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Some people know me as Dan Keplinger, others as King Gimp, but
they both stand for loyalty, honesty and a fighting spirit. I was born
with Cerebral Palsy on January 19, 1973. My formal education started
when I entered early intervention at eighteen months of age and
continued in special education until I was mainstreamed at the age of
sixteen. It was then that I discovered my artistic talent. The finale to
my formal education was obtaining my MFA at the age of thirty-five.
My life was the subject of the 2000 Oscar Award winning documentary 'King Gimp'. I was then featured in a Cingular commercial during the 2001 Super Bowl. I currently travel nationally and internationally with my wife as an artist and speaker to inspire everyone to find their passion in life. Recently those travels included a live painting demonstration at a DC Metro Theater as well as a panel at the United Nations. In addition, I've completed an Artist Residency to produce prints.
As a guest lecturer or speaker, I generally show one of the films about my life, talk about my experiences, and answer questions from the audience. Given a longer day, I also bring the magic of creating a drawing while others watch. Once you book a drawing event, the piece is yours to display or use as a fundraiser.
I hope you will be interested in sharing the rich diversity of my life with your staff, clients, and their families. Following are links to more information on King Gimp, as well as to some quotes about Dan.
I look forward to hearing from you and the possibility of sharing the extraordinary world of my journey. References are made available upon request.
Sincerely,
Dan Keplinger, Artist
My life was the subject of the 2000 Oscar Award winning documentary 'King Gimp'. I was then featured in a Cingular commercial during the 2001 Super Bowl. I currently travel nationally and internationally with my wife as an artist and speaker to inspire everyone to find their passion in life. Recently those travels included a live painting demonstration at a DC Metro Theater as well as a panel at the United Nations. In addition, I've completed an Artist Residency to produce prints.
As a guest lecturer or speaker, I generally show one of the films about my life, talk about my experiences, and answer questions from the audience. Given a longer day, I also bring the magic of creating a drawing while others watch. Once you book a drawing event, the piece is yours to display or use as a fundraiser.
I hope you will be interested in sharing the rich diversity of my life with your staff, clients, and their families. Following are links to more information on King Gimp, as well as to some quotes about Dan.
I look forward to hearing from you and the possibility of sharing the extraordinary world of my journey. References are made available upon request.
Sincerely,
Dan Keplinger, Artist
Thank you for this post, very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI am a marketer in Grenoble (France). I use on an everyday basis Gimp and Canva.
Gimp is not very intuitive, you need months and months of use to begin making amazing stuff with it.
On the other side, Canva is the most intuitive photo editor ever. In 5 minutes you can create catchy images, background that do not look like an old ‘paint’ image.
So the best combo is to modify your image with Gimp, put it in PNG format, and ‘work’ on it with Canva. Hope it will give you ideas
Stefan
marketer at
http://www.bluepixelcie.com