Richard Kelly III

Artistic Biography

Artistic Biography

Richard Kelly III

1985 –

                      Born and raised in Arizona.

                  Artist, Philosopher, and Painter.

My whole life has and is a preparation toward my artistic character.

Why Am I interested in becoming an Artist? This is not a valid question for me. I have always been and will always be an artist. My spirit is art. My passion is art.

This question is like asking a Hawk why it is a Hawk. It is kind of a thing-in-itself, which when asked about itself, can give no reasonable justification to it’s worth. Hence, a very intuitive acknowledgment of what one is and yet an unclear reason as to why.

So, a more appropriate question might be why has art found me? Yet a haunting question that came to mind is: What would I do if I was not an artist? Well, this question is blasphemous to my whole being and what makes me who I am entirely.

I did not mean to use a circular reasoning or ignorance of the question altogether, nor am I being pompous when I say truthfully and honestly that I am an artist,–

– Richard Kelly III

I am technical and mechanical in a cartoon fashion, but in a more picturesque way with philosophical allegorical literary connotations and myths mixed in. Through some humor and clever questionable thoughts, such as statements like: through learning and experience one can achieve a greater coherency; where experienced Knowledge can help create.  Art helps me to create more than art but values in observing and associations.

Artists/ people/ books/ and things who have influenced me are:

My Father and Mother, Rembrandt, Eugene Delacroix, Vincent Van Gogh, Cezanne, Manet, Courbet, Raphael, Frans Hals, Camille Pissarro, Impressionism, Realism, some symbolism and abstractions, Fractals, Fredrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good & Evil, Zarathustra, Ludwig Wittgenstein, The Tractatus, Jacques Derrida, Soren Kierkegaard, Socrates, Newton, Physics, Optics.

 

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