Fernando Agudelo Fernando was born the youngest of four brothers in the South American Andes. Raised by his mother - a fashion manufacturing designer - he remembers his early schooling as being fun. Fernando "Every class was an opportunity to draw all kinds of topics. It worked well for his art classes (where he received top scores), but the material in the other classes was somewhat lost on him. "Painting and drawing were in my blood and forced their way to the white surface," he explains. "I would get most thrilled when my head started to feel like it spun in every direction trying to produce just the right visual impression." As early as age seven, Fernando would tirelessly wander the museums, absorbing the displayed works and committing them to memory. When he would come back home, he would then try to reproduce what he had seen, thereby learning techniques that enabled such art. His attempts were remarkably successful. In 1968, he was offered to sell one of the replica he had brought to the museum to compare to the original. It looked like a faithful print. While he was principally inspired by the great artists of the European Renaissance, he quickly developed his own style and continued his development as an self-taught artist. Navigation Home Page Florida Artists Search by Media Slide Show Favored Links Info & Feedback About Our Pages Gift Shop Bookstore Ordering Info Featured Artist Tidbits E-Mail Site Search Click Here to request info on any of this artist's pieces! At age sixteen, Fernando began producing a variety of works for a living: portraits, landscapes, murals, poster, book covers and movie billboards. "I felt the need to explore all the avenues that presented themselves to me, to be a Jack-of-all-trades," he remembers. He found pleasure in accepting never- before-attempted challenges, to the point of life-threatening situations. In addition, he did not limit himself to just solo productions. Group productions were welcome outlets for his creativity. After some time, our artist decided to try to market his talent in the U.S.A. Soon after his arrival, he went to visit Disneyland and actually asked Mickey himself (his childhood pal) for a suggestion as to where to show his portfolio. It worked: He was pointed in the right direction, and quickly made effective contacts. "I was initially offered small parts of various productions, " Fernando recalls, "but the breadth of my experience would often allow me to eventually take over projects and produce them entirely. That resulted in considerable savings for clients. Finding work was never a problem: I'd find myself working simultaneously on four different projects at times. "The theme park industry was a fertile ground for his creative juices; he designed (among other things) a dinosaur walkthrough ride ("The Last Dinosaur Kingdom"), a boat ride ("The Amazon Adventure"), and an intergalactic battle show in a dark setting ("Star Patrol"). While he prepared and directed artistic designs, he found himself working with engineers, architects, sculptors, illustrators, backdrop painters and so forth. A complete production from concept to final production would involve the creation of various views (plan views, perspective views, front views etc.) stage designs, backdrops and scenery, vehicles of all sorts, and animatronic figures. Today, Fernando is aiming his multifaceted talents and energies at fusing the traditional easel with the latest digital technologies. "This is what I always wanted to do," he explains, "exploring this endles creativity with a sense of purpose." Today, Fernando is aiming his multifaceted talents and energies at painting his series of images "Healing Gardens", as a healing therapy. "It's basically a reflection on how the environment has made an impact to the American public on all kind of illness: Cancer, arthritis, lupus, diabetes, and the list goes on an on, due in great part to the men-made industrial complex society. "Studies I had made on Dr. Roger Ulrich, Gary Null, Ph.D. and Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., indicate that images can, in fact alter a person's mental state and well being. Art of "The Healing Gardens" has a physiological relaxation, relief of anxiety and pain, which results is indicated by a reduction of blood pressure, heart rate and better memory. This tranquil imagery has made dramatic improvements to the mind during times of intense stress".   "Have you beheld a man skillful in his work? Before kings is where he will station himself; he will not station himself before commonplace men." 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