About the Artist I have been drawing monsters/creatures/weird things my entire life. It wasn't until I was deployed to Afghanistan that my art got its color. I hate war so much, so when I was there in the shit I only had one way to escape and I think that when and where I was at the time kick started me into a whole new world. But when I got back from my deployment I suffered from serious depression, PTSD, anxiety, and the only way I could cope was to drink myself to sleep every night. I was drunk and not painting or doing anything artistic for eight months and not one of those nights was I sober. It wasn't until I met my wife that I quit drinking all together and she pushed me back into painting and when I started my art was better than ever, so I owe her the rest of my life for giving back mine. I like to think that my style has its own style within itself, my sloppiness adds to the art, like finding the beauty in a storm. I think that if I was "normal" my art would not be as creative as it is.
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