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Adam Baumann

by designedconviction | April 30, 2022 | Prison Artists | 0 Comments

I want to thank all of you for your support of Designed Conviction. Our vast prison population in the USA greatly needs organizations like this one to aid us in correcting our mindsets.

Stephen Reed

by designedconviction | August 7, 2023 | Prison Artists, 2023 Winner | 0 Comments

To my Designed Conviction family, because that's what it's called when we come together as one for a common goal. I would like to say “Thank you “, for this opportunity at being a part of the team, as an inside contributor; it was unexpected but well received and...

Clayton McCormick

by designedconviction | October 5, 2022 | Prison Artists, Clayton McCornick, Profiles 2024 | 0 Comments

I’ve known since I was little that I had set myself apart from others with my imagination and artistic skills. I like finding things that challenge me and then mastering them, usually in the aspect of art. I

Pablo Tlatenchi

by designedconviction | August 7, 2023 | Prison Artists | 0 Comments

I’m Pablo, I’ve been locked up since 2003. As you can see, i’m an artist. I’ve been interested in art all my life, though I never really gave it much time as far as learning techniques, and developing my skills until I got locked up. It’s unfortunate that it took me...

Salvador Molina

by designedconviction | June 11, 2022 | Prison Artists, Profiles 2024, Salvador Molina | 0 Comments

Hello My name is Salvador Molina Rivera; I am a Puerto Rican 47 years old and enjoy drawing everything I got my heart and mind. I am serving 23 to life. My way of expressing myself through artwork is the only way I feel connected with the future. I also love to...

Lawrence Perdue

by designedconviction | September 27, 2022 | Prison Artists | 0 Comments

Everybody has something special within them, if only we would stop and take the time to discover it. Then you have something to share with the world

Dean Rey Salinas

by designedconviction | June 11, 2022 | Prison Artists | 0 Comments

“I am not a bad person, I’ve made so many bad choices in life, addiction. I’ve hurt many people in my life, and now at 51 years old I’m doing a life sentence, 20-75. I have no way to give something back to someone I have hurt in my past. Apologies are not enough, art...

Donald Simpson

by designedconviction | August 7, 2023 | Prison Artists | 0 Comments

Paragraph My name is Donald Alan Simpson Jr. I was born on 1/22/1977 and as of 2019, I am 42 years old and currently reside in a California correctional facility. I have no favorite art genre or medium; my art comes first from me drawing something that gets my...

Paul Thorsteinson

by designedconviction | June 11, 2022 | Prison Artists, Paul Thorsteinson, Profiles 2024 | 0 Comments

My name is Paul Thorsteinson. I started as a street artist, but over the years I have come to specialize in wooden architecture and acrylic painting. While they are two of my favorite loves, I have a passion for all styles and mediums: writing, poetry, watercolor,...

Garrick Hastings

by designedconviction | April 30, 2022 | Prison Artists, Garrick Hastings, Profiles 2024 | 4 Comments

Truly- If a picture is worth a thousand words- then I will let my art speak in my behalf.

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