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May 4, 2004
Profile: Mr. Mule
Age: 33
Hometown: Unknown
Where do you now live?: Lincoln, NE, USA
Where would you most like to live?: New York, New York, USA
Who was your first "hero" in life?: John Wayne.
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: Go to the music store... and then go eat Mexican food...then stop by the bar for a Dixie beer.
What is your favorite color?: Naples Yellow.
Who (or what) do you love?: My wife, Melanie.
Who and/or what are some of your influences?
Old magazines, Jean Michael Basquait, Jean DuBuffet, Jordin Isip, Linda Zacks, Camille Rose Garcia, Margaret Kilgallen, Art Brut, Adolf Wolfli, Mexican Folk Art, Jackson Pollock, Max Ernst, Kachina Dolls, RIKCAT, found objects, Clayton Brothers, Christian Northeast, Ryan Wallace, cy twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Henry Moore, Adolph Gottlieb, Joseph Cornell, outsider art, Pierre Soulages, Robert Motherwell, Joan Mitchell, Modigliani, De Kooning, kurt Switters, Rodchenko, Paul Klee, Melinda Beck, Juxtapoz magazine, music, old school books, african sculpture, ink blots, Melanie Pruitt, childrens art, Jacklamotta, Duudle, Sfaustina, old machinery, topographic maps, coffee, beat up chipped old stuff in general, .....plus more...more more...
What other artists do you most admire?
see above
How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?
Raw, primitive, simple, collage and line drawings with a bounce of texture
What other talent would most like to have?
Play an instrument or sing...or be a world champion ping pong player
What do you fear the most?
Snakes.
What is your greatest ambition?
To be a great husband and keep growing as an artist...
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