Fred Babb

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Fred Babb
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When Fred was a young boy, elementary school age,
his mother would send him off to school with
lunch money and he would return home with art
supplies. He came from a very large family, 8
children. Paper was in short supply so he would
use grocery bags as his canvas.
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• In high school, Fred met the teacher that changed
  his life as an artist. This teacher, Larry "Mac"
  Macaray, recognized Fred's creative talent and
  his obvious skill. He challenged Fred to make art
  outside the boundaries of skill. He encouraged
  him to go places with his imagination and without
  the restriction of creating what he thought he
  should create, something he believed would be
  acceptable. Through this teacher's guidance Fred
  was given the gift of freedom to create outside
  the standards of "acceptable" art and within the
  limitless boundaries of his own imagination. This
  single experience began the foundation of all his
  future creation process.

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• For years afterward, Fred would experiment with a
  variety of styles and techniques, all of them
  self-discovered. Fred did not pursue art
  education, but rather education through his art.
  During what would be college years, and young
  adult years, he took a couple of art classes, but
  found his direction as an artist coming from
  within himself, rather than through instruction,
  so he left the school system and began to make a
  way of his own.

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• Fred experiences art through the process of
  creating. He does not begin with ideas, he allows
  them to present themselves as he works. He rests
  in his work rather than laboring to bring
  something to fruition. As a result, he is
  extremely prolific.

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