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I was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. My educational history is as follows: Long Beach High School, School of Visual Arts, C.W.Post College, M.A. in Humanities, Hofstra University. A two year stint in the U.S.Marine Corps as a illustrator eased my entrance into civilian life as a commercial artist in N.Y.C. My teaching career of twenty five years began at the State University in Farmingdale, N.Y. and ended as a Professor of Fine Arts at Herkimer County Community College, where I was awarded The New York State Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. I now paint full time in Portland Maine where I live with my wife Sharon. I paint all subjects from portraits to landscapes but I especially love painting the sea. Last year marked the end of forty straight years of teaching workshops on Monhegan Island, Maine, I now conduct three day classes in Kennebunkport every spring and fall. My work can be seen at The Wiscasset Bay Gallery, Wiscasset, Me., Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, Me.,Camden Falls Gallery, Caamden, Me. and here in my studio in Portland. I am a signature member of The American Watercolor Society and the New York State Watercolor Society.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Mexican Village

This painting was done on the spot outside of a small Mexican village. We would never have made it to this place without my friend Mike Klimo's SUV. We set up and began to paint when all of a sudden we were surrounded by onlookers, most of whom were little kids. They were very quiet and attentive with a few giggles now and then. 
The only changes I made from the scene was to take the tile roofs of the "houses" in the foreground and tilt them the opposite way so they would be seen. I knew they were red tiles as I walked around the road before beginning to paint. The painting was done on an 18x24 Arches cold press watercolor block.

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