Medium: Pastel
Size: 19.5 x 25.5
Year: 2009
$ 2800.00
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Medium: PastelThe Blue Cart
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Medium: Pastel
Size: 19.5″ x 25.5″
Year: 2009
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Lewis Testa
On July - 4 - 2009
My Name is Lewis Isaac Testa. I was born on April 18, 1945 in Portland Maine. Shortly afterwards my family moved to New York City where I was raised. I have always loved Landscapes and wildlife, but for some reason I didn’t pursue it during my younger years.
I joined the Navy in 1962 at the age of 17, and served during the beginning of the Viet Nam conflict. I was discharged in 1966 with an Honorable Discharge.
When I was 25 I met a woman, which would have the greatest influence on my life. We started a family and when we had our second child I decided to draw a portrait of her, seeing this my wife suggested I enter art school to get some formal training, which I did with her support and influence. I singed up for classes at The Art Students League at the age of 30 in 1976. And so it started. I studied fine art illustration under the tutelage of Robert E. Shultz. Who was the second biggest influence in my life? I also studied under Jack Sargasso, Robert Beverly Hale, and John Howard Sanden. After attending the Art Students League for one year, I received The Art Students League Scholarship for the next three years.
Edward Fields, Inc hired me. As a graphic artist in 1979. I worked with them until my stroke forced me to retire in 2002. My last project with them was helping to design the Oval room rug in the White House.
My stroke left me paralyzed on my right side, which is my dominant side. So now after three to four years of intense therapy I am ready to start over again in art as a Pastel artist and Instructor. I feel I am one of the luckiest men on the face of the earth.
