GOOD DAY, MY FULL NAME IS HEROLD PATRICK ALEXIS. I WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK IN 1968. I AM A SELF TAUGHT PAINTER. I AM ALSO A DETECTIVE WITH NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. TO DATE THE MAJORITY OF MY WORK IS INSPIRED BY MY 18 PLUS YEARS WITH THE DEPARTMENT. MY PAINTING ALL ON 3'X4' CANVAS AND IN OIL DEAL WITH THE VARIOUS SENSITIVE TOPICS INVOLVING POLICING TODAY. MY PAINTING ARE DIFFERENT IN THAT THEY ARE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EXPERIENCES I HAD PERSONAL AND FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF. SOME OF THE TOPICS I PAINT ABOUT INVOLVE STOP AND FRISK, POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTINGS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE COMPLEXITY OF BEING A BLACK POLICE OFFICER WORKING PREDOMINANTLY BLACK COMMUNITIES. TO DATE MY GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT AS FAR AS MY ART WORK GOES IS HAVING BEEN SELECTED THIS PAST AUGUST 2018 TO EXHIBIT MY WORK AT THE AGORA GALLERY'S 33RD CHELSEA INTERNATIONAL FINE ARTS COMPETITION EXHIBITION. THE EVENT WAS INSPIRING AND MOTIVATED ME TO CONTINUING TELLING MY STORIES ABOUT BEING A BLACK POLICE OFFICER DURING THESE DIFFICULT AND TURBULENT TIMES. MY GOAL WITH MY ART WORK IS TO PROVIDE POLICE OFFICERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THEIR STORIES AND POINT OF VIEW OF VARIOUS TOPICS INVOLVED IN POLICING THOUGH OIL PAINTINGS. BUT I ALSO WANT THE VIEWER WHETHER THEY ARE POLICE OFFICERS OR NOT TO ENJOY TO HAVE AN ENJOYABLE VISUAL EXPERIENCE. SOME OF MY OTHER WORK CAN BE SEEN ON LY INSTRAGRAM ACCOUNT UNDER THE PROFILE NAME "DT1779" AND ON YOUTUBE VIDEO TITLED "SPOTLIGHTON CIFAC SELECTED ARTIST: HEROLD P.ALEXIS. OR YOU CAN SIMPLY TYPE IN MY NAME HEROLD ALEXIS. THANK YOU.

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