Roderick Hannaman is an artist, a craftsman, a maker of things. Rod has a special ability to see things, objects, machines in three dimensions. He is driven to make art, to draw, to paint, to form wood, to mold clay, to make what he says "comes into my head". It becomes a compelling need that must be met. This creative urge may wake him in the middle of the night and he often just gets up and begins creating. Rod's favorite creative mediums are clay, wood and acrylic paint. Clay becomes sculptures, art tiles or objects like his "little houses". Some of the acrylic paintings have a "spiritual" essence. When Rod was just a boy living in Santa Barbara, it was in his father's backyard shop where he began making things. In school he took art and craft classes. While attending Arizona State University he studied architecture, oil painting, life drawing, ceramics and sculpture. During a career as a Juvenile Court Officer and as a busy father and husband he always drew, painted or made things as time and circumstances permitted. In the last few years he has been more focused and prolific regarding his art. He has entered and won awards in local art competitions. Rod feels he gains much from his commitment to God, the "creator" of all things Rod comes from a family that is creative. His father began his career as a "Manufacturing Jeweler", making jewelry and cutting semi precious stones for that jewelry. He has a brother who makes hand carved signs.

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