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I
am somewhat unusual in that I got directly involved in art at a relatively advanced
age. (My current age is 73.) While my interest in art goes back many years,
I did not become an active participant until the last few years, after a half-century
spent in a very different occupation, from which I retired in 1995. I was born
in Manila, P.I. I received my AB from Princeton in 1947 and my PhD from Harvard
in 1950. As an artist I am mostly self-taught, but have taken courses at Howard
Community College in drawing (with J. Adkins) and oil painting (with Y. Gan).
Most of my paintings are based on computer-manipulated photographic images,
which were transferred to canvas. The photographs themselves were collected
over many years. Computer manipulation permits the exploration of many configurations
and arrangements in a short time. In some cases I have employed computer-generated
images as components of a painting. My preference is for paintings which tell
a story, although the interpretation may vary with the viewer. Among the juried
exhibitions at which my paintings have been shown are the Hoffberger Gallery,
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Baltimore, MD (Jan1-Feb 5, 1999), Celebration
of the Arts, Columbia, MD (April 15- April 17, 1999), Euroart '99, Barcelona,
Spain (Oct 1-4, 1999), Quiet Waters Gallery, Annapolis, MD (June 11-August 31,
1998), and Frederick Community College, Frederick, MD Sept 1-Sept 30,
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