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| My biography was to be printed on this page... but my dogs ate it. Just before I fed it to my two dachshunds (who will eat anything), I looked at it and asked my self, "Is this what people really want to know about me?" What you really want to know is who is this Roark Guy...where did he come from, where is he going, and where does he get those crazy ideas? I'm 55, California born and raised, I went to college/art school, my work has been shown in the Smithsonian and all over the world, it is in very important collections and owned by very wonderful people. Trust me, that's all the bio you need. OK...OK... if you really want a bio, I will have my dogs cough it up for you. Doing humorous work, people sometimes get me mixed up with the concept of not doing serious work. You can be serious and professional about doing your work, but you do not have to make all your work a serious subject. I think a lot of artists get this mixed up. They think that to be "fine art" it has to be a serious subject. This is all just a mix-up of the words. Dedication and professionalism are the words that should be used to define how an artist approach doing his/her work. The subject could be anything. My subject is mostly humorous because I think the world is serious enough already. In fact, just trying to maintain a sense of humor in this crazy world, is a job in itself. I get the ideas for my pieces through my own personal experience. It's just the way I look at life, with all it's high tech, fast paced madness. I love all the high tech goodies and how they relate to our lives. This is where I am going with my work. I am expanding my work into the new multimedia cyberspace which is changing the way we will live forever. Future shows will have a mix of interactive experiences and performances. I am working with new media that will bring a new continuity to my work. In other words, the best is yet to come. So hey - laugh a little. Humor, aesthetics, and imagination are unique to the human experience. Dogs don't laugh, (believe me I have tried every joke I know on my two dachshunds) only humans do. So take advantage of it, next lifetime, you may be a dog. |
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