For 30 years I have kept my artist life and business life separate. I was not hiding or trying to be an enigma, but I was straddling a world between visibility and secrecy. If you had asked me about my artwork, I would happily tell you about it, but you would be hard pressed to know it was something that I spent a lot of my life doing.
As a joke I once stated that “I specialized in keeping everything I do a secret.” I said it once, and it lived with me for 30 years. This may be perceived as a crutch or as creating a barrier. It may be perceived as a negative this, but it allowed me to focus on being an artist on my own terms. I sold art, I did commissions, I was part of a gallery. I got to see enough of the art world that allowed me to be satisfied. However, I am no longer satisfied. I encourage you to no longer be satisfied with me. Ask yourself what things you want, want to change, want to experience… Now I ask you to take this journey forward with me. Watch me move forward, move forward with me. We can do this together. That is why I created a company called Two River Creative.
I no longer want to tiptoe towards a future me. I am going to start taking giant steps, and in learning how to accelerate and amplify my creative endeavors Two River Creative will create pathways for Artists, Writers, and Podcasters to follow their passions and create a solid business.
With Death of an Artist, I am confronting the need to be a full-time creative business head-on. The exhibition is not an end but a passage—a shedding of old crutches, old rationales, and outdated separations. It is about stepping fully into the light and asking: What happens when you stop holding yourself back?
This show is about moving beyond barriers, beyond arbitrary definitions of success or failure, and into something more real. It is about acceptance, exposure, and the courage to stand as a whole person—artist, thinker, and human being—without barriers.
Death of an Artist does not mourn the past; it recognizes it, honors it, and then moves forward. The time of separation is over. The time of integration has begun.
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