An autobiography, the historical account of my life as an artist; written in a way that reflects the idea, "art mirrors life and life mirrors art." I use a subtitle for the book: "The art that affected my life and the life that affected my art." I am a fifty-year veteran of working in the creative industry, accomplishing and/or holding the titles of - fine artist, painter, sculptor, illustrator, designer, graphic designer, conceptual promotional designer, art director, creative director, under graduate advertising ...
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An autobiography, the historical account of my life as an artist; written in a way that reflects the idea, "art mirrors life and life mirrors art." I use a subtitle for the book: "The art that affected my life and the life that affected my art." I am a fifty-year veteran of working in the creative industry, accomplishing and/or holding the titles of - fine artist, painter, sculptor, illustrator, designer, graphic designer, conceptual promotional designer, art director, creative director, under graduate advertising arts instructor, private post-secondary college administrator, mentor and more. This book is written in conversational style. Born, 1953, in Martinez, California. I was recognized as being a creative at an early age and addressed my life accordingly to this date. I began to work at illustration and painting at the age of sixteen and was represented by my first gallery prior to graduating high school. At the age of nineteen I was painting as well as offering art instruction via civic instructional classes. In my fifty years of working in the art industry, my work has been exhibited all around the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Germany, and the UK. To date my work is represented in Los Angeles, China, and Las Vegas. I write this book not to tell the story of my life, but to offer the reader insight into the life of an artist.
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Where the Paint GoesÃ? by Larry Lewis, is an authentic and cleverly written autobiography of the life of Larry Lewis. Throughout his life, Lewis embraced the places he lived and the diversity of the people he met. Both played an important role in shaping his artistic growth. From an elementary studentââ?¬â?¢s misrecognition of his work in an art competition, through adolescent gaffes, to an innovative sculptor and married man, the reader perceives each of Lewisââ?¬â?¢ life experiences and their effect on his art. Lewis vividly covered the topic of how his art, through his eyes, affected his life and how his life affected his art. Throughout the book, the reader experiences the delights and calamities of Lewisââ?¬â?¢ life, all as he paints a persistent balance between the style of art he is creating while growing as an artist. He wrote, ââ?¬Å"Sometimes, oneââ?¬â?¢s vision can be as important, possibly more important, than the sum of knowledge gathered and synthesized in regards to that specific discipline.ââ?¬Â? (225)
The structure of Where The Paint Goes is focused on a casual, form-flowing style. Lewis begins the story in his childhood, moves on to confesses his teenage blunders, and matures into adulthood fluidly. All the while he shows how he�s grown from an insecure want-to-be painter to an accomplished artist. To add a bit of romance to the story, Lewis shares his clumsy adolescent encounters with girls and his fledgling artwork, to then meeting the woman with whom he wants to spend the rest of his life and his growth as an artist.
Where Paint Goes, The Art That Affected My Life, And The Life That Affected My Art� is smoothly written, captures the reader�s attention from the beginning, and is a delight to read.
