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Dan’s been immersed
                                                            in the world of art for the
                                                            last twenty years or so,
                                                            getting his start airbrushing
                                                            murals inside his buddy’s
                                                            party houses. By that time, he
                                                            was hooked and he made the
                                                            decision to make a career
                                                            out of his creativity. He went
                                                            to school to learn the craft
                                                            of digital animation and found
                                                            himself working many long,
                                                            unfulfi lling hours in the animated
                                                            movie industry.
                                                              Since Dan had decided that wasn’t
                                                           all it was cracked up to be, he got a
                                                           regular job running a loader at a local mill.
                                                           Fate then stepped in in the form of a serious injury that left
                                                           Dan permanently disabled. His wife brought him an art pad
                                                           to help Dan pass the hours during his long recuperation, and
                                                          it restoked the fi re to create art on HIS terms as a hotrod/
                                                          lowbrow artist.
                                                             He has already parlayed his talent into a gig with
                                                          CARtoons magazine, which was reborn this past year
                                                          after a long hiatus. Among other things, Dan is also doing
                                                          skateboard decks and even has time to carve some cool
                                                          pumpkins for kids at Halloween.






















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