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Weapons of Wisdom

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.