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Robert ´Bobby´ Holz
Robert 'Bobby' Holz
Robert has a hard time remembering how to walk in the morning. He spends most of his day drilling away with a mechanical pencil on paper and watching the world drift by around him. 'It's always the same day,' he says. 'But right now I like the way this one day looks and feels.'Fourth Decade!!! My existence has hit a substantial milestone. I don't know what to think about it. Um. Yeah.
Heh. Let's see. Well, as it says above, my name is Robert Holz, though I'd really rather you call me Bobby. I'm a Houstonian by birth. I've lived there most of my life, save four years spent in North Carolina when I was in the military, and six months living in Austin, where I reside now. The pilgrimage to Austin was a result of Hurricane Rita. God bless her. I needed to get out of Houston. Don't get me wrong. I have good memories of Houston... I just don't care to make new ones.Drawing hit me when I was four years old. You can thank the 1979 sci-fi movie 'The Black Hole', and my Uncle Frank for that. Mostly my Uncle Frank. He made the NEATEST stuff (the only word that sums up all of his creations) from spare plastic model parts, plastic plates, and whatever else he could utilize. Ahem... err... anyway, he also drew very well. I picked up my first drawing instincts from watching the way he illustrated his mind to paper. That is, whenever he'd let me look over his shoulder. Gradeschool left me a solitary child, not being the type to jump right into a crowd and make friends, so I kept myself entertained by doodling whatever I could. Then as time wore on, and it occured to me that I was becoming no less shy, what were once 'doodles' became 'full time obsessions.' Down went my grades (from lack of homework, mind you... I'm no dummy! [wry grin]) ...and up went my drawing skills. You see, when you can draw, people see you as a tool before they can consider how you'd work as a punching bag. And, at the time, I prefered to be THOUGHT of as a tool. Hell, I'd even let myself be used from time to time to keep from being on anyone's bad side.
At some point, I grew a backbone, stopped drawing to be in the favor of others, and began to do my own thing. Seven or eight years ago, that 'thing' became fantasy art. I love it. I breath it. Don't ask me if I know this artist or that... chances are I don't. I'm not the sort to spend hours searching out famous artwork on random whims. On occassion I flip through the book titles at Narnes and Boble, but that is usually an act forged from being idle for too long and not sure where to go next.
If you have ANY questions or comments, I encourage you to email me. I do read the comments here, and have been spending more time trying to respond to them, but chances are you'll get a much quicker response if you just shoot me a line directly.
Heh. Let's see. Well, as it says above, my name is Robert Holz, though I'd really rather you call me Bobby. I'm a Houstonian by birth. I've lived there most of my life, save four years spent in North Carolina when I was in the military, and six months living in Austin, where I reside now. The pilgrimage to Austin was a result of Hurricane Rita. God bless her. I needed to get out of Houston. Don't get me wrong. I have good memories of Houston... I just don't care to make new ones.Drawing hit me when I was four years old. You can thank the 1979 sci-fi movie 'The Black Hole', and my Uncle Frank for that. Mostly my Uncle Frank. He made the NEATEST stuff (the only word that sums up all of his creations) from spare plastic model parts, plastic plates, and whatever else he could utilize. Ahem... err... anyway, he also drew very well. I picked up my first drawing instincts from watching the way he illustrated his mind to paper. That is, whenever he'd let me look over his shoulder. Gradeschool left me a solitary child, not being the type to jump right into a crowd and make friends, so I kept myself entertained by doodling whatever I could. Then as time wore on, and it occured to me that I was becoming no less shy, what were once 'doodles' became 'full time obsessions.' Down went my grades (from lack of homework, mind you... I'm no dummy! [wry grin]) ...and up went my drawing skills. You see, when you can draw, people see you as a tool before they can consider how you'd work as a punching bag. And, at the time, I prefered to be THOUGHT of as a tool. Hell, I'd even let myself be used from time to time to keep from being on anyone's bad side.
At some point, I grew a backbone, stopped drawing to be in the favor of others, and began to do my own thing. Seven or eight years ago, that 'thing' became fantasy art. I love it. I breath it. Don't ask me if I know this artist or that... chances are I don't. I'm not the sort to spend hours searching out famous artwork on random whims. On occassion I flip through the book titles at Narnes and Boble, but that is usually an act forged from being idle for too long and not sure where to go next.
If you have ANY questions or comments, I encourage you to email me. I do read the comments here, and have been spending more time trying to respond to them, but chances are you'll get a much quicker response if you just shoot me a line directly.
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Robert 'Bobby' Holz
User Name: bobbyholz Page: http://www.elfwood.com/~bobbyholz Robert is not an Elfwood patron Joined Elfwood: Unknown... Last login at Elfwood: 2012-02-24 15:16:00 Profile Views: 11852 Number of written comments: 36 Total characters in comments: 3519Links
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