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The artist
was a public school art teacher in Western New York for 31
years. He graduated SUNY at Buffalo 1966 and holds BA
and MA in Art Education. Born in Lackawanna, NY he now lives
in Boston NY with his lovely and supportive wife, Joyce.
They have three children and three grand children. In addition
to teaching, he has worked as a photographer and a commercial
artist. For the past 10 years he has studied oil painting with
Maryann Doering and pastel painting with George Palmer, both
well known Buffalo area artists. He has been greatly influenced
by national portrait artists Daniel Green, Richard Schmitt
and Everett Kinstler. He works from life and photographs
but especially enjoys working from photos of historical re-enactors
in authentic dress. His photography skills produce handsome
portraits in themselves and have received awards along with
the paintings and drawings. He is a member of three local art
societies and has exhibited in many local art shows where his
work has received various awards. He regularly participates
in both portrait and life drawing groups. |
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