TWO WILDLY DIFFERENT ARTISTS, SINGLE MOM GEORGEANA IRELAND AND ENTREPRENEUR PHILANTHROPIST DICK MARCONI SHARE SOME IMPORTANT SIMILIARITIES ...GALLERY SPACE, AND A LOVE OF THE EMOTION ABSTRACT ART CAN EVOKE (MUSIC) I WAS IN GALLERIES BY THE TIME I WAS ABOUT 19 YEARS OLD.

SO I'VE ALWAYS BEEN, I HAD MY FIRST SHOW IN CARMEL CALIFORNIA WHEN I WAS 21.

SO I THINK THAT IS WHAT I'M STRIVING FOR IS AN ARTIST IS MORE TOWARD BEAUTY AND REALLY CAPTURING EMOTION.

I WANT PEOPLE WHEN THEY LOOK AT MY WORK, I WANT THEM TO FEEL IT.

I WANTED TO REALLY SPEAK TO THEIR SPIRIT AND TO ME THAT'S THE MAGIC IN ART.

AND IF I LOVE THAT SONG AND IT SPEAKS TO ME AND IT KIND OF TAKES ME TO ANOTHER PLACE WHEN I'M CREATING, I'LL PUT IT ON REPEAT.

I MEAN I'VE BEEN INTO A SONG, SAME SONG, FOR TWO HOURS THREE HOURS.

AND I DON'T EVEN, BECAUSE THERE COMES A POINT WHERE I'M NOT EVEN HEARING THE SONG ANYMORE.

THERE'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING AND I'M CREATING AND IT'S JUST TAKING ME TO ANOTHER PLACE AND I'M JUST KIND OF DIGGING FROM THAT DEEPER WELL OF CREATION.

FOR EXAMPLE EVEN RISE OVER HERE IT'S IT'S ABSTRACT BUT I SEE THINGS IN IT.

I SEE MYSELF AS A SINGLE MOM AND MY CHILDREN AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE NAME RISE, TO ME AND MY STRIVING YOU KNOW TO OVERCOME MY CIRCUMSTANCES AND TO RISE LIKE RISE ABOVE IT ALL AND THAT THAT DRIVE, I DON'T KNOW THAT INTERNAL FORTITUDE IT'S IT'S SO HELP ME I WILL WHATEVER IT TAKES EVERYTHING I'VE GOT... I'M GOING TO LIVE THE STREAM AND SO IT'S A VERY SYMBOLIC PIECE.

I FEEL IT'S VERY SYMBOLIC OF MY LIFE AND SO I SEE THE EMOTION IN IT BUT IT STILL ABSTRACT.

IS IT A GOOD TIME TO BE AN ARTIST?

IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME TO BE AN ARTIST I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYTHING DIFFERENT I'LL NEVER RETIRE.

I'LL BE AN ARTIST MY WHOLE LIFE, I'LL NEVER RETIRE.

MOST ARTIST DON'T, THEY NEVER RETIRE.

(TRANSITION TO DICK MARCONI) (MUSIC) I DEVELOPED THIS NEW PROCESS CALLED COLOR FUSION, NO ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD IS DOING IT NO ONE ELSE CAN DO IT.

I USE AIRCRAFT PAINT, CAR PAINT, HOUSE PAINT, A LOT OF DIFFERENT PAINTS AND 10 DIFFERENT SOLVENTS SO I CAN MAKE THEM FLOW.

SOME OF THEM FLOW, OTHERS NOT FLOW SO THEY CAN COME TOGETHER OR NOT COME TOGETHER, THEY CAN DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT WITH THEM.

I LOVE IT BECAUSE IT'S AN EXPRESSION OF COLOR FUSION A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN PAINT THIS WITH A BRUSH OR PALETTE KNIFE TO GET A SIMILAR FACT, BUT IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO GET THE FLOW OF THE COLORS LIKE I CAN.

BY USING ALL THESE DIFFERENT SOLVENTS I CAN MAKE WHITE OR GREEN OR ANYTHING GO UP HERE AND MAKE IT STOP OR I CAN MAKE IT BLEND LIKE THIS.

AND A LOT OF IT IS BECAUSE I HAD THE GRADUATE DEGREES IN CHEMISTRY AND EVERYTHING AND I SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE DEVELOPING PHARMACEUTICAL NUTRACEUTICAL PRODUCTS.

BUT HEY LET'S DO IT WITH SOLVENTS AND STUFF.

YOU CAN MAKE THE COLORS FLOW AND MOVE AND IT GIVES IT ANOTHER DIMENSION... KIND OF TALKS TO YOU AND I LIKE THE TEXTURE AND THEN THE HARDLY ANY TEXTURE THERE.

I JUST WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR A GUY THAT STARTED WITH NOTHING AND LEARNED EARNED AND RETURNED AND NOW IS RETURNING ARTWORK AND STUFF TO THE WORLD AND BRING PEOPLE SOME PLEASURE BY ENJOYING MY ART.

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