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ABOUT ME AND MY WORK |
I WAS BORN AND GREW UP IN
LOUISVILLE, KY. ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 1953
@9:21pm THURSDAY NIGHT
A C-SECTION BABY...IRONIC SINCE
MY DAD DIED ON "THE IDES OF MARCH"
I knew that I was an artist by my 3rd Birthday, if not a bit before.
And I've been fortunate to make my living via my creativity most of my adult life...
that is at least after my Honorable Discharge from the U.S. Air Force in 1975.
Lived in Wichita, KS
from Spring 74 through Summer 1981 when I moved to NYC
But while in Wichita,I learned to use an
Air Brush doing custom work for Shirt Shacks Unlimited
Opened Goldeselph* Studios-Freelance Advertising Agency-specializing in
Logo design and Illustration for Ad Campaigns serving local small businesses,
Radio Stations KFH[CBS Affiliate], KAKZ[ABC Affiliate],
TV Stations KAKE[ABC Affiliate] and KSN[NBC Affiliate]as their Courtroom Artist .
Design and Layout of Corporate and Store Preperation Manuals for Pizza Hut Inc.
After moving to NYC in the Summer of 1981:
I opened "The Garden Space Antique Shop and Gallery on Atlantic Ave
featuring European Furniture from the Art Nouveau Period of the late 1880s-1890s
and my own original drawings,paintings and limited edition serigraph prints.
Caricature and Portrait Artist at events and private parties
Illustrator for the Mayorial and Gubenatorial Campaigns of Ed Koch
Started "Major Chutzpah's Chutzpah-grams for ALL Occasions"
Freelance Illustrator and Graphic Designer for Shop Magazine, Sergio Valente, [and yes!]Screw.
A trip to San Francisco in February of 84 after spending the winter months traveling ended with me moving there for the next 7 years.
MAJOR CHUTZPAH PRODUCTIONS-a party planning and catering business evolved from the "Chutzpah-gram" business
I continued to do Portraits and Caricatures at events and parties
Obtained my San Francisco Street Artists License and claimed a spot near the Embarcadaro and Union Sq. Park where I sold my original Drawings, Paintings, and limited Edition Prints as well as did Portraits and Caricatures of Locals and Visitors to "The City".
I designed and illustrated the logo for "THE BAY AREA COUNCIL FOR SOVIET JEWS" and did the initial layout of their monthly newsletter.
And was an irregular contributor to assorted publications including "The Bay Area Times" and "The San Francisco Chronicle".
I was also the voice of "Pict-Sweet Frozen Foods from 89-91.
It was during my time in San Francisco that you may have caught my October 89 appearance on Jeopardy[I came in 2nd and won an electric range/microwave combo] and my July 92 appearance on "Dick Clark's Challengers"[I didn't win ANYTHING there].
Then came the October 17th, 1989' Quake and the next few years were spent re-grouping after losing almost everything.....
That's when I moved to Los Angeles
In LA I sold very little art and got very few graphic art jobs, but I was an extra for:
The Clint Eastwood movie-In the Line of Fire
and a juror for an Episode of LA LAW.
I did a Japanese Game Show [I have no idea what the title was]
And was cast as a Cave-Man for a Cup-o-Noodles Commercial.
In March of 93,I played the washboard as part of a Hillbilly Band in the Rod Stewart Video-"SHOTGUN WEDDING"
But in spite of all that,LA wasn't my cup of tea... And not knowing what was at the time
-in April 93- I moved to some property [about 54 acres of hill and hollow, woods and meadows and a barn I hoped to convert to my house] I owned in Harmony WV that I'd been using as a getaway vacation spot ...
I had dreams of becoming an Organic farmer and raising culinary and medicinal herbs,ginseng, morels & shitake mushrooms and gaining fame as the "Horseradish King" of the Eastern US.
But, I'm really a city kid at heart-so despite my love of nature, I soon moved into town-Charleston,the state Capital.
Here I became an irregular contributor of illustrations to "Grafitti"-the local version of "The Village Voice"
Learned silver-smithing from my long-time friend Anita Gallagher @ Zephyrus
And went back to my roots doing Logo Design, Graphics, and promotional T-shirts for local businesses.
From 94-98 I did 5 tourbook covers and interior illustrations for the local NCJW chapter's fundraiser-The Gourmet Day of History
Since 1996, after taking on the care of my soon to be 89 Year Old Mom after "rescuing" her from a Chicago Area Nursing Home, I've had to shift my endeavors to become more home based and selective of the projects I take on.
In 97' I got my first computer and soon after, made it onto the web and started designing web sites by learning basic Computer Graphics and Animation.
I opened this site in September 2000 after a few trial sites in "Geocities" and began working again by "Commision Only" on just a few select projects each year.
This allows me to keep my clients satisfied and the quality of my work high-because caring for Mom is like being a single parent-and doesn't leave me the time to run a full-time full-fledged business outside of home.
Since then, I've done architectural renderings for the remodeling of Bristol Communications HQ.
Developed and produced a line of custom jewelry in silver and a hand-painted line in plastic
Over the years, and in the city's I've lived in,I've built a small following for my handpainted yarmulkes and custom prayer-shawls through my associations with the local synagogues and their congregants.
And developed a line of greeting and note cards as well as printed apparel in a wide variety of my own desings that will soon be available here in this site.
Aside from all of this, I've dabbled in Real Estate over the years, and have plans to develop a warehouse into[or build from scratch] some Live/Work Lofts for Artists with Gallery/Performance/Restaraunt space on the lower floors...Hmmm, now where do I go from here and tell you just what???
Well, in my spare time(?), I'm still editor n' chief of
The Daily Fleegle
...Now in our 3rd decade,it's not just
...a Major Metropolitan Newspaper anymore...
...it's become a sort of hobby.