I've been painting since 1957 when we lived in Morocco and I sold my first (I just turned 80). I feel painting is visual poetry.
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Impressionistic motion is what I call what I do. I use oils, not acrylic, sometimes chalk pastel. I try not to overthink, that just muddies the outcome.
Where do you find inspiration?Nothing is more beautiful or impressive as nature. A simple butterfly is worth more than any sum of money, a tree is more majestic than man's tallest structure. An abandoned building is beautifully sad.
What would you do with $25,000?Pay my wife's cancer bills.
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