THE ART SCENE
Because I was a compulsive doodler in school a good friend of mine would say, “You should do tattoos.” As I followed my career, he followed his passion and became a hard-core biker. We remained in touch and each time we saw each other he would say, “You shoulda been a tattoo artist, man.”
I thought of Tom when I met EJ Arnold at Washington Galleries in January 2014. Arnold was a contributor to a four-person show the second Friday of that month. His story is as interesting as his work.
How did you come to take an interest in art?
EJA: Art was something that I always did — even as a kid. It was one thing that just came easy to me, but the content always was very dream-like images that sometimes, even though they could be seen in mind, sometimes were a little more difficult to achieve on paper. I had a lot of support from my family growing up, too!
How old were you when you moved from Tennessee to Georgia?
EJA: I think I was 8 or something like that. Possibly in 2nd or 3rd grade.
