In 2020, artists stayed busy contributing a resounding voice of empathy and unity with the rest of humanity. From bright, brilliant to muted colors, we spoke of hope for those at the crossroads of life and its loss. All of us forged a way to rebuild, recover, and bounce back.
Regardless of age, gender, and culture, we congratulate those who struggled to make it through those rough two years; and honor those who bravely fought for their lives in crises.
Mere tools to beckon the muse.
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Who brings disarray to the calm? And challenge the chaotic?
A CREATIVE mind.
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Outside-the-box thinkers are profused with only what may happen, persistently desiring a meaningful outcome.
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Creatives know the cues and, armed with an effusive row of experience, can turn all these into approbations and delight.
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What fuels an artist?
It is facing reality and its challenges.
Innovative, inventive, a risk-taker, ideas starter,
and forger of change.
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A photographer by day, graphic designer more than half of most days,
and illustrator/fine artist at night who dabbles with Python and AI.
And yes, I am hyperfocused and an over-functioning artist :D
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I worked as an in-house graphic designer for over ten years, illustrator, and photographer in one of California's largest US Microbiology Manufacturing companies.
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Getty Image, Istock, and Shutterstock contributor, a member of Professional Photographers of America, National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Some photographs have been featured in leading publications in Santa Maria Times, California., Inc 500, Green Business Program, PR NewsWire, and social media, Hawaii State Capitol, Oahu Auctions Hawaii, and Cafe Rosie of California.
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Fine Arts work is also showcased at Patron Art, Ohio. I have exhibited in prestigious galleries and hotels in Davao City, Philippines, and Santa Maria, a county of Santa Barbara, hopeful of doing an art show in Hawaii someday.
Hawaiian Marine Rescue art contributor for their fundraising project.
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I am taking an online course in UX UI Design (Cornell), finished AI building virtual assistant under IBM-Python programming and Design Thinking under MITx.
Deep diving into Augmented Reality.
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We are not mere mortals, we move the future with our past.
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Non-Creative Moment
You can meet me in the waters of Hawaii as a Nitrox Scuba Diver and free diver on odd days. Hike and archer (Recurve bow) when there is an Archer's range.
A vegetarian morphing into vegan.
Talk to me in Tagalog, Hiligaynon, Visayan, Spanish, and Deutsch but be patient with me in French, Hawaiian, and Niponggo. English populates my mind during my waking hours.
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"When at an unstinting creative stage,
carry art with a mindful restraint as art can be unsparing. "
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