Art in all of it's forms, Poetry, Music, Sculpture, Photography, tats, and painting, from houses to bike tanks to canvas.
I am into inovative comercial art, It is what I do.
I like beauty
in thought, concept and image. But I'm also into using my mind for problem solving and creativity.
I enjoy the sciences, from astronomy to surgical anatomy
and tend to study in depth, any field that might get my attention from Pharmacology to anthropology and ancient civilizations.
Music
I am an old rocker, I like everything from Elvis to Arrowsmith.
"Boston" "Rush" "Motor Head" "Lynard Skynard" "Led Zepplin"
"The Greatful Dead" Jimmy Hendrix, Janice Jopplin and The Stones.
Some music today is destroying the future of our youth
through exploiting women as ONLY being Ho's, Hustlin, shootin people, (Being a murderer will never be cool no matter how many tunes they do about how cool it is and neither will jackin people) being a thugg (nothin good by the way) and being on the "Hustle" is not a good way to plan for reachin the age o 75. Wavin around wads o cash and telling kids that the only way to have that is to do wrong shit, or guns or jack somebody is NOT a good thing!!
Live hard Ride fast Die young but be a welder not a thief.
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Music in America needs to find some middle ground.
Rebel ? YES! Kill somebody just because you think it makes you cool? NO!! And going to prison does NOT mean
that you're the coolest Mac Daddy it just means that you were the stupidest.
Be an Outlaw not a thug, Know the difference!!
Movies
Die hard (all3)
Man on Fire,
Stage Door (1937)
Easy Rider,
Deja Vu,
Bogart, Cagney and Edward G Robinson.
Woodstock (1969),
Mr.Hollands Opus
The Great Escape,
Glory,
What the "Bleep" Do We Know?
Crash,
Saving Private Ryan,
Dances With Wolves,
Tomb Stone,
Young Guns I and II.
Television
CSI. , Forensic Files, Law and Order, Law and Order SVU. Dog the Bounty Hunter, Ghost whisperer,
Miami Ink. Smallville, American Chopper.
Books
The First Americans By C.W. ceram
The works of JRR. Tolkien, (Which have Nothing to do with those films) Cosmos by Carl Sagan, Concepts of Quantum mechanics (a compilation), The Old West (a compilation),
Marketing to Baby Boomers by Brent green, Grays Anotomy.
Heroes
My Wife Donna, without her none of this would ever
have come to pass.
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Julie Bethke who showed me that all
things were possible and always urged me on to higher ground.
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Joel Bethke
who Provided a symbol of strength (and keeps Julie grounded!)
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Heidi Luttjohann who has the strength and heart to still call me friend and Brother even after many a harrowing ordeal!
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My own mother who passed to me the Family's
artistic Gene.
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My father Jack who even though is not my father has
earned the right for me to call him Dad!
And finally,
Bobby Baker, Ronny krulets and all the Cumberland Bros. For showin me life at the Frog Jumps, Angels Camp,Sturgis,Toys for Tots runs, Marklyville and the whole life, back when I was Growin up.
and anyone who has the guts to make their dreams come true
..Ben started drawing in earnest when He was 10 years old.
working on a chalk board in pastells from a Walter T. Foster Book; "Drawing Puppies" He realised that he was able to skip all of the blocking exercises and simply direct line the shapes and shadows. Soon it was household
items then Birds. From there he went on to do figure studies from Vargas and Elvgren and then Portraits.
When he got to Highschool he took one art class and decided
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"This was not the way to go" Being limited by classroom curriculum, he started teaching himself, grabbing any art books he could get his hands on.
He would take one Photograph
and reproduce the image in graphite or paint. First in Modernism then in Photorealism,Cubeism,Impressionism,Primitive,and Representationalism.
Though he has spent most of his life as a house
painter
Now at 45 years old he can produce pretty much any style he can look at. He has been lucky enough to have sold all of his work privately, some of it before it was even complete! This unfortunatly is
also his curse, leaving him with no "Body Of Work" for show, and so.... left him relatively unknown!
To remedy this he has recently started work on a gallery series for his first show.
In spite of all the work he's done he still suffers
extreme anxiety and even some sense of fear.................................................................................................................. "Every time I pickup a brush or pencil.
I think; I'll never be able to execute this!
and that one wrong move could potentialy ruin a painting"
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As far as I can see there is no reason for him to fear.
Based not only on believing my own eyes but also on the promenent names of those who already own his work:
Kemper Insurance for real estate investment, The private collection of the regional vice president of Kemper insurance, The Private collection of the President of Sequoia Insurance:,
Betty & Mack MacCloud Former National vice president of The AFL.CIO.,just to name a few, as well as numerous commercial endeavors.
If success can be measured in any way by the obvious quality of his craftsmanship,... all I can say is; Look out Art World! Ben is coming!.................................
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Ben is happily Married and his Wife is a notary public. Ben is here for networking
, business, and friends who want to be friends because they
like what he does for a living.
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"I'm interested in people who are doing what they really Love as a way to make a living."
.........................................................................................................................Rexelcumberland is the brand name of the best color
rendering pencils on the market today they are made by
Derwent Studios Britain.
.................................................................................................................................................................Written by; Howard Turpin
So, I just wanted to check and see if you got the free songs/video download I messaged you about...? If you haven't yet, you can get your copy at www.gavinmikhail.com/freesongs.htm. And, just so you know, it comes straight from my official gavinmikhail site (so there's no chance of viruses, etc... a few people have asked about that...). Anyway, let me know if you get it ok...
Thanks again for listening. I hope you're doing great...
Hi Rexelcumberland, Have a Great Thursday BABY !!!! Thank You for the comment, I appreciate you making time for me in your Day!!!! Have a Great HALLOWEEN Weekend!!!! Kisses, Rebekah
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