ART INSIGHTS Creating Wealth as a Successful Artist - John Dahlsen

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almost like a cross cut through the soil. Iended up making very colourful, almostpainterly compositions behind Perspex.Eventually I started making more sculpturalpieces with some of the larger plastics.Totems and installations made with thongs,coke bottles and all of these things. Theprocess was organic and took on a life ofits own. It is a beautiful process workingwith these materials, where the doors ofopportunity and variation are kept wideopen.“Gold Coast”Found plastic objects, assembled behind Perspex1.24m x 64 cm ea (4 panels)119
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All Rights Reserved.Reproduction or
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Table of ContentsPart I (page 7)Alc
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Part IAlchemy: My Career in Environ
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This new medium, it occurred to me,
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My InfluencesAs a young artist, I w
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form of both patronage and exhibiti
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Shedding of IdentityMy entrée into
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Sandra Murray, the then director of
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In 2006, the United Nations Environ
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"Thong Totems"Found objects and Sta
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I toe the line betweenfulfi llment
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“Blue River”Recycled Plastic Ba
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esidence at Jefferson City, Missour
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Driftwood artMy work with driftwood
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Digital Prints and PaintingsAnother
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As well as embracing the digital an
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“Light Blue Purge Dialogue”Acry
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geometrical imagery and constructiv
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The Pass #52007Acrylic on Belgian L
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‘Contemporary Landscapes’ -his
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of Wendell Berry’s paradox that
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Central ConcernsIt amazes me to thi
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It is of utmost importanceto have a
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Let’s be clear about one fact: th
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The manager of the plant was highly
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Remember that it isyou who is placi
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62how much you’re willing to sacr
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3. FOCUS.Successful artists have th
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Page 70 and 71: Managing your timealso means placin
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Page 74 and 75: To create somethingof beauty at any
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Page 78 and 79: Marketing is also anattitude. Your
Page 80 and 81: her updated website that she set up
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Page 85 and 86: Approaching GalleriesOne of the fir
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Page 92 and 93: opportunities, such as writing a bo
Page 95 and 96: The Parthenon PrincipleTo create an
Page 97 and 98: Responsible Financial ManagementArt
Page 99 and 100: please everyone that they say yes t
Page 102 and 103: dealings, but you might find that t
Page 104 and 105: do gauge that as both an interior q
Page 106 and 107: “6 Driftwood Totems”Found Drift
Page 108 and 109: I strive to act as areminder of our
Page 111 and 112: Reflections on Obstacles.You always
Page 116: And many people simply didn’t kno
Page 122 and 123: “White Totems”Public art propos
Page 124 and 125: "Bronze Plastic Purge"Plastic Sculp
Page 126 and 127: “Driftwood Sculpture Trio”Found
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Page 131 and 132: Throughout the years, his work hasg
Page 133 and 134: equired jumps when necessary throug
Page 135 and 136: I love to address audiences and fee
Page 137 and 138: on the length and nature of the pre
Page 139 and 140: alance. To get plenty of exercise,
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Page 145 and 146: Interview between John Dahlsenand C
Page 147 and 148: tackle environmental issues and rep
Page 149 and 150: good balance in your life, to get p
Page 151 and 152: “Questions on Plastic Bags” Int
Page 153 and 154: Once again, I am able as a contempo
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Page 158 and 159: This tension between inorganicabstr
Page 160 and 161: as a constant reminder of the mutua
Page 162 and 163: scrubbing and foregrounding the san
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