Andy Morris Videos : Interview with Andy Braitman of Braitman Studios

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Interview with Andy Braitman of Braitman Studios

www.cheapjoes.com -- Welcome to Cheap Joe's Test Studio! Q - How did you come into painting? A - Like everyone I came to painting in a circuitous route. I was a pre-law English major at the University of Maryland. I went to the University of Maryland and was a pre-law English major and one of my old girlfriends talked me into taking a dancing class which didnt work out. Another girlfriend talked me into taking a drawing class which did work out. I've never had a real job. Fortunately I've always been a painter or visiting artist at different colleges. Back before they had computer chips, women would bring in color samples and swatches and I would have to match and mix paint. It was my job and I learned more about color mixing there than I did anywhere else. I worked as an electricians apprentice for years after graduating so that I could work for a few months to get enough money to paint for a few months to spend all the money to work for a few months to get enough money. Then I got my first visiting artists position in the 70s and got to North Carolina in 1984 as a North Carolina visiting artist. After my 4 year stint I was going to move back, I was in Baltimore prior to North Carolina, I was going to move back there and Jerry Melberg picked me up in 1988 and I was with the Melberg Gallery for several years. I left there and was handled by Hodges Taylor for a while and from there it was Gabriel Shane and Shane Fine Art, then Red Sky Gallery picked me up. Kelly Scott very ...

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