painstudios

Got to thinking about it. I identify myself as a Chattanooga area artist, which is true. Nearly everything I have done artistically, such as shows and galleries I have been involved with have been in Chattanooga, but the hard bruising truth is that I was born and live in Dalton, GA. Now I am all for being proud of where you come from, showing respect for your roots,,,,but this town is hard to deal with. It is dying a slow painful death and taking it's inhabitants with it. There is nothing here but carpet mills and hard working, not too bright people (with very few exceptions). The carpet industry has a strangle hold on the economy and always

The time has come again for us to pose to you a question dear reader.  What do you believe in?  Do you seek to find something real, something unique and unequivocal?  Do you believe in originality and standing up for your beliefs?  Then hear what we have to say.  There is a small but growing movement of artists, musicians, and appreciators who stand united behind one common ideal.  The drive, the string that binds them is a belief that all art is precious, all art is valid so long as the people who create it put their hearts, minds, and souls into creating something new, something good.  We are the unrecognized.  We are the artists who create

Ok, I am starting to figure this stuff out.  I have added a few of my more favorite images to my page, but it is still a work in progress.  Thank you to everyone who has already commented or added me to their favorites.  I am loving this site so far and I found it through a fellow artist who is on here jwwebb.  We are both involved in a gallery in Chattanooga called Uncanny Evolution.  If you want to see more of my work then you can go to Painstudios.net. Thanks, PAIN