C H U C K B A D I A
ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY I'M a nestled heart
I'M a baby warm
I'M sleeping eye
I'M a smiling storm
I'M a dirty thug
a broken rule
a forgotten voice
I am a cackling fool
I am a knower of right
repenting the wrong
I am a heart flown south
singing a song
I'M a teller of lies
a forgetter of debts
a love of divine
I am a loser of bets
I'M a brother of the night
a shunner of the day
I'M a jester to crowds
in an unusual way
I'M a fatherless boy
a face you can slap
I can see through sin
it's a hazard of hap
I'M a laugh at a demon
I'M a foot of clay
I'M a good lesson learned
forgot the next day
I'M a train running late
with no time to boast
I am scripture and spit
I am holy almost
I began photographing God's great creation in 1979 when I bought my first camera in the Virgin Islands. My life changed drastically when I began to realize the artistic ability that was in me. I immediately took a liking to Street photography and abstract images. I got a job at a photo lab processing film and printing pictures. I also did weddings and other activities such as dance championships and fashion photography. But that all seemed like just another job to me. My true love was art Everywhere I went the camera went -- documenting my life and the world around me. I could see beauty in ugliness and ugliness in beauty and I seemed to pick up the rule of thirds instinctively.
Then in 1985 my camera broke and I stopped taking pictures and started with music to fulfill my artistic nature. I basically did not take any pictures from 1985 until April 27th 2003 when I bought a digital Fuji camera to photograph my sister's wedding. My life has never been the same since. I have been traveling ever since from Texas to New York City and all over New Jersey Pennsylvania and Delaware. I entered the Ocean City Arts Center (New Jersey) juried photography contest in 2004 and 2005. I won an honorable mention in 2004 and second place and a merit award in 2005.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT My interests are in the surreal and the historic (sepia tone). I also like photographing people in their daily life (street photography). My introduction to photoshop was also a pivotal moment in my life allowing me to manipulate the image. My influences are Salvador Dali, Picasso and Norman Rockwell.
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