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[2009-03-11 10:24:23 +0000 UTC]
"Gage Prentiss(how anonymous)"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 374; Deviations: 166; Watchers: 565
Watching: 59; Pageviews: 42617; Comments Made: 801; Friends: 59
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: far too manyFavorite movies: Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Favorite bands / musical artists: Akira Yamaoka
Favorite writers: Clive Barker, Max Brooks, Danielewsky
Favorite games: Silent Hill 2
Favorite gaming platform: what I can afford
Other Interests: too many
# About me
I am a sculptor/painter born in New Orleans and raised in Massachusetts. I love duality, light and dark, life and death, beauty and repulsion. I reinvent my beliefs every day, and explore my dreams and nightmares through my art. To me art is a self portrait and a mirror to be held up to the audience. It is a door an artist takes to oneself, as well as a filter the world finds itself through.Current Residence: Pawtucket, Rhode Island
deviantWEAR sizing preference: x-large
Print preference: none
Favourite genre of music: Anything but rap and country
Favourite photographer: Art Drooker
Favourite style of art: anything that makes me feel something
Operating System: what I can afford
MP3 player of choice: what I can afford
Shell of choice: Human is nice
Wallpaper of choice: I like paint
Skin of choice: I had a choice?
Favourite cartoon character: Hellboy
# Comments
Comments: 148
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful, fun filled day today! 
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Thank YOU. Really great work.
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I tend to gush praise a little too easily, but when I look upon your work, I am genuinely moved to meekness. I have seldom seen technical mastery and creativity--artisan and artist--so well combined. I have been a fan of the work of H. P. Lovecraft and his circle since I was seven years old--more than forty years, now. Too often, when I have seen art that was inspired by Lovecraft's writing, it is soundly disappointing and tritely conventional, but in the examples you have shared, I see something that approaches, even crosses, that magical threshold where willing suspension of disbelief occurs and I feel the worrisome tickling of strange, non-Euclidean worlds on my senses. There is no disappointment here, only unholy, unspeakable joy.
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I have been a visual artist for a long time, and a fan of the Mythos since Re-animator introduced me to the actual books. Browsing on this site I found Jason McKittrick of Cryptocryptorium, and felt the same wonder and suspension of disbelief that you feel. He took the level of detail and creativity to a level far beyond the tentacles. I did a lot of tabletop Call of Cthulhu in college, and loved to create stories to run that tiptoed around the stories, but didn't retell them. The possibilities of Lovecraft's world, and the devilish details opened the door to so many dark vignettes. I like to look at "real" stories of earths mysteries and view them through the prism of the Mythos. I am so glad when people get it, and allow themselves to believe for a second. Your joy brings me joy.
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Love all of your work, but I have a soft spot for the Mythos stuff.
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HOLY SHIT YOU mayyyyy be the best artist ive seen in.. a while
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Great stuff! I'd love to see what you could do with a mobile or a whirligig.
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I did something like that in my Rings commission. I'd love to do something bigger.
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Your sculptures are fantastic. Thank you for exhibiting them at NecronomiCon!
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Thank you! It was my pleasure. Keep an eye out for the Rumtucket Trading Company!
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