When one is an artist, he or she often hears things like... "What does your work look like? What are your inspirations? Who is your favorite artist? Is it wrong that the answer to all these is..."ME? My work looks like me. It comes from me, my mind, from what I see and experience. While I'm sure that there are little inspirations in my subconscious, I can't really pinpoint my influences. Growing up alone in the great North Maine Woods with 2 amazing and talented parents that seemed to reject the rest of the world was certainly a huge influence." While moving from Manhattan to Queens, artist Jesse Utt literally put his foot through one of his most prized paintings. Not wanting to lose the most important part of the painting, he fashioned it into a canvas wrist cuff with some jewel snaps purchased at a Jewish fabric store. Whether on subway and or the streets of New York everyone would ask where he got his cuff and so Zachary Pryor - urban inspired accessory designer was born. Zachary, from the name his mother had wanted him to name him so badly and Pryor, from the maiden name of his most loved relative, with whom he felt a strong soul connection, his grandmother, Queva. (Jesse Utt) Zachary Pryor accessories have been featured in Maxim magazine on Nicky Hilton, Time Out New York Fall 2004, InStyle Spring 2005, on Showtimes "The L Word," on the daytime dramas "One Life to Live" and "All My Children," worn by Avril Lavigne during the 2004 MTV movie awards, John Tartaglia (Tony Award nominated actor in Avenue Q), Mary-Kate Olsen and Shirley Manson. Even though he is known more today for his accessory line than his paintings, Utt continues to follow his first love and has shown his work in more than 15 exhibitions so far. The artist lives and works full time in New York, New York. HARD LIFE - WORKED