Adamantine Arts

My name is Hallah John Paul Boltik, and I am an artist who was evacuated 11 days after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans (as well as a great deal of the Southern Gulf Coast) on August 29th, 2005. I count myself as one of the lucky ones, blessed and grateful... I lost everything, other than most of my artwork which is my livelihood, but I was alive. Others were not so fortunate, and though my life has been changed forever and more deeply than any other could possibly know, I know, that at least I am alive with the opportunity to continue to create paintings which inspire and brighten other's lives.

You may view my website or google my name all over the web whenever you wish, but I am writing this blog in the hopes of raising awareness towards the efforts of other artists to continue their personal recovery as well as their devotion to help rebuild their communities and to revitalize their regions, some of the oldest and culturally richest areas of America.

I hope that you will take the time to visit the website of a friend of mine, who has done a fantastic job in trying to stay on top of the world of art in the South, post-Katrina, and has provided an excellent service for artists in the area:

http://www.katrinaartists.com

Please take a few moments to visit the artists, read the short blog, and through the modern marvel of networking, who knows? Maybe one text here, one click there, one e-mail here, and one phone call there, and you've helped America recover from one of the worst natural (and man-made) disasters it has ever experienced.

Thank y'all, and God Bless!!

~ Hallah John Paul Boltik