DART:
I am very happily married to my beautiful and loving wife, Ali.
I was born in Hannibal, MO and moved to the St. Louis, MO area at the age of 11. When in school, I took every art course that my High School had to offer. Two years after Graduting, I served in the U.S.Army at Fort Campbell, KY. Home of the 101st Airborne -
"Screamin' Eagles".
My wife and I meet online in the Yahoo Chat rooms in 2004. In 2005, I went to New Zealand for a 'Trip of a Lifetime' to meet her face to face. Things went so well that I proposed to her.
ALI:
Ali was born in Putaruru, New Zealand. Her parents were in the Plants and Nursery Field and Ali has worked in several nurseries in the Bay of Plenty area of New Zealand.
Even though Ali has no formal training in art, she has always enjoyed doing arts and crafts with her two sons, as they were growing up.
After meeting Dart, she moved to the United States and they were married in August of 2005.
HOW WE STARTED PAINTING:
Ali and I saw the
'Space Art Family' doing this style of artwork at the Oktoberfest in St. Charles, MO in Oct. 2006 and we instantly captivated by the techniques used to create such unique and original works of Art. The couple offered to teach us how to do this style of painting, but they were booked up for over a month. We went home and a couple of days later went out and purchased several cans of spray paint and paper and began practicing.
Since both of us had previously enjoyed doing many different forms of art, we picked up the knack for spray painting rather quickly. After a little over two weeks of practicing, every night for 6, 8 or even 10 hours per night,we began doing 'LIVE PERFORMANCES'.
In Sept 2007, we went to give Cosmo Kid a hand at the Virginia State Fair and
the Anderson County Fair, in Anderson, S. Carolina.
It was an invaluable experience. Cosmo had many tips, techniques and
new ideas for paintings that he shared with us.
Thank you for all your help Cosmo!
NOW:
Our life's journey has now led us to New Zealand and we are having a
BLAST! We will soon be giving classes for doing Spray Paint Art and doing our live performances at different venues throughout the country.
