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# Statistics
Favourites: 642; Deviations: 34; Watchers: 16
Watching: 35; Pageviews: 5318; Comments Made: 466; Friends: 35
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Van Gogh, Lauren Harris/Group of Seven, Kandinsky, etc...Favorite movies: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Thriller/Drama, Animated, Comedy, etc...
Favorite TV shows: Game of Thrones, The Expanse, Trailer Park Boys, Afro Samurai, etc...
Favorite bands / musical artists: Ambient, Blues, Classical, Downtempo, Electronic, Folk, Gospel,
Favorite books: Stranger In A Strange Land, Steel Beach, HHGTTG, House of Leaves, ASoIaF, etc...
Favorite writers: Asimov, Palahniuk, Heinlein, GRRM, Tolkien, Adams, Vonnegut, etc...
Favorite games: Mass Effect, Skyrim, Red Dead Redemption, Fallout, GTA, Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, etc...
Favorite gaming platform: N64, PS2/3/4, Xbox (kinect), Arcades, etc...
Tools of the Trade: Pencils, pens, markers, ink, paint, brushes, knives, toothpicks, cardboard, etc...
Other Interests: Playing guitar, swimming, hiking, etc...
# About me
Hello, I'm Rob, nice to meet you! Please allow me to introduce myself.
I am a painter and visual artist living in Guelph, Ontario, currently working primarily in acrylics on canvas. Recently, I attended the Haliburton School of The Arts, where I was enrolled in the Visual and Creative Arts Diploma program, with a specialization in Drawing & Painting. This campus is affiliated with Sir Sanford Fleming College and is located in the beautiful town of Haliburton, in Ontario’s Highlands, about three hours north-west of Toronto.
I work primarily in acrylic paint on canvas, mostly using brushes and palatte knives. Often, the unpredictability of the knives allows room for productive mistakes; that surrender of control can lead to marks I may not have made, otherwise.
My work is my favourite form of introspection and my most productive form of escapism. It’s said that in every picture, there are a thousand words; and so perhaps in each painting, there are a thousand thoughts, and with each new direction I go with my paintings different thoughts emerge. These changes represent, to me, an examination, and when necessary, reconstruction. In each new piece there are memories and reminders from the subconscious of things half-forgotten & half-resolved; an existential to-do list I am compelled to continue working on.
Thank you, for your time and your interest! Feel free to reach out to me, you can email me at rob.a.stock@gmail.com, and I am also on Facebook. Also, for a look at more of my work, you can check out my website; there are some progress pictures of most of the paintings I post, so you can see the painting come to life, step-by step.
# Comments
Comments: 83
landobaldur [2016-07-17 15:01:46 +0000 UTC]
◖(◣☩◢)◗ *beep* *boop* ##.scanning environment.## *flies away*
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ssup [2010-02-11 06:03:44 +0000 UTC]
thanks for s on inertial & Deep-night-dialogue & Topeca
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Kinglemon [2010-02-02 18:42:30 +0000 UTC]
Hay there thanks for adding [link] to your [link]
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Casperium [2010-02-02 00:45:46 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much for Faving my Artwork!!! I really appreciate it!
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primaryjosh [2009-04-14 18:46:18 +0000 UTC]
thanks for the fave and cool vivid work in your gallery...i love it!
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x-blackvelvet-x [2009-01-30 08:52:07 +0000 UTC]
hi got your request on turning can I come out and play now as a print I will have to ask my mum first but if she says yes I will tell you nice gallary you have
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tennyo-ceres [2008-05-29 01:42:52 +0000 UTC]
I know it's kinda late...but I just want to say...Thank you so much for the favorite!
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Chloroform-Candy [2008-05-09 01:39:25 +0000 UTC]
greetings!
thanks for the !!
keep on & doing what you do
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amyhooton [2008-03-29 18:06:13 +0000 UTC]
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Jade-Pandora [2008-02-13 12:59:33 +0000 UTC]
Thank you for ing "Universe - Flash Video" [link] ... i'm so glad you like it!
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LindaRHerzog [2007-12-20 05:57:44 +0000 UTC]
Wow, thanks for all the fav's and for watching. Glad you like my work that well. - Linda : )
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mrcool256 [2007-10-04 23:47:09 +0000 UTC]
Many thanks for the , I really appreciate it. Hope all is well...
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ClaireJones [2007-09-27 23:55:16 +0000 UTC]
Thanks so much for the on Spring Tree. I really appreciate it!
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Elroe [2007-09-27 06:17:56 +0000 UTC]
I found the pict
My host family was in McRae Road, that's close, isn't it ?
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Elroe [2007-09-24 17:58:46 +0000 UTC]
Hey !
Just check my deviant : I took a lot of shots when I was in Ajax, in August.
Where do you live in Ajax ?
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SebastianDaffodil [2007-07-31 17:04:16 +0000 UTC]
Thank you for the comment and favorite on our "39-2" piece
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immortal224 [2007-05-15 09:10:35 +0000 UTC]
I saw your gallery...your gallery is great I am agree with you...
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