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ARTIST STATEMENT:

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Exposure to regular art therapy sessions has pushed me to create original (&ldquo\;out of my head&rdquo\;) abstract artworks. More often though\, a rt expression with pencil and colored pens has found me drawn to Santa Fe/ Taos\, New Mexico and southern Utah landscapes or Native American scenes. Over the years I have enjoyed doing my own takes on masterworks from art m agazines and books and doing original works from photographs. Lately\, as seen in this show\, I have been painting Southern Utah and Italian landsca pes from photographs.With most all of these compositions I like to challen ge myself and incorporate great detail and vibrant (some say fauvist) expl osions of color.

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ARTIST BIO:

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After a stro ke in 2007\, I began art and music therapy in the fall of 2008 and soon re alized a talent for drawing with my non-dominant hand (left arm unaffected by stroke). Since November 2009\, I have produced over 700 colored pen &l dquo\;paintings&rdquo\; on paper. In the early years after stroke\, many p aintings were inspired by impressionist masterworks from books and magazin es. Then I progressed to free-hand paintings of landscapes of Torrey\, UT and nearby Capitol Reef N.P.\, original still lives and abstracts\, and pa intings from photographs. Before my stroke\, I was a dermatologist for 35 years in the Salt Lake valley\, antique and art collector and home restore r. &ldquo\;Art for Non-majors&rdquo\; was my worst grade in college\, and now 13 years after a stroke\, art expression continues to give me a huge & ldquo\;lift&rdquo\; and countless hours of enjoyment.

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