jethro61

About me

I am a 1981 graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore (BFA) with an emphasis in printmaking and illustration. I work in a variety of mixed media and formats, including the digital arts, traditional painting, collage, sculpture, photography, book arts, and printmaking. I am also ...

I am a 1981 graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore (BFA) with an emphasis in printmaking and illustration. I work in a variety of mixed media and formats, including the digital arts, traditional painting, collage, sculpture, photography, book arts, and printmaking. I am also a tenured professor of anthropology (PhD) with concentration in the expressive arts and culture (art, music, ritual, dance, regalia, religion, food, and folklore). I am a Vietnam Era veteran who was trained and served as a Navy photographer. Creating art has been a lifelong occupation, beginning at a very early age. Textures, patterns, color and light excite me. I am likewise intrigued by the enigmatic, the surreal, the odd juxtapositions, and order and chaos found in the natural world around us. In 1979, while a student at the Institute, I coined the term Spoonfish and since then have been creating an eclectic body of work centered on this sometimes enigmatic, sometimes, surreal or magical creature. Over the years, I have created a number of series referencing the anthropomorphic qualities possessed by all Spoonfish. I trust viewers will find my gallery of work worth a tour.

Information

• Name: E. Jethro Gaede
• Country: USA
• State: NY
• Joined: January 03, 2012
• School: Maryland Institute College of Art
• Occupation: Artist/Professor/Anthropologist
• Favorite Music: eclectic and wide range of favorites including Leonard Cohen, Beatles, Bluegrass, Jon Brion, etc.etc.
• Favorite Movie: Sheltering Sky, Avatar, To Kill A Mockingbird, et al.
• Favorite Book: Paul Bowles (everything)
• Genre: Traditional Art, Digital Art, Drawing, Print Making, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Collage, Painting, 3-Dimensional Art, Photography Color, Photography B&W, Book Art, Illustration, Pen and Inks

• Links:
• http://www.bluecanvas.com/jethro61
• http://portfolios.mica.edu/E_Jethro_Gaede

My Groups: Book-Arts, Smoke, digitalfineart, extreme, photography, war, PENANDINKS, WORK-IN-PROGRESS, TheGhostlyandMacabre, YOUR-BEST-SHOT, green, COLORS-of-LIFE, RAIN, artculturepeace365, SHADES_OF_RED, punked, Photographic-actor, BLUE, World-Cultures-Photography, Painterlyphotography, florals, architecture, POPULAR, digitalarts, fantasticrealism, gutai, Painted-Ladies, selfportrait

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