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My Nonno Michele (my mother's father) followed his brother and extended family to find work in Buenes Aries, Argentina. He found work in a quarry but also found trouble with a fellow Italian who wanted to exchange his spade for nonno's pick-axe. The resulting fight left nonno with a murder charge and a prison sentence......This is my depiction of the fight from stories told to me.

I have been painting and drawing ever since I can remember.....fueled by an adrenalin rush that grips me when a particular idea or image presents itself and stubbornly leads me to a sketch pad and canvas! Although I have been an art teacher, I am self-taught and have painted and drawn mostly for self-gratification. However, it gives me great satisfaction when my work is acknowledged and gives pleasure to an onlooker. I was born in Forenza, Italy, a small town in southern Italy, in 1953. I have derived great pleasure from my art, sometimes happy to give some of my work away as gifts, content in the knowledge that it would be enjoyed and cared for. My only regret is that I did not take scans or photos of the pieces, now scattered all...