dm

myspace.com/dmkirwin

making Prints finally. Mood: strong strong

  • 36 / Male
  • Athens , Georgia, US
  • Last Login: 12/1/2008

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  • Status: Single
  • Here for: Networking
  • Hometown: Daytona Beach, Fl
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Ethnicity: Other
  • Religion: No Answer
  • Zodiac Sign: Aries
  • Children: Undecided
  • Smoke / Drink: Yes / No
  • Education: High school
  • Income: $250,000 and Higher

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About me:

Hi, welcome to my site, Click on Pics to see samples of my paintings Outsider, Post-Cyber, visionary, self-taught, and real deal mumbling painter in south-east United States. Here my link to my Flickr gallery. .. ................ ..

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Myspace Layouts - Image Hosting - Forums -------------------------------------David Micheal Kirwin---------------- =========================Sept.22,2007================== Artist who's overcome addiction offers works with sobriety as his muse By Beth Jones Staff Writer D.M. Kirwin populates his world with people who have holes where their hearts should be. The characters in his acrylic collection of "heart-gut paintings" look as if some wicked higher power stamped out their middles with a circular cookie cutter. "What goes in that hole?" asked Tim Flinn, owner of the Flat Penny Folk Art Gallery. "I imagine it's something personal." "Nobody lives to their 30s without a hole," Kirwin said. Kirwin's own crater stems from his battle with alcoholism. He started drinking at age 12, getting beer from a friend who snagged it from his parents' fridge. "You kind of go through all these skins," Kirwin said about getting sober. "Demons sneak up on you when you least expect it. You're never quite healed." He read once that heavy drinking depletes the brain's supplies of dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain that partly governs a person's mood. He's held onto that bit of trivia. "You're drinking away your happiness," Kirwin said of alcoholics. Painting served as a therapeutic tool for the 35-year-old during the 16 months he's been sober. The result of his work is a show called "Addictions" that will hang in Flat Penny through the first weekend in November. One of his paintings, "Crushed," shows a beer can bearing the word "Depression" where the Budweiser label should be. In another, he captures the feet of alcoholics sitting in a circle at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. He hopes his artwork will send a message to other artists that it's possible to harness creativity and imagination sober. "I know a lot of artists who are straight," Kirwin said. "They're just as cool as anybody else." Paintings by D.M. Kirwin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Contents ©Copyright 2007 Athens Banner-Herald

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  • Nov 24 2008 8:45 PM

    Hey dm, very creative work. We are running the seasonal special again, to get your work on canvas.
    Cheers!


    Cheers!
    Holly @ GRI Studios
  • Nov 14 2008 1:50 PM

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  • Aug 20 2008 11:38 PM

    It was so nice to see you again.Thanks for the lunch run my friend.
    Love Kim
  • Aug 19 2008 3:01 PM

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  • Aug 19 2008 1:18 PM

    hey hey, thanks for checking us out

    what do you think?
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  • Aug 6 2008 8:23 AM

    MY ART FOR YOU :
    me on ebay: www. ebay. de, please search my name, thanx, kisses,
    yours ruslana eisenschmidt



  • Aug 4 2008 11:35 PM

    Looking forward to seeing your work. Your Big Hairy Hand is protecting my home.
    Cher
  • Jul 20 2008 7:41 PM

  • Jul 20 2008 12:25 PM

    Mmmm....KISSES, darlin, KISSES !

    My ART for YOU from today, sunday mornig:





    Ruslana Eisenschmidt, 2008, Berlin/Germany
  • Jul 16 2008 6:53 PM

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  • Jul 14 2008 9:07 PM

    My ART for YOU:

    This is from this morning:
    "Me at HOME"..;o)

    Aquarell on paper, Ruslana Eisenschmidt 2008
  • Jul 4 2008 2:06 AM

    now thats a george for me.
  • Jul 2 2008 11:10 AM

    Darlin,
    MY ART FOR YOU:

    I drew this one, when I was a 14 years old girl.

    ruslana eisenschmidt jena
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    MELISSA
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  • Jun 14 2008 5:21 PM

    My neice, cute kid,eh
  • Jun 14 2008 11:27 AM

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    hi this is heather i did not see you in a long time hug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Jun 11 2008 5:51 PM


    Punk Rock Pinup Girls at SuicideGirls!
  • Jun 3 2008 6:05 PM

    So glad I found my good friend and favorite artist!!! Glad to know you are still hangin' in there and even better to know you are still purging your artistic genius!
  • Jun 2 2008 5:03 PM

     
    I drunk txt'ed you.


    Drunk txt me back!

    Your Art rocks!!!!!!

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  • May 13 2008 12:05 AM

    I love my painting, I'm takin' it to work tomorrow to show it off.
  • May 8 2008 6:57 PM

    My Art for YOU:
    ......
    ruslana eisenschmidt

    ruslana eisenschmidt
  • Apr 20 2008 6:46 AM

    Happy to be added as a friend.
    Enjoy the music! - Max X
  • Apr 4 2008 12:18 AM

    hey DM, been missing you lately, loved the DooNanny pics. That looked like lots of fun, I really have to get out more often.
  • Mar 25 2008 1:14 AM

    Hey, thanks.
    Back at ya.
    (times at least 10)
  • Mar 24 2008 4:26 PM

    So proud for your exhibit at the art museum! I always knew people would love you!
  • Mar 24 2008 12:35 AM

    Thanks for approving our friend request! Your art is awesome!Photobucket
  • Mar 23 2008 3:50 PM

    An Easter Card
  • Mar 4 2008 2:58 AM

    Hi DM.

  • Feb 9 2008 10:51 PM

    Thanks for the add DM ! Love your Bio and all your colorful paintings. See you soon.
    Ramona
  • Feb 9 2008 6:39 PM

    Hello DM!
    Very nice to meet you. I tried to message you, but your settings wouldn't allow it. Thanks for the comment on my SCUBA pic. All my paintings are digital, so I don't have a hard copy to sell. If you want to contact me, feel free to do so. By the way, Your art is great!
    SPOOK

    All my best to you!

    Russell Runion
  • Feb 8 2008 9:05 PM

    Your paintings are WONDERFUL! Many thanks for your friendship, j.d.
  • Feb 6 2008 2:53 AM


    Thanks for the add request...here's one of my girls to decorate your space, love your page...hope you have a great week...Stefani
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  • Jan 6 2008 7:45 PM

    love the new work! are they up yet??
  • Jan 5 2008 1:02 AM

    HAPPY NEW YEAR !!
  • Dec 31 2007 8:37 AM

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    Happy New Year!!
  • Dec 30 2007 9:15 PM

    hey David, hope you have a good new years!!
  • Dec 29 2007 12:24 AM

    Darlin, ME FOR YOU, KISSES..;o)

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  • Dec 12 2007 7:57 AM

    Thanks for finding me
    and thanks for the Add!
    It is a true pleasure to make
    your online acquaintance!

    Warm regards,
    Madame Talbot

    Abe Lincoln's Ghost Train Poster
    Madame Talbot's Victorian Lowbrow
    click the image above to buy this poster
  • Dec 9 2007 1:00 PM

    HEY!
    i'm a better driver than she is >=[
  • Nov 28 2007 10:18 PM

    I have been trying to message you for a couple of days but this stupid thing wouldn't work! Did you see your family for Thanksgiving? We had fun. I am thinking about putting some pictures up.
    Do weird people ask to be your friend on here? Creepy guys try to get me to talk to them almost everytime I get on here. That's part of the reason why I don't get on here much.
    Gavin is going to be 16 in 2 weeks! Can you believe that? He's learning to drive. It is SOOO scary. I wish that you could teach him. You always kept me driving straight when we were teenagers!
    Any way, I am supposed to be studying for a test but I really hate this class. I am afraid that it is going to ruin my nice grade point average. Oh well, C'est la vie.
    Love ya, Melanie