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Westwood, New Jersey
United States
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Facts About Me
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Profile Views:
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Zodiac Sign:
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 gemini |
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Member Since:
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Nov 28 2006, 7:05 am |
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Last login:
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Sep 02 2008, 5:09 pm |
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Personal Statement
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Since the beginning I have loved color. I have been using color to create since I was old enough to pick up a crayon. Since then I have used color to express my love, my fears, my sorrow and my joy. Art, Sex, and Jazz should all be said in the same breathe. I draw inspiration from my Ramapough-Lenape / E. Cherokee (NGE) / Afro-American roots. Some of the people who inspire me are: Cynthia my best friend, wife, lover, muse and confidant whose constant support of me artistically is beyond compare. Willie Butler-my favorite artist- who taught me basic composition. How to look at things and dissect them then put them on canvas. He gave me my first paint box. He also got me hooked on Jazz... John Coltrane, who sets the mood to paint, Billie Holiday and Joanne Shenandoah who set the emotion. Malcolm X ... who taught me to stand up and do it for myself.... by any means necessary.
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Biography
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Jack Anderson - aka - Crying Raven
Self-Taught Painter
Born: June 1953 Newark, NJ
School: NJ School of Hard Knocks, Brick City Campus.
Disciplines: Acrylic, Oils, Watercolor and Collage.
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Resume / Stats / Websites
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www.cryingravenart.com
Group Shows
City Without Walls, Newark, NJ 3/1980
Serengeti Plains Gallery, Montclair, NJ 1995 - 2002
The Soul Cafe, New York, NY 12/2001
Postcards From The Edge - ( a Benefit for Visual Aids, NY,NY)
2006 - Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
2004 - Brent Sikkema
2003 - Galerie Lelong
2002 - Sperone Westwater
Generations - Atrium Art Gallery, Morristown, NJ 2/2003
The Silver Whale Gallery, NY, NY 2/2004
The Creative Clash Juried Show NY, NY 12/2003 (1st Place) and 4/2004
the Organization of Independent Artists, NY, NY 3/2004
First Sunday - The Monroe Street Art Center, Hoboken, NJ 4/2004
The New York International Arts Festival, NY, NY 4/2004
The Native American Rights Fund Annual Benefit Art Auction, Boulder Co 8/2004
The Jazz Series OLA's , Union City, NJ 9/2004
Culture of Westchester - Folk Art, Yonkers, NY 11/2004
The Cozy Art Gallery - Brooklyn , NY 4/2005 and 5/2005
Solo Exhibitions
The 3 Sisters Mural and Other Selected Work
DG Select, Wayne, NJ 1/2003
The Number 8 Works for Me
Sterling Optical Artspace, Brooklyn, NY 6/2004
Selected Works
Noni's Bistro, Edgewater, NJ 7/2004
The 3 Sisters Series and New Work
Paula's at Rigoletto's Restaurant
Weehawken, N.J.
9/2005
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Other Interests
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Pow Wows, Indy Movies, Jazz, Hip Hop, Baseball
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Friends
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