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In my head, a mixture of the truth and view is something with which i like to amuse myself. i have drawn pictures and taken photos. i play, do stuff and generally try to take in as much of the world around me as i can without falling over...
I believe that a passion for narrative and subject is an essential pre-requisite for a successful painting. If the artist feels ambivalent about whatever is captured in a photograph, a sketchbook or on canvas how can they hope to have any impact on those who see the final piece? Without authority the artist will leave his audience frustrated or worse, indifferent. Communicating mood & emotion are my most important motivators for making images. I’ve never been overly concerned with technical perfection or producing an accurate pictorial record of a subject or a location. For me the heart of painting and photography is to capture and communicate an atmosphere and what I’m feeling, as much (if not more) than what I see at the time of painting.
If my paintings, sketches and photography speak to the viewer on an emotional level then I have succeeded in my work.
Photos of Mon Quixote (16)
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Contacts (230)
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- Flickr Ideas 0 photos, 10,393 members
- Arch Daily 68,641 photos, 5,028 members
- Imagine Art 4,429 photos, 254 members
- A - Art 6,967 photos, 348 members
- Your Best Photography 360,152 photos, 12,736 members
- A - Tracción / Attraction 2,903 photos, 142 members
- Jumping Project 44,757 photos, 21,921 members
- Art Journal 66,198 photos, 4,259 members
- The Blues Bar 48 photos, 2 members
- Getty Images Call for Artists 476,300 photos, 80,081 members
- LIGHT PAINTING 39,611 photos, 4,347 members
- illusions (NO photoshop creations, please!) 7,308 photos, 1,562 members
- Light Painted Toys 592 photos, 361 members
- The Art of Light Painting 4,523 photos, 539 members
- Movement Of Light 4,285 photos, 754 members
- -The Cafe- 444,934 photos, 22,174 members
- Artwork Goes Here 1,137 photos, 205 members
- hopes4dopes Comics 226 photos, 94 members
- Graphic Designers Moonlighting as Photographers 154,123 photos, 11,565 members
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? 9 photos, 7 members
- 1234hrsGMT. a momentographic rotation. 29 photos, 10 members
- Moleskine Shots 432 photos, 212 members
- Guess Where UK? 19 photos, 505 members
- what's in your bookcase/ CD collection/ pantry/ refrigerator 154 photos, 75 members
- CLOSED GROUP! 3,503 photos, 869 members
- me - then and now 11 photos, 39 members
- moly_x: an international moleskine sketchbook exchange 2,607 photos, 1,671 members
- Beyond the Best 187 photos, 45 members
- Moleskine Covers 648 photos, 492 members
- Nearly home 29 photos, 114 members
- Personal Landmark 128 photos, 115 members
- You Think this is Art 1,069,427 photos, 53,666 members
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- Triptychs 11,978 photos, 4,061 members
- Faces of DEATH. 170 photos, 100 members
- The Look of Love 26 photos, 126 members
- Harrogate Music Scene 80 photos, 14 members
- dog poo bin 55 photos, 15 members
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Galleries (11)
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- danbo 8 photos
Testimonials (6)
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teenage jesus says:
"paintmonkey's work is a proof that it is possible to work with images and to go beyond the standard (slack) representation of reality.
thank you darem"1st October, 2008
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michelle_k says:
"I absolutely love paintMonkey's photos. When I first started on Flickr, I discovered his albums and have been coming back ever since. I especially enjoy the momentographies, there is so much to see and I really like the sneak peak into another's life that way. It's very interesting! He inspires me, too. Thank you paintMonkey!"
24th May, 2007
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topupthetea says:
"What a genious! Talented and so very super. I utterly jealous of the multiple photo images, because every one turns out brilliantly; so well, in fact, that it seems like it might be simple. (It's not, unless you are very talented, it's mega hard!). Anywho, brilliant, wonderful, sooper and everything. Trust me. OR just see for yourself. Rock on (:"
10th April, 2007
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CHAD COOMBS says:
"this guys photos are always great, i especially enjoy his self perspective ones, they are a treat to view how he "see's" things. since no one ever see's thngs the same, i especially enjoy seeing them from his, witch is a new way i never seen before.
take a journey threw his stream and you will be pleasently pleased."8th January, 2007
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jimmytofu says:
"Paintmonkey...
A complex character; He posesses a wonderfully creative mind, capable of sometimes bizarre, sometimes sublime, lateral thought.
He's kind, funny, intelligent and a doting father.
I'm happy to call him a friend... believe in the Paintmonkey!
Oh... his music taste is a bit naff."28th November, 2006
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DragonDrop says:
"A fine chap is the ooh_paintmonkey veriety. A non self confessed artist, poet (even though I don't like that word it seems to suit) and writer. A top chap with a stunning imagination.
He's got a naff taste in music though."8th July, 2006
- Name:
- daren
- Joined:
- July 2006
- Currently:
- Otley, England
- I am:
- Male and Taken
- Occupation:
- Artist & Creative Photographer
- Website:
- dePublishing