The story behind my Weapons of Warrior Wisdom.
One day, a
new art acquaintance was over in my studio and he spotted a big stack of
6×9 pieces of watercolor paper with drawings, quotes and doodles on
them. He started going through them and asked me what they were.
I told him they were my
Weapons of Warrior Wisdom. The name just came out without really thinking about.
He couldn’t
believe how many there were (hundreds), just sitting there piled up one
on top of the other. He said, “Well, whatever you call them, they’re
damn good… unique…and inspiring…and you ought to consider making these
available for purchase as one way of selling more of your art. You said
you’re not really interested in doing prints of your larger original
pieces, and that’s fine, but sell these as originals.”
Each Weapon
of Warrior Wisdom Art piece is on a 6×9 piece of 400 Series Strathmore
cold press Watercolor paper and drawn/colored with Archival Inks that
won’t fade. I’ve also framed them — nice quality white wooden 8×10 frame
with glass — desktop size. They are Numbered and Dated and autographed
on the back of the black mat paper.
I do
sketches of individuals who inspire me (authors, creators, doers,
thinkers, historical figures, etc.) and scrawl a quote of theirs beside
the drawing. Often, I add a few Blunt, Bold and no BS thoughts of my OWN
alongside theirs.
Or I doodle
using my Ultimate Warrior logo and MY 20-yr-running signature
catchphrase, Always Believe. I do these as part of my daily self-study
and prep to inspire myself into a positive, ass-kicking frame of mind
for the day.