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I have bachelors in math and economics from UC Berkeley, though I’ve forgotten all
that I learned. After graduating from college, I worked as a programmer and then as a project manager. Throughout that time,
I drew, and, after many, many years, I began to add color. I’ve been lucky both because I can draw and because I had
a job that paid well enough to let me retire early. For two decades, my job defined me – quitting was terrifying. But,
between painting and volunteer work, I've managed to keep myself occupied.
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| Now, my main problem is facing a blank page. Though I start with
a photograph and an image in my head, figuring out how to get that image onto paper, what colors to use, how to represent
the textures, what to emphasize, what to ignore, is always a learning process and I rarely end up where I expected to. The
process of painting gives me a chance to see more of the subject than I could have in any other way. A few paintings only
take me a couple of days, but most take 4 to 6 weeks to finish. Because I usually spend a lot of time with one painting, I
choose images that I want to spend time with, to get to know better. It’s a slow, tedious, frustrating, wonderful, exciting
process. |
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