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My name is Joe babika , As a Mentor house painter and self proclaimed master artist of my painting craft, there are some life lessons I want to share with you. There are many skills young fathers should teach their sons as they mature. What comes to mind as a matter of fact is how to fix problems with the family car; changing a tire, oil and windshield wipers.
Traditionally I speak of the relationship between father and son, but this article also applies to fathers and daughters. Being able to be a “handy-man” around the house is a critical skill for young adults to acquire so that when they are really mature adults with their own homes and apartments , so that they are not at a loss when it comes to fixing and refurbishing projects. I highly recommend teaching your children about painting. Yes, even painting has longevity in the lifetime of a person. How many times have you had to choose a paint; and what type, what color, what brushes or perhaps not even brushes simply the choice of wallpaper may resolve the issue. And what if this young home owner had no time or skill to complete a major home project? Under what criteria would they use to hire a skilled painter to do the job if they themselves have never painted anything in their lives? The riddle is equal to buying a brand new car, of course, you are accompanied by one of your parents or friend who has owned several cars in the past and knows what questions to ask and what issues to explore with the car’s features. It is the same way with hiring a painter, one must know something about painting or you could be a victim to price inflation, agreeing to the wrong recommended colors, or worse yet the wrong faux finish for your home’s lifestyle. What fathers should do is always request the “assistance” of their children when doing simple projects like the staining of wood surfaces, wall papering, painting and or dry-wall.
These are very important skills to at least attempt to engrain in the minds of young adults, because they are the future custodians of inherited property passed down from their parents to them. As I have seen in my 30 plus years of craftsmanship is that often the second generation is bewildered with basic home refurbishing and of course, painting. Whereas their Baby-boomer parents were accustomed to performing all the house hold renovations—major and minor—their adult children however are completely lost. There is one plus the younger generation has over their parents—the internet. The twenty-something home owners are able to research on the internet all of the possibilities of interior home painting to be found in our great state of Ohio. Often, my business babika Painting Inc, is contacted by the adult children of these Boomer parents who are requesting a unique faux paint finish for their childhood homes. I take fatherly pride in showing young homeowners how I perform my trade, the type of brushes and tools we use and sometimes I’ll even give a mini-lesson in proper brush stroke for virgin home painters. We here at babika Painting Inc take great pride in educating our home and business owners, we don’t “talk at you” or “strong arm” you like other a mature painters into choosing the wrong paint for the wrong surfaces. We share our experience with you from every brush stroke and from the very depths of our soul, painting is our way of life and it is a skill that has been passed down from our fathers to you.
There is no relationship more precious than family and secondly the relationship between family and the home they live in. I want that you spend your precious family time teaching not just your sons but also your daughters basic “home” skills that can carry with them into their adult lives when they become mature and responsible to become the custodian of your present home. At that future date Babika Painting Inc., will be waiting for their phone call to help take care of that childhood home.
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Posted in Painting · April 30th, 2010 · Comments (0)
Timothy Razkani launches site with Donald Gates Abstract Art had come naturally to Timothy Razkani since pre-school. His art teacher Miss Angelo saw his potential and remains in touch with him to this day. She still beleives his best Abstract Art is yet to come.
Abstract underground is going to be the place to go for high quality original prints. The launch is expected towards the middle of April. Timothy found himself amazed at a New York art fair when he brought in over $20,000 with only a few pieces auctioned. Donald Gates found the young man and inked him for a 50% running control of a company they are launching very soon to bring Timothy Razkani’s art pieces public.
They plan to get the man exposure by exploring several internet means of delivery, art fairs, and schools. His paintings speak for themselves in originality. Abstract art is a true art and becoming a great Abstract artist….. Well…. You either have it or you don’t, and Miss Angelo, who was Timothy’s art teacher from a young age, saw potential in the boy and remains in contact with him to this day. Timothy is not much of a business man. Some canvas, paint, paint brushes, and a box of Roman Noodles and he is set for the week. He wasn’t really interested when Donald approached him about making a business deal.
We actually caught up with Donald and this is what he had to say. “I have never seen somebody or met somebody that didn’t care about money. I told him how much money he could make and he wasn’t interested. At the New York art fair he was approached by several business men and they couldn’t strike a deal with him, he kept saying “I just want to paint please leave me alone.” I kept pushing him and pushing him on the money side, but he wouldn’t break. I finally took a different route with him. I pitched him like this “could you imagine just painting and dropping out of school and not even knowing anything about business, but having one of the most successful abstract art businesses in America?” I finally had his attention. Before I said this to him, I thought to myself “he doesn’t want the money, he doesn’t like school, he loves to paint, well…. that is all he loves, but he needs money.” It hit me like a ton of bricks. Timothy wasn’t interested in doing the business because he doesn’t care and nobody had pitched the idea that nothing in his life would change with the business, except his ability to buy art supply and live his dream of painting all the time. He just didn’t want to have his time consumed with things like paper work, all of Timothy’s paper was really canvas work with a brush!!! I asked him what he wanted to call it and with in a second the answer was “Abstract Underground.”
So the world and America can expect to see even more of his work that was submitted to the New York art fair very soon. http://www.abstractunderground.com will be launching very soon. Donald is even considering some more practical measures of getting the art out to the public before the launch. Think just anyone is going to get the art? Not so fast… His first 3 pieces auctioned for an average price of $5,277. Donald is thinking more supply may bring the cost down a little, but not too much.
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Posted in Painting · March 22nd, 2010 · Comments (0)