DL WARFIELD is very CREATIVE.
Like a prizefighter, I have always been willing to toe the line.. As an artist, when challenged or backed into a corner, I will come out swinging. I’ll try to deliver a knockout with every click of my mouse or single stroke of my brush, just to prove you wrong. In the spirit of the great champions whom I’ve idolized, warriors like Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali, I too have gotten off of the canvas to deliver artistic victories.
Not everyone has always liked my work, but even my toughest critics would say that my record is rather impressive, and my fans have even called it impeccable. Hearing such critiques or compliments does not inflate my ego or alter my vision. I know what I’ve done and what I can do. In the words of the late, great Dizzy Dean, “If you can do it, it ain’t braggin’.” Who and what have I artistically battled to become a winner? Acceptance, art instructors, brand executives, canvases, concepts, critiques, deadlines, egos, insecurities, ideas and interactive. From painting to product design, I AM AN ARTIST.
I’m driven by a voice inside that pushes me to challenge myself through methods and ideas. A voice that asks, “Is it good enough? Am I good enough?” I’ve been blessed to be able to handle any medium to execute my work with relative ease, from pastels and paint to graphic and product design. With these various creative weapons in my arsenal, the problem becomes selecting the right one to execute a killer piece. It’s the gift and the curse.
These are only the first 6 rounds. In the later championship rounds, I’m fighting to create something that will truly move people. My perfect piece would deliver the same feelings you get witnessing an underdog deliver a last-round knockout to win the title. I keep creating and painting with the belief that, I too will “shock the world” like Ali did in 1963!
So here I am, ready for battle and prepared for an award-winning performance - certain that I’ve worked hard, yet wishing that I could do more… never completely satisfied. A sponge of my culture, a mix of Jacob Lawrence and Degas, with a dash of Miles Davis and Jay Z. That’s me.
Not everyone has always liked my work, but even my toughest critics would say that my record is rather impressive, and my fans have even called it impeccable. Hearing such critiques or compliments does not inflate my ego or alter my vision. I know what I’ve done and what I can do. In the words of the late, great Dizzy Dean, “If you can do it, it ain’t braggin’.” Who and what have I artistically battled to become a winner? Acceptance, art instructors, brand executives, canvases, concepts, critiques, deadlines, egos, insecurities, ideas and interactive. From painting to product design, I AM AN ARTIST.
I’m driven by a voice inside that pushes me to challenge myself through methods and ideas. A voice that asks, “Is it good enough? Am I good enough?” I’ve been blessed to be able to handle any medium to execute my work with relative ease, from pastels and paint to graphic and product design. With these various creative weapons in my arsenal, the problem becomes selecting the right one to execute a killer piece. It’s the gift and the curse.
These are only the first 6 rounds. In the later championship rounds, I’m fighting to create something that will truly move people. My perfect piece would deliver the same feelings you get witnessing an underdog deliver a last-round knockout to win the title. I keep creating and painting with the belief that, I too will “shock the world” like Ali did in 1963!
So here I am, ready for battle and prepared for an award-winning performance - certain that I’ve worked hard, yet wishing that I could do more… never completely satisfied. A sponge of my culture, a mix of Jacob Lawrence and Degas, with a dash of Miles Davis and Jay Z. That’s me.
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