PROJECT MDR - PROJECT ARTISTS
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MY NAME IS ROBBIE, I WAS BORN IN LA AND RAISED IN LAS VEGAS. MY DAD HAD RAISED ME AS ANY DAD WOULD HIS SON; PLAYING FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL AND MY MOM WANTED ME TO BE A DENTIST. GROWING UP AND TRYING TO FIND MYSELF; I COULD ONLY IMAGINE MYSELF DOING ONE THING IN LIFE; TATTOOING. I’VE ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN ANY ART FORM, WHETHER IT BE PAINTING TO SCULPTURES. I KNEW I HAD TO SET MYSELF APART FROM OTHER ARTIST, SO I STARTED PRACTICING PORTRAITS INSTEAD OF COMIC CHARACTERS. THE STUDY OF FACES EVENTUALLY PAID OFF WHEN I SAW THAT PROJECT MDR WAS ACCEPTING TALENTED STUDENTS, HUNGRY ENOUGH TO BECOME A TATTOO ARTIST. I THEN RESEARCHED EVERYTHING ABOUT PROJECT MDR AND ROB MCCLURG AND KNEW THAT RIGHT AWAY THAT HE CAN TEACH ME EVERYTHING I NEED TO PURSUE MY DREAM. I CURRENTLY SPECIALIZE IN REALISM AND PORTRAITS, BUT BEING A STUDENT OF PROJECT MDR HAD OPENED MY RANGE OF ABILITIES TO NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF STYLES AND TECHNIQUES. MY GOAL IS TO STRIVE TO BE ONE OF THE BEST ARTISTS IN THE BUSINESS AND UNTIL THEN I WILL NOT STOP.. |
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I FIRST MET ROBERT MCCLURG WHILE VISITING A NEIGHBORING GAMING STORE IN A STRIP MALL NOT FAR FROM THE LAS VEGAS STRIP. HIS STUDIO SAT ADJACENT TO GAME AMERICA AND BOTH STORES SHARED A TABLE OUT FRONT, FOR BREAK TIMES, CASUAL CONVERSATION, SMOKE BREAKS – YOU KNOW THE DRILL. I WAS DRAWN INTO THE STUDIO BY AN OIL PAINTING WHICH HUNG ON THE WALL. I WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN BY HIS WORK. IT WASN’T TILL LATER THAT I SHOULD FIND THAT AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE AND RESPECTED TATTOO ARTIST, “VINCENT BACHERT” HAD CONTRIBUTED A SMALL PART TO THE PIECE. SYNCHRONICITY? HELL, YEAH!! I HAD BEEN WANTING A TATTOO FOR WHICH SEEMED A LIFETIME AND ALWAYS TOLD MYSELF WOULD COMMIT TO THE IDEA WHEN I WAS READY AND IF I FOUND AN ARTIST WHICH COULD NOT ONLY CAPTURE MY IDEAS ONTO A PIECE OF PAPER BUT ALSO INSPIRE ME WITH HIS OWN WORK …WITH MCCLURG IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE THAN THIS. HE’S GOT THAT CHARLES MANSON GONE BOB ROSS KIND OF CHARISMA AND AFTER SEVERAL VISITS TO THE STUDIO AND LONG IN DEPTH CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE HE WAS GOING AS AN ARTIST AND AN ENTREPRENEUR, SHARING HIS VISION ON THIS “MODERN DAY RENAISSANCE” (MCCLURGS’ PROJECT MDR)- THIS IDEA OF USING ALL MY SKILLS THAT I’VE GATHERED AS AN ARTIST OVER THE YEARS AND FORGING A PATH WHICH ALLOWED ME TO USE ALL OF THEM TOGETHER UNRESTRICTING MYSELF -SOUNDED REALLY APPEALING, YA KNOW? I FOUND MYSELF QUESTIONING MY CURRENT PATH AND ENDEAVORS AND STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE “WHEN CAN I START”? LIKE MCCLURG I HAVE A LONG HISTORY AND BACKGROUND IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS TRYING MY HAND IN EVERYTHING FROM CHAIN MAILLE JEWELRY MAKING TO ORNATE, MYTHOLOGICAL, SHADOW BOX DISPLAYS. I AM ALSO A PHOTOGRAPHER AND HAVE BEEN DRAWING FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER BUT FELT I LACKED THE TRAINING NECESSARY TO FURTHER MYSELF AS AN ARTIST. SO, NATURALLY AFTER MEETING MCCLURG I FELT LIKE THIS WAS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO OBTAIN THAT KNOWLEDGE AND FURTHER MYSELF AS AN ARTIST. HONESTLY, I FEEL VERY LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN PERUSING THE SHOPS THAT AFTERNOON. I’VE BEEN STUDYING WITH MCCLURG FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW AND ALL I CAN SAY IS F***ING BRILLIANT GUY WITH NOTHING BUT ENCOURAGING WORDS AND MOTIVATING APPROACHES TO ART; I CAN’T WAIT TO GET A MACHINE IN MY HAND! I FEEL THAT I WILL BE AN ASSET TO PROJECT MDR WITH MY BACKGROUND IN VARIOUS FIELDS AND BECAUSE I AM A “RENAISSANCE WOMAN” WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOOD AT EVERYTHING I HAVE SET MY MIND TO. IF IT’S CHALLENGING, I AM IN!! IF I CAN KEEP MY MIND FROM FALLING INTO THE NORMALLY DAILY BORING ROUTINE OF LIFE, I WILL! IF I CAN USE MY IMAGINATION DAILY- I WILL CONTINUE BREATHING. HAHA NOW, IF I CAN ONLY FIND A WAY TO USE ALL THESE TALENTS AND SKILLS …..AND INCORPORATE THEM INTO A FLUENT MASTERPIECE, THEN I WILL FEEL LIKE AN ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST. |
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