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Speaker: You are listening to something rather than nothing. Creator and host Ken Valente. Editor and producer Peter Bauer. This episode we have Charlie French who is very excited to get on the show. I wanted to read Charlie's artist statement.
Speaker: and mentioned a couple comments about the show before we hear from Charlie French. But here actually is his initial words, his statement. Yes, I have Down Syndrome, but first I want you to see me, Charlie French. And then I want you to see my art. I am an abstract artist. I embrace a blank canvas with a sense of wonder and adventure.
Speaker: I work hard, I keep learning, and mostly I let go. Be free and have fun. If you are an artist, please contact me and we can collaborate. I love working with artists, I love having artists come to my studio and paint with me and have some chips and salsa. If you are a collector, please click on the purchase tab for more info, and you can follow Charlie on Instagram at
Speaker: Just Charlie French. So, at Just Charlie French. And Charlie is C -H -A -R -L -I -E. And there he shares his process and his stories, and it's a lot of fun.
Speaker: So that's Charlie's artist statement. And about the show, I wanted to thank everybody for their support and listening and sharing the show. And your positive comments about just the attempts to have good conversation about important things, friendly, introspective on exploring, and to experience change by coming in contact
Speaker: with art and with philosophy and with things that can help heal us. Question 5. What or who made you who you are? My am connection. It's always with me. It's me. I'm a funny guy.
Speaker: Question 7. Why is there something rather than nothing? I do like nothing. I like lots of somethings. My abs are genetic with me loss. I'm happy. I'm happy. I give myself nothing. My abs are genetic with lots of somethings. So keep repeating. Question 1. Were you an artist when you were born?
Speaker: Question two, let's chat about your artwork, your paintings. Okay, my website, thrustoffordstock .org, is a book full of my art. This will give you the right of my art, my series. At first, these paintings are big, but now, I have painted my art paper something like 2P3, or a paint. Some days, I love to throw a routine.
Speaker: Please put it so I push it now. Deep paper, using buff, the word hifo is basically just hifu colors and it uses grip and water spray. Keep adding colors so I am happy. I try using it but with black lines. With my deep paper.
Speaker: In the bigger script, just 8 money in pairs have 10 new ones. Coming out December, I am learning to make big brains on the online shop. My proposal will distinguish us. We watched a movie from a real little guest, Disney's, that I took back when I took down.
Speaker: Left in Europe, visit Paris, New Times, left to Paris, so I step into the natural dawn from my bursary, the threat of fun.
Speaker: one more series I love is my squirrels series. There's something by squirrels that makes me feel good. I love shapes but I fit into the squirrels. I love using big brushes to make my squirrel designs and also using pixels.
Speaker: I have a lot more series. My beat was in my mind.
Speaker: What makes me feel good? I just let go and be free. So, for example, when it is very cold. I printed a new series called Snowy Day. How could you paint snow? I use a beam of three tools. I throw a acrylic paint I put from the top to give it something down and it expands between snow.
Speaker: I read the musical of the bio -vaccines. It has been working on the series, producing white textured bubbles, sensitive to acronyms, not touching and touching the white papers inside, which is beautiful.
Speaker: My favourite series is Ink the Phytums Blow. This video is about the beginning of the mermaid, Disney movie. The sky, the sea, the birds, the chip, the quite the phytums blow. This always makes me laugh, it makes me happy, but it's the music. When I paint this series, I love it.
Speaker: So first, it's an opportunity. This is pretty from my mind. It's spread by music. What I read with these tapes. It's spread by things that make me happy. Question 4. What is the role of art? Art job is to let me be free.
Speaker: and to make life good, to make life better. Happy, funny thinking, and I'd love people to see me. Charlie, question three. What is art? Art is truly my opportunity. I think my best art is picking six squares.
Speaker: Question 6. Why do you create? This is something rather than nothing.
