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- If you had to spend the rest of your life illustrating one book, what would it be? Why?

I believe I would want to illustrate "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. I've always loved drawing animals and this way I would get to draw them in a bit more fantasy sense while still keeping their real appearance. This is also one of my favorite books, so the chance to illustrate it would be fantastic! Because of the fact that it would be for the rest of my life, I believe this book holds enough to actually keep me busy.

-If you could go apprentice with any two artist's in the history of the world, who would they be? Why?

First off I would choose Alphonse Mucha to apprentice under. I would love the chance to watch as the Art Nouveau movement was born! Also, Mucha is my favorite artist. Some of my more recent work has been based around his style and technique. Many people have tried to replicate his work, but his touch is always something special. The second artist I would choose would have to be Aubrey Beardsley. Of course he didn't live very long, but I imagine picking his mind over why and how he completed his work would be worth the short-lived apprenticeship.

-If you were banned from the art world, but could have any career you wanted that wasn't in art, what would it be? Why?

I would probably study medicine. Diseases, viruses, and the human body fascinate me. I used to actually draw different things from anatomy books whenever I was younger. To study cancer, or AIDS, or Alzheimer's would be a rewarding career. To me it would be just as creative as any art career I could go into. Every day would hold something new with new discoveries. Perhaps it would all be based upon experimentation or learning how some things live and adapt. Either way, I'd LOVE to go into the medical field.

- Describe the project you would propose under the following circumstances. Describe the project in detail: what would it be, how would you spend the money, how would you schedule the time alloted, and how would the work be presented upon completion? 1.) you have one month and one thousand dollars (all of which must be spent on art expenses). 2.) Six months and ten thousand dollars. 3.) One year and one hundred thousand dollars.

1.) With one month and one thousand dollars I would buy $500 worth of different color house paint and $500 worth of canvases. I would then open the cans of paint and hurl them at the canvases, allowing the paint to splatter on them all. I would place them all close by one another so that I could display them three inches apart in a grid format on a large wall. It honestly wouldn't take too long concerning time, but I would have to make sure to work on them whenever I am emotional and need to vent.

2.) With six months and ten thousand dollars I would buy a urinal and a mannequin in a pissing position.  I would then use the rest of the money to have in $100 bills and put it into the urinal.  The piece would then be put in museums to make sure the money wouldn't be touched, but also so many people would see the idiom of pissing away money.

3.) With a year and one hundred thousand dollars I would buy a 100ft roll of white satin fabric and red dye.  Then I would invest the remaining money in five different stocks in the stockmarket.  Everyday I will put five red dots depending on where the stocks are at the end of the day.  Every week I will connect each dot to one another until over the course of a year it has created a great matrix of the stock market showing the ups and downs of it.