Ted Cox is an artist, author, and musician based in Tucson, Arizona.

Hi there,

Thanks for taking an interest in my work.

First, I'm a proud father of two, brilliant and handsome young men. Just their presence is enough to inspire me. They never cease to spark new energy into my life with their evolving and ever-engaging personalities, expressed thoughts, interests, actions, and beings.

During the day, I'm a CPA, licensed in my home state of Arizona. I attended Canyon del Oro High School, and I earned my Bachelors in Accounting and Masters in Business at what is now the University of Arizona Global Campus after attending Pima Community College.

In high school, I played trombone in jazz and concert band, joining the U of A Jazzwerx program and the Tucson Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. I earned the Drum Major position for the CDO Marching Band during my junior and senior years. I also took up the guitar, an instrument that sustained my musical interests through college, where I focused on other endeavors like prose, poetry and photography. I started writing music, took up painting, tried my hand at tile mosaic, and now, I'm learning the piano.

Creativity is a force that comes and goes, flowing naturally when it’s here and noticeable when it's not. It’s purposeful and deliberate, allowing for contentment when I'm fortunate to feel it channeling through me but also, learning of its clever nature, when I'm waiting for it to return. I don't have a preferred medium through which to express this energy, and I’m happy to entertain a new method or fall back to an old favorite. I'm learning to trust what feels right while balancing the discomfort of gaining a foreign skillset.

You should know the art I create is for me. If it moves you, that’s incredible, but I can only know myself in that way, and so my creations are aimed at those parts within. I trust our shared humanity will allow at least some of that power to transfer to you. If not, I'd direct you to the gazillion other people who tried and are trying and will try to do the same. Down below are a few of those who do so for me.

Peace be with you.

Ted

Influences:

  • Dave Matthews Band

  • Vincent Van Gogh

  • Bob Dylan

  • Stephen King

  • Cake

  • Sam Harris

  • Ben Folds Five

  • Anne Rice

  • The Killers

  • John Grisham

  • Coldplay

  • James C Christensen

  • Death Cab for Cutie

  • David Viscott

  • Bill Watterson