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Greeting Cards of Mick Elam's Art.


Refer to: "ART3Q010_NC"
Shem Creek.
by Mick Elam

Greeting Cards of Mick Elam's Art

Art takes us beyond the restrictions of realism. When this restriction is removed, you enter a very confusing world. I try to remove this confusion by making “beauty” my new defining boundary. There are other interesting boundaries, but for now, “beauty” is it for me. Beauty is an illusion. And, the real kicker is that everyone’s perception of beauty is different. Also, everyone’s perception changes with time (with life experiences). So, the illusion is allusive. I break down art into fundamental tasks: (1) recognize beauty that many people see, and (2) capture it. Number (2) is putting paint on canvas. This can be difficult but is manageable. Number 1, however, is a slippery beast that consumes a lot of my attention. I have not always been an artist. Matter of fact, so far, it has consumed a small fraction of my days. I have, however, always been working hard at Task Number 1 by generating vivid and wide ranging life experiences. My first career was serving as an Air Force Fighter Pilot. This adrenalin pumping job was full of risk taking, world touring, interacting with many of the world’s people, and meeting some pretty memorable compatriots and characters. My second career was “Defense Industry Engineer”. Long story, but during this career I was immersed with lots of very high end intellectuals working at solving extremely difficult engineering problems. This rewarding career provided a very orthogonal view of the world as compared to to flying fighters. My first two careers were totally immersed in realism. I had to stay in the real world in order get things right. As a fighter pilot, if I didn’t keep things right, the chance of not getting the job done (or worse) was a real possibility. This provided lots of motivation to get things right. As an engineer, slipping off into the direction of non-realism happened too often. These slips were called “mistakes” and is what an engineer strives very hard to avoid. I had to stay real. So, I view my 3rd (and final) career as being pretty darn nifty. Not bounded by realism? Can you really do that? Wow. I don’t know where this is going to take me, but so far, I am enjoying the ride. — Mick Elam.

These Note Cards are printed on a heavy weight matte photo paper.
Each card is 7" x 10", folded to 7" x 5" with plenty of room inside to write notes. Each Card comes with an envelope.

	Item#	Item description
	ART3Q010_NC	Shem Creek by Mick Elam. More Information on print prices, available sizes and print options.
	ART3Q030_NC	Dreaming by Mick Elam. More Information on print prices, available sizes and print options.
	ART3Q080_NC	Rainbow Row by Mick Elam. More Information on print prices, available sizes and print options.

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