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VITAE

SOUTH AFRICA

 

1948 Born, Johannesburg

1966    Graduated from Kingsmead College, Johannesburg, emphasis in Fine Art

1968 Graduated from the University of Cape Town, MICHAELIS SCHOOL OF ART

 

ITALY

 

1970 -1973

ACADEMIA DEI BELLI ARTI, FIRENZE

(Academy of Fine Arts,) Florence

Year 1: Charcoal chiaroscuro: figure, still life and landscape

Year 2: Pastel: portraiture and still life

Year 3: Oil painting: Still Life, Landscape and Portraiture

 

NEW YORK CITY

 

1974 -1976 ART STUDENTS’ LEAGUE OF NEW YORK

Studio of ROBERT BRACKMAN:

Oil, acrylic and mixed media: Figure drawing/painting, portraiture

 

LONG ISLAND, NY

 

1976 – 1985 Studio of LORRAINE KULIK

Acrylic and gouache: Abstract and Non-objective colour theory:

 

Studio of MARY ROSE PALAU

Pastel, gouache, oil: Still Life and portraiture

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

1983 - 1985

 

BIRCH HILL GALLERY

Locust Valley, Long Island

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