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  d i a n e p o w e r s[littleTimeandSoBehind] says:

  "It's been said that, " the essence of the avant-garde myth is that the artist is a precursor; the truly significant work of art is the one that prepares the future. The transitional focus of culture, on the other hand, tends to treat the present (the living artist) as the culmination of the past" Robert Hughes tries to explain why the function of art is so easily overlooked.
  There's the feeling that there is no complacent audience that you seek rather an inner eye which embraces a world through your juxtaposition that is pure genius. Your work is loved and deeply appreciated."

  1st June, 2010

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  Dubo's World/Gonzo® says:

  "It's been long since Kansas my friend and we ain't there no more but the works keep getting better and better, your world is deep but you keep me floating on the surface..........................."

  29th October, 2008

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  stagewhisper says:

  "SR/Gonzo is the real deal. Any flash and surface style (and there is so much of that!) is strictly incidental in his art-making process, which can only be described as a relentless digging below the aesthetic skin for inner and outer truths. His work makes me want to be better. A better artist certainly, but also a better, more inquisitive, person.
  Rock on, Steve!"

  28th August, 2008

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  Archer's Eye says:

  "I have said before that SR/Gonzo® is a gem in a barrel of pebbles, a blue feather in a pile of leaves, a volunteer squash in a compost heap. His work offers outlandish candor, freakish accuracy, eccentric genius, and quite frankly, a feast of imagery upon which I unabashedly gorge. SR/Gonzo® is a well spring of extraordinary intellectual and creative power. He is one of my favorite places to be.
  
  These are antiquities from the future. This is the song of the heartland being broadcast from outer space."

  15th February, 2008

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  hellgah! says:

  "YAY!!!
  
  
  WOOt woooT!!!"

  25th January, 2008

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  Neuroticart says:

  "Respects to you!!!
  u are awesome! yes you are!"

  25th November, 2007

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  dmarsh451 says:

  "I always come here before I start something."

  22nd September, 2007

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  lapinfille says:

  "His insanity makes me sane. His genius makes me tremble. The beauty he creates makes me drown happily in the depths of it. Oh and he is awfully silly that makes me weep with joy."

  22nd March, 2007

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  Ge Badaccho says:

  "As rare as clean air in Malta! < that says something.
  
  Stephen is a muse to all the muses.
  His stream is introspective and explodes giving little bursts in every direction.
  His train of thought is like a Gamma trail in the cloud chamber! - never ending, twiggly, heavily penetrating and bizzarre!
  
  But what strikes me most is his modesty! Many people should really learn alot from that.
  
  Steve I don't wish alot of things. I just wish you never die -at least till I'm alive!"

  7th March, 2007

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  M.kalida/ says:

  "If I was born in another time, another place and with another character, I would probably understand what is going on in this man´s head..Since I am who I am, there is nothing else to do but just love him.
  
  Go figure!"

  18th February, 2007

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  * sup ress * says:

  "with my new account 'cuz I continue to think it ;)
  
  "au début, j'ai écrit ça;
  
  stephen roy is one of my favorite "flickers" to comment and also to not comment... to keep for myself my feelings behind his works (sorry for my bad english)...
  juste à dire: le travail de stephen roy me remue et je peux revenir plusieurs fois sur une de ces images que j'y verrai autre chose que 2 heures avant... mais avec une multitude d'émotions... tant de puissance dans les couleurs... une sensibilité éclatante et dérangeante souvent...
  je dois fouiller encore et encore pour atteindre l'expression de ce que ce travail-là me provoque
  but I have to say... I love it I think ;-)
  
  tiens je viens de faire un testimonial là, non ?
  
  maintenant, c'est en plus ça:
  
  je suis une addict de bilal... et les couleurs, c'est la première chose qui m'a attirée chez steven.
  aujourd'hui, c'est sa puissance d'interprétation, sa soif de vivre dans le désabusé, sa façon d'épouser l'essentiel, la terre, la vie.
  au premier abord de son imagerie, on a le sentiment que tout va à vau l'eau, et puis l'on puise et c'est la soif de vivre qui nous submerge en son regard critique.
  la désillusion n'aura pas raison de nous.
  j'aime son blé, son bleu, ses cieux, sa terre, son feu, ses cris, ses larmes, son regard...
  
  ai-je écrit le plus long testimonial de flick r ? I don't care... Steve est le plus troublant artiste de flick r à mon sens !
  
  il est notre vie d'éclatante folie""

  18th January, 2007

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  zombizi says:

  "one of the few people on flickr who genuinely could be classed as an artist; big themes, big pictures - my eyes bleed with bitter envy."

  16th January, 2007

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  .LDC. says:

  ""To observe and appreciate is difficult,
  often people tend to remain on the surface,
  to scared to go deep, and discover what reality really is,or could be.
  I think Steve, has already discovered many realities and now his posing the question to us.
  We are the spectators, often participants, in this game of hide and seek,
  most of us also want to know.
  We can decide to deliberately ignore, or play the game!
  Stephen Roy has created for us an intricate pattern of symbols, images, icons and worlds,
  all awaiting to be discovered, timeless art pieces that hold the key to a better understanding of his universe,and maybe of our own one.
  Some of us can easily identify with his work, find themselves at home,
  become participants and share the elements in this virtual world created out of reality.
  But again what is reality?
  Well, ask yourself, and if you are still unsure, go inside, have a look,
  you might get some answers, and if not, you have perhaps
  discovered a brand new last resort, a place where you can think
  to get away,from our dark days of reality!""

  5th January, 2007

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  Dalmatica says:

  "this is modern spiritual art.
  i was going to say sacral, but
  that would superimpose some sort
  of dogma.
  how about this - spiritual atomic bomb.
  he uses confusion as his stepping stone.
  i'm a fan."

  18th December, 2006

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  [ " OMINOUS " ] says:

  "Stephen is a True Visionary
  his Frames of Mind are beyond words ...
  a Cosimic Delight!!
  a Madman's reflection of the Soul."

  23rd October, 2006

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  pepinlachance2 says:

  "Deep disturbing inspirational, I would use all of these words to describe Stephans work, but I think the one word that captures all of it is insightfull."

  7th July, 2006

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  Annene von Durchgerockt says:

  "Creatively, Stephen Roy is a spiraling Mobius strip of inevitables, intuitions, ideas, inspirations, and all the other good words that start with the letter "i". Plus all the other good words that start with the other 25 letters in the alphabet.
  
  Slyly brilliant. Also self-effacing and loyal. And adorkable."

  13th June, 2006

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  lunaryuna AGAINST CENSORSHIP says:

  "If you are for being immersed in bold, trippy, mind-warping and profoundly unsettling art, sharp as a blade and unforgiving as expected from a devoted artist, then you might have found your treasure box here!
  
  Stephen's art is a never ending pealing off of layers, some very obvious, others of the most amazing subtlety, but all reflect one thing: here is a mind at work that has all senses working as its antennas without protecting filters. Be prepared for a hot-cold-hot shower of emotions and strongly impacting visuals, of acidly biting wit and irony, both in images that are very appealing at first sight, but are offering so much more: inspiration and impulse to those who come for it!"

  23rd September, 2005

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  ¡Esco & Güilmon! says:

  "To travel is one pleasure if the auto-driver have been good way and, more important, if this paht takes you to the summit. In the last time, with you, I have one incredible and fantastic view. Thanks Stephen,"

  6th September, 2005

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  drade says:

  "interestingly imaginative work!
  always a pleasure to explore."

  4th September, 2005

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  BillyWarhol says:

  "Awesome*
  Art****************
  
  ;))
  
  Stephen Roy is a spokesman for our generation*
  
  
  Cheers!! Billy Warhol ;))"

  27th July, 2005

Name:

Stephen R Mingle/Gonzo®

Joined:

February 2005

Hometown:

Kansas

Currently:

Tucson, AZ, formerly Gonzoland DC

I am:

Other and Taken

Occupation:

Gonzo®

Website:

Gonzo® DIE KUNST

Email:

gonzomedia [at] aol.com