Artists will create beautiful objects and subject matter now and then, but drawing beautiful things have never motivated me to make art, and I suspect this is true for other artists. However, the first concern of a “true” artist is not to sell a work, but it is to communicate an idea or revelation. Throughout my very long career, art marketing experts have told me that “beauty” will always sell. And “visual language” is simply communication. Williams used to recite to his students his simple, but eloquent definition of art, which was “With particular regard to painting and drawing, art is a visual language.” My more than 50 years now in art has convinced me that Clayton Williams is right. Williams taught me the fundamentals of painting in tempera, and how to mix and apply colors. Williams from Hawthorne High School where I attended. The person most formally trained, and who taught me more about art, particularly of painting and the love of art, was my high school art teacher, Clayton S.
I miss his companionship and our discussions even today. Aside from the hours he devoted to the development towards my draftsmanship we spent hours discussing classical literature, philosophy and metaphysics.
Although I would know him for just a handful of precious years due to his untimely death from drug and alcohol abuse, I will always be grateful to him for what he taught me. Although I was a natural artist, and possessed above average drawing skills, Carruthers helped me accelerate and enhance my drawing skills by providing me with invaluable critiques of my work, and sharing with me his knowledge of draftsmanship and detail. Carruthers was a poet, writer, author and artist. I went to live with my father and a family friend who roomed with my father named Markel Carruthers.
When I was about thirteen, my parents separated. Drawing pencils worn to the nub, erasers and drawing tablets filled our humble dwelling.
As a young boy, as early as I could remember, the smell of fresh oils on canvas was present in our home. Aside from the influence and inspiration of four important people throughout my life, I am self-taught. I grew up in a small town named Hawthorne, just a few miles from the Los Angeles Airport in Southern California. To date, I have created a few thousand pieces of art paintings, drawings, illustrations, prints, and some sculptures.
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