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Artist Kurt Halsey Frederiksen was born in Racine, attended MIAD, lived in Milwaukee for two years and showed his work in local galleries, but some might say his opinion of the city -- and the art world at large -- is bleak at best.

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Jaded? Bitter? Brilliant and dead on? You decide by reading this OMC exclusive interview with one of the country's most thoughful and innovative young talents.

OMC: How and when did you get into art?

Kurt Halsey Frederiksen: I drew from the moment I could hold a pencil.

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All my childhood, drawing was playtime, and large rolls of paper that my grandfather would bring home from his industrial design job were turned into epic G.I. Joe battle scenes.

OMC: Where did you study?

KHF: I started college at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, but I only lasted one semester there.

I have always drawn cartoons -- from the moment I could move a pencil on paper that is what came out. But at MI