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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="0ada11c3.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Benguiat Frisky ATT" ><B>Artrageous     Women</B></FONT><B> </B> </div> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Benguiat Frisky ATT" >Autumn 2001</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04d797f0.jpg" border=0 width="121" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Artrageous Women"><U>Home</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>Artist Fran Telep........</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0acf4010.gif" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> .............<FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Arial" ><B>Speaks About her Art</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>PAINTING HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I JUST CAN`T GET ENOUGH OF.  IT IS A PASSION THAT IS REWARDING, RELAXING, MEDATATIVE, CALMING COMPULSIVE, FUN, EXCITING, FRUSTRATING, ANNOYING, AND, AT TIMES, EVEN SRESSFUL BUT I ALWAYS GO BACK FOR MORE.</B></div> <div> <B> MY INSPIRATION COMES FROM EVERYWHERE I LOOK AND THERE ARE SO MANY IDEAS IN MY HEAD THAT I WILL NEED AT LEAST 200 YEARS TO GET IT OUT.  EVERYWHERE I LOOK THERE IS ANOTHER PICTURE IMPRINTED ON MY MIND. NOT ONE LEAF IS THE SAME AS THE OTHER OR ONE BRANCH OF A TREE THE SAME AS ANY OTHER BRANCH.  NATURE IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND I TRY TO CAPTURE ITS MAGNIFICENCE.   </B></div> <div> <B> THE MEDIUM FOR EACH PIECE DEPENDS ON THE SUBJECT. HOWEVER, I AM ALWAYS TRYING NEW AND DIFFERENT PROCEDURES. I LIKE TO WORK WITH OIL, ACRYLIC AND WATERCOLOUR.  ACRYLIC AND WATERCOLOUR ARE ESPECIALLY FUN SINCE THEY DRY VERY FAST AND THAT`S GOOD FOR AN IMPATIENT PERSON LIKE MYSELF.</B></div> <div> <B> A FEW YEARS AGO I DEVELOPED A BACK DISORDER AND HAVE A HARD TIME TO WALK VERY FAR SO THAT GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAINT FULL TIME AFTER I HAD TO QUIT MY JOB AS A DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELLOR.  IT WAS QUITE A TRANSITION, BUT ONE WELL WORTH THE EFFORT. I PAINTED FLORALS FOR A LONG TIME AND THEN ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO I VENTURED OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE AND BEGAN DOING LANDSCAPES AND PEOPLE</B></div> <div> <B>  WHAT I PAINT IS AFFECTED BY THE MOOD I AM IN AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN MY LIFE AT THE TIME; EVEN THE COLOURS ARE AFFECTED BY MY FEELINGS, SO IT IS VERY ENLIGHTING. THERE IS A LOT OF MYSELF IN EVERY PIECE I DO, WHICH IS TRUE FOR MOST ARTISTS, I IMAGINE.</B></div> <div> <B>  ONE OF MY LATEST ART PIECES IS A FLORAL, USING DRIED PANSIES, FROM MY GARDEN. IT IS UNIQUE, WITH THE REAL FLOWERS AND THE PAINT. </B></div> <div> <B> ANOTHER SUBJECT THAT HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK IS THE ANTIQUE CARS AND HARLEYS I PAINTED.  LAST SPRING I WENT THROUGH A PERIOD WHERE THAT`S ALL I DID. IT WAS VERY CHALLAGING BECAUSE OF ALL THE DETAIL.  ONE OF MY FAVORITES FROM THEN IS THE 1955 HARLEY HYDRAGLIDE,</B></div> <div> <B> MY GOAL FOR THE FUTURE IS TO PAINT, PAINT AND PAINT SOME MORE AND TO ALWAYS IMPROVE; TO BE THE BEST THAT I CAN.</B></div> <div> <B>   MY LITTLE 2 YEAR OLD GRANDSON, ERIC RUNS UP TO ME AND SAYS `GRANDMA YOU PAINT.` I SAY TO HIM, `YES HONEY I PAINT. `</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>FRAN TELEP</B></div> <div> <B>SEPT. 6TH/ 2001</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto:FranTelep@home.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:FranTelep@home.com"><U><B>email Fran</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>