This painting is part of anongoing investigation of architecture. While at University of the Arts in Philadelphia, I developed several 2-D works that centered on the abandoned coal mines and industrial architecture of eastern Pennsylvania. My Philadelphia experience (UArts, MFA, painting) was an extremely enriching challenge/experience ('05-'07). Special nod to instructors: Gerard Brown, Eileen Neff and Gerry Nichols. Awesome professors: Pat Stewart, Carol Moore, Tom Csaszar, Frank Smigiel, Bonnie Collura, Jennie Shanker. Kickin cohorts in painting: Agati, Baldridge, Brown, Carney, Craven, Delgato, Frock, Gruber, London, Murphy, Oliwa, Razzano, Reinhold, Yarrington, Damman, ......and some over-the-top critics and lecturers: (short-list) Laylah Ali, Painter, Kinga Araya, Performance/Installation, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Installation, Bonnie Collura, Installation, Phoebe Washburn, Ellen Harvey, Painter/Installation, James Hyde, Painter/Sculptor, Charles Long, Painter/Sculptor, Odili Donald Odita, Nato Thompson, Elaine Reichek, Mixed Media/Installation.
Very thankful for my days among these gifted individuals. A close "second" was the exuberant atmosphere of daily life in Philadelphia. I actually WOULD rather be in Philadelphia.
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