I knew I’d be going to jail – it was only a matter of time. I found out when I received a phone call from a lawyer offering his services for $10,000.00, which I didn’t have. All my life, I’ve been an artist. My mother was an abstract expressionist. My father was a big band musician and a virtuoso on the saxophone, clarinet and flute. I attended the High school of Music and Art in New York City. Upon graduation, I enrolled at the school of Visual arts, where I studied illustration, graphics, and type. I became a commercial artist and did past-ups and mechanicals; it’s similar (somewhat) to drafting. Prison has offered me the time and space to concentrate on art. I draw and paint mainly for myself and the other inmates; I do portraits, wild animals, landscapes, cars and anything else the inmates or their children desire. It’s hard to believe but I never thought of becoming a free-lance artist before prison, how I can’t wait to get out so I can start my real career. One of the loves of my life has been my calico cat. She was with me when I got arrested. I couldn’t leave her home alone and not know what happened to her. The kindly policeman offered to take her to my daughter’s house, so I know she’ll be waiting for me when I leave. Only six more months and we’ll be together again; free.
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Side note listed next to drawing where photo should be;
Please note; 5/27/19 Because there are no photographs of me in prison, and no one to send me one in the free world: I’m mailing you this self-portrait done in jail.
Jane Marzell.
Profile; I knew I’d be going to jail – it was only a matter of time. I found out when I received a phone call from a lawyer offering his services for $10,000.00, which I didn’t have. All my life, I’ve been an artist. My mother was an abstract expressionist. My father was a big band musician and a virtuoso on the saxophone, clarinet and flute. I attended the High school of Music and Art in New York City. Upon graduation, I enrolled at the school of Visual arts, where I studied illustration, graphics, and type. I became a commercial artist and did past-ups and mechanicals; it’s similar (somewhat) to drafting. Prison has offered me the time and space to concentrate on art. I draw and paint mainly for myself and the other inmates; I do portraits, wild animals, landscapes, cars and anything else the inmates or their children desire. It’s hard to believe but I never thought of becoming a free-lance artist before prison, how I can’t wait to get out so I can start my real career. One of the loves of my life has been my calico cat. She was with me when I got arrested. I couldn’t leave her home alone and not know what happened to her. The kindly policeman offered to take her to my daughter’s house, so I know she’ll be waiting for me when I leave. Only six more months and we’ll be together again; free.
5/27/19
Jane Marzell profile is finally i get it. What we have to do now and what he do the most to complete profile ever. No one talk the most because it is necessary for them to writemypapers review and make his profile more important.