http://community.ovationtv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4397471&as=16878 Most Recent Submissions from Allen on Ovation TV Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:56:33 GMT Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:56:33 GMT help@ovationtv.com (ovationtv) help@ovationtv.com (ovationtv) KickApps Feed Builder 2013-01-24T18:56:33Z 10 http://community.ovationtv.com/service/searchEverything.kickAction?as=16878&includeVideo=on&includeAudio=on&includePhoto=on&includeBlog=on&sortType=recent 0 http://community.ovationtv.com/_The-Complexity-of-Self/photo/18533301/16878.html This is the first completed draft of " The Complexity of Self" I was recommended to not over detail this drawing so I thought I would just send it out as is and see what everyone thinks. You will see a bunch of flaws and mistakes but over all I am liking the direction it's going. I still feel like maybe I should take a little further but I could be wrong. I am learning this as I go. I'm self taught.. I think you can tell LOL This is the first completed draft of " The Complexity of Self" I was recommended to not over detail this drawing so I thought I would just send it out as is and see what everyone thinks. You will see a bunch of flaws and mistakes but over all I am liking the direction it's going. I still feel like maybe I should take a little further but I could be wrong. I am learning this as I go. I'm self taught.. I think you can tell LOL Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:56:33 GMT http://community.ovationtv.com/_The-Complexity-of-Self/photo/18533301/16878.html Allen 2013-01-24T18:56:33Z Art Ovation TV This is the first completed draft of " The Complexity of Self" I was recommended to not over detail this drawing so I thought I would just send it out as is and see what everyone thinks. You will see a bunch of flaws and mistakes but over all I am liking the direction it's going. I still feel like maybe I should take a little further but I could be wrong. I am learning this as I go. I'm self taught.. I think you can tell LOL art nonadult false The Complexity of Self. photo art 338 4 5.0 http://community.ovationtv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4397471&as=16878 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/16878/photos/PHOTO_16704345_16878_4397471_ap_160X120.jpg false 4 Art 0 18533301 4397471 Artist 14190 http://community.ovationtv.com/_12-28-2012-120218-PMjpg/photo/18401749/16878.html Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:47:27 GMT http://community.ovationtv.com/_12-28-2012-120218-PMjpg/photo/18401749/16878.html Allen 2013-01-02T15:47:27Z Art Ovation TV art nonadult false 12-28-2012 12;02;18 PM.jpg photo art 163 0 0.0 http://community.ovationtv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4397471&as=16878 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/16878/photos/PHOTO_16704345_16878_4397471_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 Art 0 18401749 4397471 Artist 14190 http://community.ovationtv.com/_Thoughts/photo/17702869/16878.html This is a charcoal drawing on watercolor paper. I used different types of erasers to form lines and to blend. This sort of a reflection of my thought process with everyday things or topics. I wanted to show the darker side of my creative process and how hard it really is to stay focused  when my mind seems to overwhelm me with ideas and metal images. This is a charcoal drawing on watercolor paper. I used different types of erasers to form lines and to blend. This sort of a reflection of my thought process with everyday things or topics. I wanted to show the darker side of my creative process and how hard it really is to stay focused  when my mind seems to overwhelm me with ideas and metal images. Sat, 06 Oct 2012 13:42:40 GMT http://community.ovationtv.com/_Thoughts/photo/17702869/16878.html Allen 2012-10-06T13:42:40Z Art Ovation TV This is a charcoal drawing on watercolor paper. I used different types of erasers to form lines and to blend. This sort of a reflection of my thought process with everyday things or topics. I wanted to show the darker side of my creative process and how hard it really is to stay focused  when my mind seems to overwhelm me with ideas and metal images. art nonadult false Thoughts photo art 286 1 5.0 http://community.ovationtv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4397471&as=16878 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/16878/photos/PHOTO_16704345_16878_4397471_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 Art 0 17702869 4397471 Artist 14190 http://community.ovationtv.com/_Learning-to-be-free/blog/6348995/16878.html Hello Ovation Artists,I am not sure what my purpose is in exposing this part of my life on a site that is mostly positive based energy but here we go.First off… this isn’t a cry for help or need for attention. I think I just want to feel free from a childhood that has had a strangle hold on me for 40 something years. In the mid 90’s I wrote tons of poems and short stories about my childhood and the toxic relationship between my father and myself. In many ways writing is what helped me deal with the truth of my childhood and maybe even allowed me to.. Understand my father’s rage. Writing helped me see things much more clear or as clear as it could get.It isn’t a easy thing to accept that my father was a pedophile and a hate monger. I honestly believe he hated himself. When he died in 2008 I was so angry he  never had the balls to show any remorse for he cruelty he put my Mother, Sister and myself through. I guess I just needed to know he wasn’t a monster and they he was human under all that rage and hate. I know I will never know that side of him now and in order to move on with life… I had to just let that dream go.Today I am at a point in my life that my desire to express deep emotions through my art work is so important to me that sometimes it drives me to a dark place in my mind. It feels like with my efforts to move forward has been for nothing. It is a constant struggle to connect with both people and myself. It’s like a big wall between myself and my art and people. I have lived in this state of mind for so long… it is all I know and I fear will be all that I will ever know. I am trying to free myself through my Art and I really hope I can inspire others to do the same. I understand that this post seems unfinished and unfocused and I hope you will forgive me for that. I just needed to vent a little without going into dreadful details. To all of you that I un-friend… I did not do it because of something you said or did. I did it because I felt like I did not fit in this amazing group of human beings. I am still drawing things and people. I have this weird drive to keep going. Which makes me think and feel like… there is still hope for me and my Art. I rarely post here because I know my work is not ready yet for knowledgeable eyes. Not to come off insecure about myself but to stay honest about my art. I know I have something to express to the world and I know it will happen when the time is right.Thank you for taking the time to read this and please.. Never allow anyone or anything to stand between you and your Art. Take that stand before the wall gets too high. Hello Ovation Artists,I am not sure what my purpose is in exposing this part of my life on a site that is mostly positive based energy but here we go.First off… this isn’t a cry for help or need for attention. I think I just want to feel free from a childhood that has had a strangle hold on me for 40 something years. In the mid 90’s I wrote tons of poems and short stories about my childhood and the toxic relationship between my father and myself. In many ways writing is what helped me deal with the truth of my childhood and maybe even allowed me to.. Understand my father’s rage. Writing helped me see things much more clear or as clear as it could get.It isn’t a easy thing to accept that my father was a pedophile and a hate monger. I honestly believe he hated himself. When he died in 2008 I was so angry he  never had the balls to show any remorse for he cruelty he put my Mother, Sister and myself through. I guess I just needed to know he wasn’t a monster and they he was human under all that rage and hate. I know I will never know that side of him now and in order to move on with life… I had to just let that dream go.Today I am at a point in my life that my desire to express deep emotions through my art work is so important to me that sometimes it drives me to a dark place in my mind. It feels like with my efforts to move forward has been for nothing. It is a constant struggle to connect with both people and myself. It’s like a big wall between myself and my art and people. I have lived in this state of mind for so long… it is all I know and I fear will be all that I will ever know. I am trying to free myself through my Art and I really hope I can inspire others to do the same. I understand that this post seems unfinished and unfocused and I hope you will forgive me for that. I just needed to vent a little without going into dreadful details. To all of you that I un-friend… I did not do it because of something you said or did. I did it because I felt like I did not fit in this amazing group of human beings. I am still drawing things and people. I have this weird drive to keep going. Which makes me think and feel like… there is still hope for me and my Art. I rarely post here because I know my work is not ready yet for knowledgeable eyes. Not to come off insecure about myself but to stay honest about my art. I know I have something to express to the world and I know it will happen when the time is right.Thank you for taking the time to read this and please.. Never allow anyone or anything to stand between you and your Art. Take that stand before the wall gets too high. Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:48:13 GMT http://community.ovationtv.com/_Learning-to-be-free/blog/6348995/16878.html Allen 2012-09-18T13:10:10Z OVATION Ovation TV Hello Ovation Artists,I am not sure what my purpose is in exposing this part of my life on a site that is mostly positive based energy but here we go.First off… this isn’t a cry for help or need for attention. I think I just want to feel free from a childhood that has had a strangle hold on me for 40 something years. In the mid 90’s I wrote tons of poems and short stories about my childhood and the toxic relationship between my father and myself. In many ways writing is what helped me deal with the truth of my childhood and maybe even allowed me to.. Understand my father’s rage. Writing helped me see things much more clear or as clear as it could get.It isn’t a easy thing to accept that my father was a pedophile and a hate monger. I honestly believe he hated himself. When he died in 2008 I was so angry he  never had the balls to show any remorse for he cruelty he put my Mother, Sister and myself through. I guess I just needed to know he wasn’t a monster and they he was human under all that rage and hate. I know I will never know that side of him now and in order to move on with life… I had to just let that dream go.Today I am at a point in my life that my desire to express deep emotions through my art work is so important to me that sometimes it drives me to a dark place in my mind. It feels like with my efforts to move forward has been for nothing. It is a constant struggle to connect with both people and myself. It’s like a big wall between myself and my art and people. I have lived in this state of mind for so long… it is all I know and I fear will be all that I will ever know. I am trying to free myself through my Art and I really hope I can inspire others to do the same. I understand that this post seems unfinished and unfocused and I hope you will forgive me for that. I just needed to vent a little without going into dreadful details. To all of you that I un-friend… I did not do it because of something you said or did. I did it because I felt like I did not fit in this amazing group of human beings. I am still drawing things and people. I have this weird drive to keep going. Which makes me think and feel like… there is still hope for me and my Art. I rarely post here because I know my work is not ready yet for knowledgeable eyes. Not to come off insecure about myself but to stay honest about my art. I know I have something to express to the world and I know it will happen when the time is right.Thank you for taking the time to read this and please.. Never allow anyone or anything to stand between you and your Art. Take that stand before the wall gets too high. ovation nonadult false Learning to be free. text blog ovation 164 1 5.0 http://community.ovationtv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4397471&as=16878 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/16878/photos/PHOTO_16704345_16878_4397471_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 OVATION 0 6348995 4397471 Artist 14190 http://community.ovationtv.com/_Blue-Voices-/photo/17523037/16878.html Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:12:50 GMT http://community.ovationtv.com/_Blue-Voices-/photo/17523037/16878.html Allen 2012-09-10T14:12:50Z Art Ovation TV art nonadult false Blue Voices photo art 394 3 5.0 http://community.ovationtv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4397471&as=16878 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/16878/photos/PHOTO_16704345_16878_4397471_ap_160X120.jpg false 4 Art 0 17523037 4397471 Artist 14190 http://community.ovationtv.com/_Drawing-of-a-Photo/photo/16996603/16878.html Drawing of a photo I found online. Drawing of a photo I found online. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:24:28 GMT http://community.ovationtv.com/_Drawing-of-a-Photo/photo/16996603/16878.html Allen 2012-06-21T23:24:28Z Art Ovation TV Drawing of a photo I found online. art nonadult false Drawing of a Photo. photo art 134 3 4.66667 http://community.ovationtv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4397471&as=16878 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/16878/photos/PHOTO_16704345_16878_4397471_ap_160X120.jpg false 2 Art 0 16996603 4397471 Artist 14190 http://community.ovationtv.com/_Hiding-the-Pain/photo/16988677/16878.html Just a simple quick sketch done on my computer. Just a simple quick sketch done on my computer. Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:41:24 GMT http://community.ovationtv.com/_Hiding-the-Pain/photo/16988677/16878.html Allen 2012-06-20T20:41:24Z Ovation TV Just a simple quick sketch done on my computer. nonadult false Hiding the Pain photo 115 3 5.0 http://community.ovationtv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4397471&as=16878 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/16878/photos/PHOTO_16704345_16878_4397471_ap_160X120.jpg false 2 0 16988677 4397471 Artist 14190 http://community.ovationtv.com/_Practice-Sketch/photo/16961133/16878.html This a computer drawing I have been working on. I can't seem to get the tones right. It still looks flat. Anyone have any ideas what I should do? This a computer drawing I have been working on. I can't seem to get the tones right. It still looks flat. Anyone have any ideas what I should do? Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:05:15 GMT http://community.ovationtv.com/_Practice-Sketch/photo/16961133/16878.html Allen 2012-06-16T14:05:15Z Art Ovation TV This a computer drawing I have been working on. I can't seem to get the tones right. It still looks flat. Anyone have any ideas what I should do? art nonadult false Practice Sketch photo art 101 3 5.0 http://community.ovationtv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4397471&as=16878 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/16878/photos/PHOTO_16704345_16878_4397471_ap_160X120.jpg false 3 Art 0 16961133 4397471 Artist 14190 http://community.ovationtv.com/_scrap017ajpg/photo/16944309/16878.html Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:07:16 GMT http://community.ovationtv.com/_scrap017ajpg/photo/16944309/16878.html Allen 2012-06-14T01:07:16Z Art Ovation TV art nonadult false scrap017_a.jpg photo art 83 2 5.0 http://community.ovationtv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4397471&as=16878 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/16878/photos/PHOTO_16704345_16878_4397471_ap_160X120.jpg false 2 Art 0 16944309 4397471 Artist 14190 http://community.ovationtv.com/_Juno-Soundtrack-Loose-Lipsmp3/audio/454588/16878.html Sat, 23 May 2009 12:14:33 GMT http://community.ovationtv.com/_Juno-Soundtrack-Loose-Lipsmp3/audio/454588/16878.html Allen 2009-05-23T12:14:33Z Ovation TV nonadult false Juno Soundtrack - Loose Lips.mp3 audio 90 1 5.0 http://community.ovationtv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4397471&as=16878 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/16878/photos/PHOTO_16704345_16878_4397471_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 454588 4397471 Artist 14190