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Graham Franciose
I've been drawing for as long as I can remember. I grew up in a very artistic and creative family, and credit them with my decision to pursue art as a career. When I was in college getting my BFA in illustration I was trained in photo-realism; however, after noticing that everyone's work looked very similar I decided to veer off and find a style of my own. Growing up skateboarding, I was always influenced by "low-brow" and "street" artists who really inspired me to do something different.
When I start a piece I generally have no idea what I am going to do. I just start with a freshly gessoed piece of wood and start drawing. I no longer use preliminary sketches. It is a very organic and spontaneous experience where the art kind of creates itself. When I am happy with the drawing I finish it off with oil and ink. I am not really sure where the ideas come from, I guess a mix of things I have seen, music I have heard, things I have felt, all homogenized in my brain and eventually realized in a different form. I don't really want to pin down the ideas I have, I like the mystery of it all. I am always somewhat surprised with a finished piece because I don't start with any preconceived final image.
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