rick1949

I am a professional artist/designer now semi retired and loving doing ATCs and altered art as well as digital art/cards and anything creative-I also write a blog that covers a wide range of topics but is mostly aimed at self esteem issues and information for other artists and creative types-as well as my various musings on things artistic http://rickstdennis.blogspot.com

I have been an active member of the online community for many years and belong to a couple ATC trading groups like ATC World and Altered_stARTs

I was really excited to win the October Clown art challange on ATCS for all

ATCs, APCs, Altered art in general-good digital art---vintage photos, ephemera...pen and ink drawings, Prismacolour-gouache

I never send out anything that I havnt embellished or collaged-I think its insulting to recv a piece of paper glued to a card--I may give you a good rating but I also may comment and that annoys some folks...it has nothing to do with the quality of your work-I DO DIGITAL but I add to it sometimes a little sometimes a lot---sticking a piece of photo paper in an envelope doesnt take much thought-making it a properly presented piece of art requires some extra work...

Love mermaids, old time hollywood, PARIS, follies, Ziegfeld, glitz, vintage Halloween and Christmas, musicals, opera, rhinestones and feathers, pin ups male and female, erotica and dark, gungy themes-tasteful but edgy-Carnivale

allergic to anything that swims, lives in or around the water-seafood, shellfish etc

I am at peace with the universe and am spiritual-I respect others rights to their beliefs please respect mine-no preaching...

My world is inclusive and accepts ethnicity, age and sexuality of all kinds-I don't believe in RACE we are all humans...bigotry, mesoginism and other narrow minded BS don't make it around me (do, if that's your thing) please keep it to yourself-Thanks

BE RESPECTFUL-and read the swap rules...send something YOU would want to recv-a lot of swappers just send out junk to get better stuff back and put what swap the card is for somewhere on the envelope---PLEASE??????

Also give your swap partner a chance to do something for you-put a return addy on your envelope!

Steel Magnolias, The Matirix, The Women (the original MGM version not the remakes), Alice in Wonderland (any of them), Jean Cocteaus Beauty and the Beast, The Hangjng Garden, Big Eden, BRAZIL, The great Ziegfeld and Ziegfeld Girl (they could almost be one movie), Citizen Kane, BORAT, The Maltese Falcon, Now Voyager and Mommie Dearest (how can you resist? Its the greatest parody ever made).

Monet, Bougereau, Pre Raphaelites, Waterhouse, Beardsley, The great portraitists Gainsbourough, Lawrence, Warhol, Miro, Gaudhi, Impressionists, POP art, hyperrealists Lyendecker, Petty, Kay nielson, Parrish