By Andrea Martone
Q: Where are you located and how long have you lived there?
A: Pinellas Park for 26 years.
Q: Where did you live prior to coming to Florida?
A: St. Louis, MO.
Q: What motivated you to move to the specific town you’re in?
A: I lived in Orlando, Indian Rocks Beach, Largo, then marriage motivated me to move to Pinellas Park.
Q: What type of artist are you?
A: Acrylic, pen & ink, watercolor, digital design, graphic design and photography.
Q: What distinguishes your work from others and what inspires you to create your work?
A: Colorful Surrealism mostly. Salvador Dali is a big inspiration, but I have created many different styles of art, just to try as much as I can.
Q: What (if any) awards or recognition have you received for your work?
A: I have won some ribbons and prizes at a handful of shows throughout the years.
Q: Do you have any permanent exhibits or artwork in any public areas or institutions or businesses?
A: I do have art at Pinellas Park Art Society hanging in the Barbara S. Ponce Public Library in Pinellas Park. I belonged to St. Pete ArtWorks Gallery for eight or more years, hanging many different pieces of my art on their walls. Also, my art has hung at different restaurants, clubs, galleries and art shows in St. Pete, Clearwater, and Tampa.
Q: Please tell me something about who you are and the passion you have for your work?
A: My art is my own style, with many different styles involved. I love starting a blank canvas and making ideas up as I go. Sometimes I draw a sketch that pops in my head to get me going, but I never know where it may lead me, and my piece. That is what I love about being an artist, freedom to express anything and everything. People, friends and most of my art admirers/buyers know me as a funny, friendly, off the wall, kinda crazy, outgoing guy.
Contact the artist:
NODZ ART
www.nodzart@gmail.com, nodlanddesigns@gmail.com, or nodzart@gmail.com
Photo: “DALI BURG”– a surrealist painting of St. Pete, looking through the eyes of Salvador Dali. It shows many main features of our beautiful city and has many hidden abstract and surreal images.