NAME: Chad KnappAGE: 46PLACE OF BIRTH: Denver, respectively.CURRENT LOCATION: Phoenix, respectively.EDUCATION: Colorado Mountain College, Northern Arizona University (Bachelors of Art and Education), University of Northern Colorado Masters Fine ArtOCCUPATION: Art teacher, Phoenix Union High School DistrictSYNOPSIS: The media I primarily use is pen and ink or oil paints. My work represents my struggle with personal philosophies concerning modernist and postmodernist visual art theories. "The avant-garde poet or artist tries in effect to imitate God by creating something valid solely on its own terms." Clement Greenberg (1971). "Art and Culture: Critical Essays", p.6, Beacon Press. My intention is to create something that is individually its own, not a representation of any particular object or event. I fail in these exercises countlessly and within acceptance. I also like to use humor.