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Rank:
Beginner
(47 points)
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Birth date:
August 20, 1969 (55 years)
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Gender:
Male
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About me:
It's painful when you give it your all to help someone, and they take everything but never reciprocate. They are like psychic vampires. I have been trying to figure out life. Mom used to be very liberal. She would take me to see Porkie's, The Groove Tube, Body Heat. Some of these movies were very steamy and hilariously sexy.
Then dad took his own life in 1983. And mom became a lot like the Waterboy's mom, Mama Boucher -- way overprotective. Then in 1987 we moved to Canada. And her attitude changed again, like saying that a man should be able to have more than one wife. Then she started dating a married man. She would say that we had to love the devil. She also said we needed to pray for the devil.
But her man was a swindler. He would often go over to Mel's in Sackville and try to pick up all the women from Scotia Bank behind mom's back. It was around this time I went to college twice, once in 1989 and once in 1994. There seems to be no authenticity in certain segments of society. I think so long as one's soul is attuned to the seven gifts of the spirit, they can allow an empathic relationships between emotional support for each other.
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Interests:
Favorite Artists: Captain Bob Cottle, John Byrne, Maurits Cornelis Escher, Hans Ruedi Giger, Robert Bateman, Hieronymus Bosch
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My favourite movies:
Shawshank Redemption, The Matrix (Series), The Miracle of Fatima, Stand By Me, Hearts in Atlantis
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My favourite music:
Pink Floyd, Prince, The Police, The Cars, Madonna, Dolly Parton, The Rolling Stones, The Sky Diggers, Boston, Aerosmith, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
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My favourite books:
https://www.deviantart.com/dale-lerette/gallery
It’s odd how I got involved in art. When I was a very young toddler my vision was very poor. We employed some medicated eye drops, used a few other techniques, and my vision did improve. But I walked into many trees back then. And I broke more than a few pair of glasses before half my sight was visionary.
I can remember vaguely when my vision significantly improved. And I was so fascinated with the world around me, like a toddler looking at the seventh day of creation. I might have been three years of age then. My brother was a very talented artist, too. And I really looked up to him. So I did the same as he and it really improved my vision and my art.
I have been tracing imaginary images on paper since I was 5 years old. People didn't believe that I could draw so accurately without tracing. But then they watched me. My left eye was blind. And I would imagine the image with my left eye while I focused on the carbon illustration with my right eye. There was no disorientation and completely natural as I traced my imagination.
I am still partially blind in my left eye. It actually tends to wander inwardly a bit. Some call it a lazy eye. Yet I see better at night with it when I first awaken. And I am so thankful for what vision I do have, even if it is getting worse in my old age. I am a visual thinker. So one could say that my blind-eye sees deeper than most. Yet this combination really opened the door to graphite illustrations for me.
Mom used to say that when I was younger I would try to understand the world through my artwork. Looking back, I did experience some characteristics of autism. And this understanding through art made sense to me. When I was younger I trusted people and thought they meant well. When dad killed himself it left me wondering what life was all about. Many times I could cope by expressing how I felt through my artwork. I felt the world with my heart. And I expressed the world through my art.
When I was younger I drew mostly dinosaurs. I was fascinated with the prehistoric world. Then, as I made my way through Elementary School onto High School, my illustration moved more toward comic book art and fantasy work. After High School I was trained in Drafting during my early college days. CAD (Computer Aided Drawing) was just coming into prominence then. And then into my early 20's my art was refined with more portrait work. I shifted more toward the Graphics Arts and Digital Imaging after this, going to college once more. And then my [censored] were born just before I turned 30. This is where I had generally hibernated for a long time, integrating various skills.
I took a hiatus from art around the year 2000. And remained generally inactive regarding art for approximately 10 years. Then around 2010 I was active on Facebook and many older friends asked if I still did art. I was actually a bit embarrassed that I had lost touch with it. My cousin Tammy asked if I would be able to do a portrait for her. And a co-worker saw my work, likewise asking if I could illustrate a portrait for him.
Since that time I think I have illustrated more in the last 10 years than the previous 40 years combined. And it's been great to rediscover a lost skill that was such an important part of my life. I felt this was an excellent venue to showcase my art history over the years. Every piece of art on this age illuminates the spectrum of my soul like a stained-glass window.
I have been contacted regarding commissions and I generally do not engage in them. I mostly do gifts for others. This can be seen for online applications requiring the showcasing of my artwork. I am looking to be employed within design firms -- and publishing houses requiring in-house illustration and graphic design. But this page is more for the good memories.
It's good to step away for private reflection. I think sometimes we get lost in all the business of life. So sometimes it's good to recollect one's thoughts in the art we create. I do hope you appreciate the beauty found here.
