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TODAY'S ARTIST: Dark Mennis

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  Dark Mennis TODAY'S ARTIST:  Dark Mennis The Art Collective 's Today's Artist is New Jersey 's very own, Dark Mennis ( AKA Mark Dennis )!! TAC - Hello!  How are you today?  What's been going on?! DARK MENNIS - Nothing much. Working, Drawing, Watching College Basketball like everyone else this time of year. TAC - Would you like to off by introducing yourself, tell us where are you from, how old you were when you started creating art, and does your environment inspire your artwork?  DARK MENNIS - I was born in Cape Cod, grew up in Ocean City, Jersey, and moved to Philly after college in 1990.  I started writing a lot when I was young and never really got too much into visual art but always had an eye for context and how images moved and worked together.  I liked fashion and music a lot but mainly focused on writing. I started drawing only recently for fun and got such positive feedback I kept doing it.  I don't really have any ambition with it at this time, I