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I've never worked as hard at anything in my LIFE as this guy does at his art. He has taught himself everything he knows about art (other than what he learned in Animataion at Sheridan). Art Fundamentals at Sheridan College four years ago he humbly displayed a couple of his favourite paintings in his rez, more as a conversation piece then anything else. You, see, he taught himself how to paint. One of them was a scene from Beowulf. He delights in drawing history; his major independant painting project was of a battle in ancient Rome, can't remember who inspired him, though. Maybe he can comment on that. Now he's taught himself how to paint using the computer, and again, he has created masterpieces. They are a combination of Tolkien (Alan How and John Rowe's art) and Lucas (some scenes you may see in Star Wars). This is a sci-fi spin from his historical works. I haven't seen what he has produced over the last couple of years, but in Art Fundies his work was very historically based.

He is, in my opinion, a creative genius, although he is probably much to humble to tell you so himself. No matter how much skill I ever acquire, I will never achieve the creative spark that keeps this guy going until his hand goes numb, and he has to ice it and seek medical attention. His only concern there? "I'm losing time on my art!"

Because the link doesn't seem to work, here it is in plain "URL": http://cowaneric.tripod.com/eric_cowan_portfolio/