ABOUT OUR ARTISTS
                          

WELCOME, IF YOU HAVE VISITED THE ARTS SECTION YOU WILL HAVE NOTICED THAT THIS SITE HIGHLIGHTS 3 ARTISTS. TWO OF WHOM LIVE IN SOUTH AMERICA, AND ONE THOUGH BORN THERE MOVED TO THE U.S.A. MANY YEARS AGO. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO I PRESENT SOME BRIEF INFO ABOUT THEIR LIVES, LOVES, ART, AND TURN ONS.

A LITTLE NOTE BEFORE WE GET TO THE GOOD PART. I AM SURE YOU HAVE NOTICED THE SIMILAR LAST NAMES OF TWO OF THE ARTISTS, WELL ITS TRUE LEON T. AND NAPOLEON PAREDES ARE BROTHERS. ALSO I MUST CONFESS HERE THAT I AM THE SON OF LEON TROTSKY PAREDES. YOU SEE OUR FAMILY BREEDS ARTISTS LIKE KENNEDY'S BREED SCANDALS. THEIR FATHER, MY GRANDFATHER, WAS ONE OF THE LEADING ARTIST OF ECUADOR, IN HIS DAY (YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME OF HIS CHRISTMAS PICTURES AT THIS SITE). AS IT STANDS NOW NAPO IS ONE OF THE LEADING ARTIST OF SOUTH AMERICA, WHILE TROTSKY BECAME A BANKER, THEN HIS NATURE TOOK OVER FORCING HIM TO BECOME A ARTIST (MOST OF THE PICTURES ON THIS SITE WERE DONE IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS), BUT I DIGRESS LETS GET STARTED NOW WITH LEON PAREDES.

LEON PAREDES WAS BORN IN QUITO, ECUADOR IN 1936 TO DIOGENES PAREDES, A FUTURE FAMOUS ARTIST. A REBEL IN HIS YOUTH, HE LEFT HOME JOINED THE NAVY AND SHOCKED HIS COMMUNIST FATHER BY MARRYING A GIRL FROM ALABAMA AND BECOMING A AMERICAN BANKER. DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE HAS  SKETCHED AND DRAWN ALL HIS LIFE, IT WAS ONLY AFTER HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE BANK THAT HIS TRUE GENIUS BECAME APPARENT. PREVIOUSLY HE HAD GIVEN AWAY WHATEVER WORKS HE HAD PRODUCED, HOWEVER NOW HE HAS VOWED NEVER AGAIN. WHICH IS WHY HE REFUSES TO SALE ANY OF HIS ORIGINALS (IF INTERESTED IN A ORIGINAL, MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO TO THE SPECIALS PAGE AND READ BETWEEN THE LINES), THE ONLY ONE OF OUR ARTISTS TO DO SO. A TRUE ARTISTS ARTIST; HE IS OBSESSED WITH PERFECTION (NOT ONE PRINT GOES OUT WITHOUT HIS PERSONAL APPROVAL).  HIS TURN ONS INCLUDE ART AND PRO-WRESTLING. TURN OFFS ARE SELF-PROMOTION AND TALKING ABOUT HIS OWN PAINTING (THOUGH HE WAS VERY PROUD TO WIN THE ELECTRIFIER SITE OF THE MONTH FOR DECEMBER, HE NEVER WOULD HAVE POSTED HIS PICTURES HIMSELF).  DESPITE DRAWING SERIOUSLY FOR ONLY A FEW MONTHS HE HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO DEVELOP A FOLLOWING; ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUNGER ARTISTS WHO RECOGNIZE HIS NEW AND UNIQUE STYLE. HE IS A LIVING REPRESENTATION OF DRAGONS BLOOD IN ALL ITS ARTISTIC AND INSANE STYLE.

NAPOLEON PAREDES IS LEON PAREDES YOUNGER BROTHER. BORN IN 1947, TO DIOGENES AND FANNY PAREDES, HE WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE A LAWYER BUT HE TOO REBELLED AND ENDED UP A ARTIST. NAPO FOLLOWED A MUCH MORE TRADITIONAL PATH, AS HE DEVELOPED HIS TECHNIQUE OVER TIME; DOING THE SHOWS, THE STARVING ARTIST BIT, ETC...VERY YOUNG AND TALENTED WHEN HE BEGAN, IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME TILL HE TOOK HIS PLACE AS ONE OF SOUTH AMERICAS TOP ARTISTS. HE HAS HAD EXPOSITIONS THROUGHOUT SOUTH AMERICA AS WELL AS SPAIN, FRANCE, AND ENGLAND. HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE BIENAL COMPETITION IN CUBA (SORT OF LIKE A OLYMPICS FOR ARTISTS, ITS HELD IN A DIFFERENT CITY IN THE WORLD EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS) THEN WINNING IT IN MIAMI IN 1986. NOW HE IS LIVING NEAR THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN IN QUITO. HIS TURN ONS INCLUDE PAYING ALIMONY TO HIS 14 WIVES AND SUPPORTING HIS 38 CHILDREN. TURNOFFS ARE INCEST OUTSIDE THE FAMILY AND DROOLING ON HIMSELF WE HAVE SEVERAL OF HIS ORIGINALS FOR SALE AT PRICES RANGING IN PRICE FROM 3.500$ TO 12.000$. IF INTERESTED PLEASE NOTIFY US AND WE CAN SEND YOU EVERYTHING FROM ARTICLES ABOUT HIM, TO HIGH QUALITY PHOTO, OR EVEN PRIVATE SHOWINGS.

NAPO IS NOT THE ONLY BIENAL WINNER WE REPRESENT, THE OTHER PABLO GOLDENBERG IS OUR OWN VAN GOUGH. I SAY THIS NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRILLIANT SWIRLING COLORS AND IMAGES HE USES, HE IS ALSO THE STEREOTYPICAL MAD GENIUS. HE WON HIS BIENAL IN MEXICO IN 1992 WHEN THEY WERE, IN HIS WORDS, "CELEBRATING THE MEETING OF 2 GREAT CULTURES". BORN IN CHILE IN 1951, HE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE AFTER THE DICTATORSHIP WAS ESTABLISHED. HE SPENT 4 YEARS IN ARGENTINA BEFORE HIS WIFE'S FAMILY CONNECTIONS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO RETURN. YOU COULD VERY EASY WRITE A VERY INTERESTING BOOK ON PABLO'S LIFE, SUCH AS THE TIME WHEN DOVES WERE BANNED FROM PICTURES AS POSSIBLE POLITICAL SYMBOLS AND IN PROTEST HE RELEASED HUNDREDS OF THEM AT ONE OF HIS EXPOSITIONS. HOWEVER, THOUGH SITE IS STARTING TO SEEM LIKE ONE, THIS IS NOT A BOOK AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH ROOM IN HUNDREDS OF SITES TO CATALOG ALL THE INSANE STUFF PABLO'S DONE. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT PABLO'S ONE OF THE TOP ARTISTS FROM CHILE, AND ONE OF THE BEST OF LATIN AMERICA. SOME TURNONS ARE  PLAYFUL BULL FIGHTING IN HIS BACKYARD, AND PLOTTING REVOLUTIONS. TURNOFFS INCLUDE SELF CANNIBALISM AND POLICE TORTURE.  RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SEVERAL PICTURES OF HIS FOR SALE THEY START AT4,000$ AND GO TO 14,000. AS ABOVE, IF INTERESTED PLEASE NOTIFY US AND WE CAN SEND YOU EVERYTHING FROM ARTICLES ABOUT HIM, TO HIGH QUALITY PHOTO, OR EVEN ARRANGE PRIVATE SHOWINGS.

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LAST ADDED TO ON 12/13/04