pictures. ::: 2 ::: Why did you become a tattoo artist? Do you consider it … [Read more...]
Marketing Monday: be a profiler
May 18, 2009 By 5 Comments
Before you can really think about developing a relationship it might be a good idea to think seriously about who it is you want to relate to!! Remember when you were dating you probably didn’t say “I just want a man/woman” that is a pretty big pot to fish in. You most likely had some vision of who a potential date and eventually partner might be, so you may have made a list: No nose picking No spitting Yes good looks Yes likes the outdoors Yes … [Read more...]
