I agree completely. If one is bored with life, his paintings will show it. Whatever your personality, your paintings will show it. I have always said that one can tell more about the artist from a painting than one can about the subject.
I worked for an ambulance service as a paramedic for several years. I know how it effects ones view of life. Right now I drive a bus for the city. This job also has similiarities to the ambulance work. One is always in the midst of humanity, especially the poor and the impaired. The buses are full of the mentally ill, the retarded, the addicted, immigrants that speak no english,and the physically disabled. They can't afford cars. It gives one lots of practice in reading faces.
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