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Author: Al_Razza, Contributing Editor
| Where does it end?
Many times I have torn up my canvas paintings, only to put them back together, to re-animate them by re-building them, creating a new work from the ravaged pieces. Of this I think Frankenstein would be proud. Should I just abandon my work just because I was not happy with the end result? Why no! I don’t think so. I have to breathe new life to dry dead paint, don’t I? After all I have come to think of myself as one who re-animates. My whole process is one of reusing and recycling, is it not? Well perhaps not all the time. I would concede that but I would like to stress pushing the limits of one's skills. In closing, I will admit that like an old girl friend, one must let some things go and abandon some work. If I fail to make something out of nothing, then so be it. The thrill is often in the journey, not the finished product. Look for more on the subject of re-animation when I return with part three of this article. But I will leave you with this question. Would you cut up a quality piece of your art just to learn something? |
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| Al Razza was born in Providence Rhode Island in 1954 and attended college at the Art Institute of Boston in 1973 and 1974, but graduated from Massachusettes College of Art in 1977 with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art. Just out of college he opened Razza Fine Art Limited in Barrington, Rhode Island, a small, but well attended gallery. In 1979 he moved to South Florida, but in 1982 he returned to the North to attend graduate school at Pratt Institute in New York. He was awarded two fellowships and offered an assistantship there, but was unable to complete the masters program due to financial hardships. Upon returning to Florida in 1983, he began to do outdoor art festivals, and worked as a printer in research and development for a local manufacturer of printing presses. He assisted in the development of printing processes for 3 dimensional objects, such as those that might be used to print on bottles, pens, and VHS tapes. In 1989 he went back to school, attending Flordia Atlantic University where he worked to complete teacher certification, which he did in 1991. Shortly there after he was successul in winning the covetted South Florida Art Consortium Fellowship, which was a $15000 cash stipend, awarded for artistic excellence. The award was followed by an exhibition of his work at the Norton Museum of Art in Palm Beach, Florida. Since then he has gone on to develop new painting techniques and has taught in the Broward County School System. He is currently an art teacher at the Coral Springs Museum of Art School. In 1995 he started Design Crafters Inc. A small custom frame shop, which is now a fine art gallery, school, and art supply center, which still offers quality custom frame work and restoration of Fine Art. His works have been continuously exhibited. | |
| E-Mail: designcrafters@inetmail.att.net Web Site: http://www.razzadesign.com | |
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