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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.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

My friend Bruce Schwabach has a very athletic son with fairly defined muscles. We walked down Steel's Creek in Ilion, N.Y. and I had him strike this pose, along with many others.

What excited me most about the subject were the various colors and the light moving across his back with his head and face receiving reflected light from the water. 

The painting was done on 24x30 oil primed stretched canvas beginning with a warm wash of yellow ochre and transparent red oxide.
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  1. Paul CunninghamJanuary 30, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    Why was he dressed like a Native American? I lived in Ilion and saw some strange things, but usually people only dressed up like this on Halloween!

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