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In order to knowingly break rules, you have to take the time to learn them.  That was just never on my list of priorities. I hate being told how to, or not to, do something. I'd rather figure it out on my own, doing it the way that feels best to me. That frame of mind has haunted me my entire life. As a child, that's called "being a "troublemaker". As an adult, I'm considered "a creative thinker". Sometimes, I just see things differently.

Creative thinking served me well throughout my adult life. It enabled me to have a successful professional career, which gave me the means to pursue my passions. One of those passions landed me on ABC's Shark Tank and the opportunity to go into business with one of the Sharks. I didn't take it. Again, too many rules...

Nothing aligns better with creative thinking than art. Art enables disparate ideas to coalesce and manifest in socially acceptable ways. Exploring my work you will notice that I apply advanced technologies (like 3D printing, laser cutting/engraving, oxidation-reduction chemistry, and computer graphics), as well as traditional techniques, to simple everyday materials and objects in ways that typically aren't done. This enables me to create things that typically aren't made.

For my latest works, I created a process I call Funky Cold Patina. By integrating the precision of a laser with cold-patina chemicals, I produce detailed images, using steel as my canvas, and the metal's own oxidation-reduction chemistry as my paint. My subject matter choices come from my life experiences and passions. I focus heavily on things that take me back to my childhood, the work of other artists who have influenced or inspired me, and things that generally make me smile. 

- Don Halpern