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Artist Statement:
I started messing round with
wood in 1999 while still
working as a graphic artist
for the Los Angeles Times. We
all worked on computers at
that time and I was craving to
do art with my hands like we
used to back in the "dim time"
before computers. I ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Won a Merit Award at the 2007
Port Clinton Art Festival in
Chicago...
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Paul Carbo Biography:
| Biographical information for Paul Carbo can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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54
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Committed
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
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| Education |
Associate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Sculpture Wood
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Art Deco - (1920 - 1935)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Milton Glaser
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| Favorite Work of Art |
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
the impressionists, my community college teachers, milton glaser, seymour chwast |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
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| Your Personal Biography |
I was born in Baltimore, Maryland and went to school through college in the Baltimore area. After school, I worked in a commercial art studio before getting a job as a graphic artist/ illustrator at the Baltimore News American in 1979. In 1983, I moved out west to take a job at the Reno Gazette Journal, then onto the Orange County Register in Southern California in 1987 and Los Angeles Times from 1998 to 2000. I started messing round with wood in 1999 while still working as a graphic artist for the Los Angeles Times. We all worked on computers at that time and I was craving to do art with my hands like I used to back in the "dim time" before computers. So during off hours I started building strange little things in the dark, spider-infested garage of my tiny rental home. I initially started to build small functional art pieces for children. Things like paper and pencil holders. As more tools started to magically appear in the spider hotel I began to build larger projects like the Abe Lincoln and Mark Twain cabinets, still intended as furniture for children. I put the finished cabinets in my living room and began using them to store CD's and books. At that point I said to myself " Why wouldn't grown-ups like this kinda thing"? I forged on and continued to build.
In 2000 my father passed away. I moved back east, where I grew up, to help my mom relocate and to start her new life. The Times graciously gave me a six-month leave. While in the process of starting my mom's new life I realized I was starting a new life of my own and decided to stay and pursue my art |
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