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SPEED "AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, I ALWAYS DREW PICTURES. THE ONLY REAL TRAINING I HAD WAS IN 11TH AND 12TH GRADES WHEN I STUDIED WITH NARCISSO MAISTERRA, A SPANISH EXPATRIATE WHO PAINTED WONDERFUL MONSTROSITIES REMINISCENT OF GOYA. BY THE TIME I WAS OLD ENOUGH FOR ART SCHOOL, ART HAD DEVELOPED SOMETHING CALLED A " CUTTING EDGE" AND I WAS FOUR OR FIVE CENTURIES LATE FOR CLASS. BEING THE PROVERBIAL SQUARE PEG I SOON DROPPED OUT AND STARTED TRAVELING AROUND THE COUNTRY WORKING VARIOUS ODD JOBS (FARMWORKER, MURAL PAINTER, WAITRESS, AD-WRITER, HORSETRAINER, HOUSEPAINTER ETC., ETC.) AND DRAWING PICTURES WHEN I COULD. MY PARTNER'S BAND LANDED US IN AUSTIN, TX IN 1978 WHERE I SETTLED IN AND STARTED PAINTING FULL TIME. I KEEP HOURS JUST LIKE A REAL JOB, ONLY LONGER, AND IN MY SPARE TIME I READ BOOKS, DRINK TEQUILA, COLLECT WRENCHES, GARDEN, AND DRIVE AROUND WEST TEXAS. I USUALLY START A NEW PAINTING BY SEEING IT WHOLE IN MY MIND. BY THE TIME A PICTURE IS DONE I'VE HAD LOTS OF TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO ME, BUT SINCE I THINK OF MY PAINTINGS AS SOMETHING AKIN TO RORSCHACH TESTS OR KOANS, IT MIGHT SAY SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO YOU. I LIVE IN A HOUSE WITH A HIGH STONE WALL AROUND MY GARDEN AND STUDIO. I HAVE NO DEGREES, BELONG TO NO SOCIETIES AND KNOW ALMOST NOTHING ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ART. I AM THE HAPPIEST PERSON I KNOW." SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART Austin, Texas MCMURTREY GALLERY Houston, Texas ALLENE LAPIDES GALLERY Santa Fe, New Mexico
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