Mapping the Journey

2014

• Graduated Floarts with A's and B's
• Awarded grant from One Spark
• 2015
• Sold first room screen
• Became Gallery Assistant at UNF
• Finished Scale Drawings for second screen
• Bought Honda Accord
• Studied abroad in Italy
• Visited Monte Carlo
• 2016
• Sold second room screen
• Began scale drawing and concept for third
• Made the 'making of' video to screens
• graduate UNF with a 3.7 GPA
• transfer to UF
• Land part time job in the Harn
• buy cottage in the suberbs
• sell third room screen 
• Gallery representation for ceramics and small scale paintings
• 2017
• began fourth room screen concept 
• buy rental house
• furnish cottage
• 2018 
• sell fourth room screen at premium
•  began fifth room screen concept
• graduate UF with 3.8 GPA
• move to New Haven CT.
• transfer to Yale's Art History program
• taught as ajunct
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Letter From the Future

Dear future Allen,
2014 will start with lots of classes and you will need to keep after them, you will As and Bs again and graduate Floarts in April with Erika . You will also hold your gallery job till the end of summer semester, and a Venue will accept your plans for the painted room screen at One Spark 2014. You will receive enough to start work on your screen and sell it for a healthy profit. The proceeds will go partly you own college fund for study abroad in 2015, the other portion will go to funding next year's screen, and a small celebratory gift to myself! 2014 will end at UNF in the Art History and BFA degree path. It will be alot of work but keep up the work it will pay off!!

2015 will be a good year you will have made money and freedom with it. You are the assistant to the gallery at UNF and you have started the scale drawings to this years room screens! You also bought the Honda Accord. Watch your grades, because this is the year of reckoning, all your plans and money saving will pay off with a month and a half study abroad to Italy, in which you will also visit the French Riviera and Monte Carlo. This year will end with a bang!

In 2016 you will sell your second painted room screen further adding to your savings and ( celebratory gift!) funding of future projects. One of those projects will be a HD making of video for Youtube. You will employ a filmographer so it will be professional and fun. You will also further your education with your BFA and Bachelors in Art History. Your will transfer to UF and pay for the first year on your own, Although you will find a part time job or two because you Will Not take out any sort of loan, pay in cash. You will start on your third screen and sell quicker now that you are gaining steam. The combined proceeds from previous years will allow you to pay cash for a cottage in the suburbs; FREEDOM at last!!

In 2017 you will furnish your cottage with Restoration Hardware, and landscape it. Your grades are good but the masters degree path is rough and you will spend alot of time in the library and in study groups. Your job is going well but is stressing you out and keeping you from studying as much or having plenty of free time. Never the less you plan for another room screen and when you sell it you buy a second cottage and rent it out, financial stress no more! (somewhat)

2018 Will bring your Masters in Art History and you will need to move to New Haven CT. to attend Yale's PhD program. This will be a stressful year, your brother will have to care for the two rental cottages for you and you will use the money to fund your education and living expenses for the year. You will plan for a room screen this year but you wont start on it till next year. You will need to be on your toes and make As on everything. In summer 2019 you will move back to Florida and get a job teaching as an Adjunct, you will finish your dissertation and be forever known as Dr. Allen Ball!!
     Good luck, work hard and keep your eyes on the prize!
                       Past ME 

Presentations TODAY

Hello everyone, It's December 9 the day you have all been preparing for. Please arrive a bit early no later than 9.30 to load your presentation to the imac in the Main Gallery.

Looking Forward to your Presentations.

Donald Reddick_Tom Every

Tom Every (A.K.A. Dr. Evermore) is a metal sculpture artist from Sauk City, WI.  His work is presented at his personal art park. These works are mostly consistent of a Sci Fi nature, but there are others that are more in the realm of fantasy. His most well known sculpture is the Forevertron. He has not been an influence for too long. It wasn't until recently, in the last 3 years, that I became familiar with Mr. Every.  Considering that I am very interested in metal sculpture as my potential favorite of mediums I found that choosing Tom Every was the best of influences. Particularly because of my own personal love of Sci Fi and Fantasy.

Forevertron

50'x120'x60'

Bird Band

Tea House Gazebo

Richard D'Onofrio_Barry Mcgee

Richard D'Onofrio_Barry Mcgee

I've known of Barry Mcgee's work for about two years now. I was drawn to his style of work when i first came across it. Although not till this year that I've noticed his work had influenced me exponentially as I've watch my work evolve more to resembling his style of work. Barry Mcgee rose out of the graffiti boom in the San Francisco Bay area in the early nineties. His work draws heavily from what he calls the urban experience/everyday live frustrations. -(Which I like to base my work on.)  In doing this he creates bizarre faces which dominate abstract background with drips and odd patterns. To me his images are very iconic they stand out then most other artists work this is what I one hope my artwork to be viewed as.

Carolyn Searls _Gerard Way

Gerard Way is a singer/song writer/artist from New Jersey, Although best he is best known as the lead singer for the rock band My Chemical Romance he has done many visual arts related side projects,such as cartoon clips and even has his own comic book series.He also designed all the album art for his band.

MaryBethHietapelto_AlexGrey

I saw Alex Grey's artwork on all the Tool cd's ever since I was a kid. I always loved the art (and the music) and thought it was really inspiring. When I started looking up more of his work, I liked it even more than the stuff Tool used for cd's and band shirts. His paintings are massive! Overwhelmingly spiritual, and cultural explorations of what it feels like to be a human.

      I always loved this one. Probably the first piece that I fell in love with.
 The pieces hes made about birth and the connection between a mother and child inspire me a lot. I like how he paints people as if nudity isn't nudity, but just what we are. He takes nudes a step further, and sheds our skin. Are his subjects, black, white, old, young?

I encourage anyone who likes his stuff, to check out his website
alexgrey.com