About the Artist

Hi, my name is Audrey Bellan ~ I appreciate you stopping by! I've sold the

majority of my work on eBay. I can be found on eBay under my User ID, existentialist_philter. I've been a member since June of 2001. I am also a member of EBSQ, an online community of independent artists.

I've been drawing since I was about six years old. My mother sent me two books I created when I

was about 9 years old, "Mr. and Mrs. Boogie Man Go to the Great Disco" and

I am a self taught artist; although I have taken a few art classes in college. I hold a

AA in Criminal Justice and a BA in Criminology, graduating Magna Cum Laude at SLU.

I obtained a Paralegal Certificate there after at ODU. I served four years AD Navy during

Desert Storm as a YN3 at a Helicopter Squadron in North Island, CA and then at

NAVAIRESFOR in LA. I also have a handsome husband, son, and beautiful daughter, all

I have often wondered what it would have been like to major in art as my Mother had.

My Mother is a well recognized and outstanding equestrian artist.

She is admired by the equine community and has done commissioned work. She has the

mechanics to drawing/painting any type of horse down to a science, almost as if she has the

textbook anatomy of the horse imprinted into her mind. My Father; on the other hand, has

skill as a self taught cartoonist. I remember as a kid getting a kick out of the drawings he did of

My father motivated me to continue to develop my own style when he came for a visit in 2000. He fell in

love with a door I painted in acrylics. Painting this door was actually my first attempt

in painting. Before that I had stuck to what I was comfortable with which was pen and ink and

When I drew in pen and ink I would look at something and then try to replicate it.

Sometimes I would just let my mind flow and create my own images. With the painting

I have done, I have not attempted to replicate anything and have never had an exact plan on

what I was actually going to paint. I just gathered up the paints and went to work.

I never pencil anything in first, it's all freeform straight up paint. Mediums have included

furniture, vases, pieces of wood and canvas. This style of art has been given the term Outsider Art.

I believe that I am finally developing my own Art Style but I still have so much more to learn.

I humbly remain open to growing. I find the act of painting much more difficult than any other

What interests me is the meaning behind the painting. I am inspired by

art that has a political feel to it. The old cliché, a picture speaks a thousand words, is

what I aim for. I like to get people to think about what the art might mean to them

and then compare it with what I had in mind as I was creating and my thoughts of it

as finished work. I give political thought to a painting before I start my work, just certain

ideas that are pretty much main stream I suppose, but then I like to turn it around and give it

a twist. From the point of having many thoughts, with no real definite thought given to the actual

ending of the piece, allows me to paint free flowing from my mind. The idea is there; yet, the ending

work pictured in my mind is not as I work. I find myself pretty surprised in the end at the meaning

Viking Bolvine Brave Warrior, (Bolvine) at one and a half years old above. He and his sister, Harley Lady Queen of Night, (Lady) are Rough Collies and three and a half now.

My Tennessee Walker, P.J.'s Beam, who just turned 8 in April...

Click above to check out EBSQ & my profile

I'm a linked artist to Island Art; click above to enter!

Link directly to my other Website containing my poetry

I retain all publishing and reproduction rights on all my work; no reuse without


	ART FORM \| home About the Artist \| Work Saved Over the Years \| The Door Which Inspired My Painting \| Gallery I \| Gallery II \| Gallery III \| A Work in Progress \| Contact, Payment & Shipping Information \| Stephanie's Birthday Party About the Artist Hi, my name is Audrey Bellan ~ I appreciate you stopping by! I've sold the majority of my work on eBay. I can be found on eBay under my User ID, existentialist_philter. I've been a member since June of 2001. I am also a member of EBSQ, an online community of independent artists. I've been drawing since I was about six years old. My mother sent me two books I created when I was about 9 years old, "Mr. and Mrs. Boogie Man Go to the Great Disco" and "The Draw Book and The Cat." I am a self taught artist; although I have taken a few art classes in college. I hold a AA in Criminal Justice and a BA in Criminology, graduating Magna Cum Laude at SLU. I obtained a Paralegal Certificate there after at ODU. I served four years AD Navy during Desert Storm as a YN3 at a Helicopter Squadron in North Island, CA and then at NAVAIRESFOR in LA. I also have a handsome husband, son, and beautiful daughter, all of who I am very proud of. I have often wondered what it would have been like to major in art as my Mother had. My Mother is a well recognized and outstanding equestrian artist. She is admired by the equine community and has done commissioned work. She has the mechanics to drawing/painting any type of horse down to a science, almost as if she has the textbook anatomy of the horse imprinted into her mind. My Father; on the other hand, has skill as a self taught cartoonist. I remember as a kid getting a kick out of the drawings he did of Pop Eye that were really good. My father motivated me to continue to develop my own style when he came for a visit in 2000. He fell in love with a door I painted in acrylics. Painting this door was actually my first attempt in painting. Before that I had stuck to what I was comfortable with which was pen and ink and wood burning. J. Adamson 1986. When I drew in pen and ink I would look at something and then try to replicate it. Sometimes I would just let my mind flow and create my own images. With the painting I have done, I have not attempted to replicate anything and have never had an exact plan on what I was actually going to paint. I just gathered up the paints and went to work. I never pencil anything in first, it's all freeform straight up paint. Mediums have included furniture, vases, pieces of wood and canvas. This style of art has been given the term Outsider Art. I believe that I am finally developing my own Art Style but I still have so much more to learn. I humbly remain open to growing. I find the act of painting much more difficult than any other media I've ever worked with. What interests me is the meaning behind the painting. I am inspired by art that has a political feel to it. The old cliché, a picture speaks a thousand words, is what I aim for. I like to get people to think about what the art might mean to them and then compare it with what I had in mind as I was creating and my thoughts of it as finished work. I give political thought to a painting before I start my work, just certain ideas that are pretty much main stream I suppose, but then I like to turn it around and give it a twist. From the point of having many thoughts, with no real definite thought given to the actual ending of the piece, allows me to paint free flowing from my mind. The idea is there; yet, the ending work pictured in my mind is not as I work. I find myself pretty surprised in the end at the meaning I find in the finished piece. My husband in Afghanistan Viking Bolvine Brave Warrior, (Bolvine) at one and a half years old above. He and his sister, Harley Lady Queen of Night, (Lady) are Rough Collies and three and a half now. My Tennessee Walker, P.J.'s Beam, who just turned 8 in April... and Tyler who's 4 and a half! Click above to check out EBSQ & my profile I'm a linked artist to Island Art; click above to enter! Link directly to my other Website containing my poetry I retain all publishing and reproduction rights on all my work; no reuse without permission of the artist. Copyright © 2002 - 2004 Audrey Bellan ART FORM All Rights Reserved