A NEW DAY CLARKSVILLE THE FINAL BLOW PARK LIFE MATINEE How would you describe your art to a robot? How would you describe your art to a donut? Haha! I would let my art speak for itself. How do you deal with self-doubt as an artist? I struggle with doubt like a lot of people do but have faith in myself to pull through. Every failure is something new learned, so I keep that in mind. If things get bad, I look at the work of long-dead artists for inspiration and refer to Greek and Roman philosophy. Biggest way you’ve evolved creatively. With my thinking. Trusting my thoughts and ideas took many years. Though my painting has changed somewhat over the years, it’s always been rooted in realism. Career highlight(s). There have been a lot of highlights along the way. The top six would have to be: 1. The time in 2004 when my painting The Final Blow was selected for the cover of an international art contest Spectrum 11: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art in 2004. 2. The Sanrio 50th Anniversary Show. 3. The Ben Folds Five album cover in 2013. 4. A show in Moscow Russia in 2014 and a project with Solo Contemporary in Madrid. 5. The cumulative effect of 19.5 years of exhibiting at the Corey Helford Gallery. 6. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art collecting my work. The $1.2 billion museum opening reception is in 2026. Anything on the horizon this year? I’m having a solo exhibit — Looking Sideways — in Los Angeles at the Corey Helford Gallery July 19th-August 23rd. SEE MORE WORK & SNAG LIMITED PRINTS + MERCH: ERICJOYNER.COM FOLLOW — IG: @ERICJOYNERART | FB: @ERICJOYNER FOR MORE INFO ON LOOKING SIDEWAYS: COREYHELFORDGALLERY.COM 11
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