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Vincent Pierre's Bio

My name is Vincent Pierre, and I want to share my career story with you in this section of the website. My appreciation of detail art and digital art comes from all the many years I spent in the Hi-tech industry as a software engineer.

I began working as a Cobol programmer in the mid 1980's, after graduating from the Ohio State University in Business Administration. I soon realized that my real interest lies in the technical realm, so I continued to gain more of a technical background to learn ground-level information technologies from various schools. Soon I would secure employment working as a software engineer.

I worked in the tech industry for about 25 years in various areas; systems consultant, senior programmer analyst, software engineer, and project leader. That total experience made it so simple to dive into the digital design art world.

I learned art on the fast track by utilizing YouTube, watching videos of Bob Ross and a well-known British artist by the name of Michael James Smith. Michael is a very good art instructor and inspirited me to continue learning the fundamentals of art by first creating a model of the project. Michael is very patient with his creations, so I also needed to slow down my way of thinking and pay greater attention to details.

The tech world is a very detail-oriented environment and there are certain fundamental protocols that you must follow before delivering the final product. It must be well-tested before it goes into general production, so I carried my finished products to work to have my co-workers inspect my work. I carried that same mentality into creating fine art and it helped me learn the art craft faster. Michael also showed me a general protocol for creating oil paintings that if done correctly, would produce a fine painting. Playing all those Michael James Smith art videos over and over until I was confident enough to purchase all the oil and acrylic paints, brushes, solvents etc. that I needed to create my own masterpieces.

I'm semi-retired and still work for Home Depot in the paint department. Working in the paint department has also increased my knowledge on the properties of all paints and mediums. It also helped me to discover the essence of color, hue, saturation, translucency, and values. With this knowledge, I began to start a brand-new career as an artist. I've been painting for about 6 years now and hope to paint for many more years to come. Please join me in my journey to be one of the masters in both traditional based and digital art. Thanks for listening, now let me get back to painting.

I hope you enjoy my work!

Vincent Pierre