DrawingAcademy

Artwork by Dave Luckett

I am a no one. A nobody. In the late 80s my life was dealt some hard turns. As a result to that I dropped out of school. I was an artist and although I began to sell work even fresh out of school. I had to abandon my art to feed myself working odd jobs with hard manual labor.

After decades of neglect to my hands, my ability to draw was beginning to run away from me. My hands were meant for art. Not for hammers and chisels. So after a short while my hands would force me into truck driving…

Artwork by Chris Goldberg

As a 17 year old I chose between art and nursing school, I let my head rule my heart and went to nursing school. A career I followed for 25 years before leaving to work in graphic design in our family business where I am still working.

4 years ago my Mother passed away which reminded me ( with a jolt) of my own mortality and I resolved to get back into art again.

I began by doing classes at local art centres whenever I could…

Artwork by Lynn Osepchuk This is a portrait done in pencil with a little pastel in the background. It was a real photo of me at two years old taken by Olan Mills Photography in… 

Artwork by Mortimer McPherson

Art has become me. I believe that the only true meaning of life is to be found in creation itself.

Everything was created with meaning and for a purpose.

I would love to be able to create that others can appreciate the now, the yesterdays and the people, places, politics, religion which made us, us.

Winning this competition would help me to better develop my skills as a fine artist so that I can pass these skills on to my students and fellow artists…