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I started painting in Cairo, Egypt, while serving in the US Navy as a Medical Equipment Repairman. A friend implored me to take a painting course at Cairo American College with her. After hearing the plea, "Try it, it could be fun," I signed up only to find that my friend had not. So I tried it, and it was fun!
It is still fun. Saturdays I paint with, The All Weather Gang, a group of outdoor painters that I sometimes call the "Le Groupe des Brioches" or "The Bun Bunch" after the hubcap-size cinnamon rolls that we traditionally consumed with copious amounts of coffee until we get just the right shake in our brush hands before caravaning to a painting site. I also devote at least one night a week to painting in my studio which is located just outside of Corfu, NY.
Corfu, New York is ideally located for an outdoor painter. In addition to Western New York's four distinct seasons it has a diverse topography. To the north there are apple orchards and wet low lands were the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge is located. To the south, the rugged Southern Tier , that include Letchworth State Park . To the east, are the farms and vineyards around the finger lakes. To the west, Buffalo with its industrial sites and of course the mighty Niagara Falls.
I'm a member of the Alden Art Club and the Batavia Society of Artists and show my painting at their member exhibitions. I also have paintings displayed at a number of industrial sites in the Western New York area.
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