When world's collide--I've always liked that phrase. It means when your different groups suddenly over lap. Some people know this about you, others know different stuff about about. My world in the last 15 years has been pretty much photography related---people who know me know me as a photographer--or as the 'photo dude'. Before that for about 10 years photography was there, but my main life was as an art student learning to draw and paint. And my professional degrees are with a concentration in painting. I don't paint as much as I'd like these days....to be honest the photography world has really satisfied my need to make stuff and I can't say I miss painting....that doesn't mean I don't still desire to make paintings, its just that I am making work daily so I don't miss making work with paint. Every year I have some moments that I paint or draw for a month or so--usually comes about when I'm cleaning or organizing and suddenly start to work on a piece that has been abandoned. I now have a lot of unfinished work around as a result. A year or so ago I began to really combine photography and painting together. I think there will eventually be something there for me...though I'm unsure what. With the purchase of an iphone and its camera I'm beginning to look at some of this work again and making photographic sketches to alter the process even further. And again, I'm not sure where it will go... but I'll make something new everyday--thats for sure. iphone hipstamatic photograph of an in-progress photo/print/drawing self portrait by Richard Sayer