Lois Comfort Tiffany Foundation Fellowship (nominee..88, 95)..damn!
Babe Shapiro and Grace Hartigan painters and dear friends have been my life-saving muses over the years.
I studied under Babe Shapiro, founder of the Mount Royal Graduate School of Art which is part of the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. Babe has been my distant guiding light over the years. His gentle spirit is always present in my heart and studio.
Grace Hartigan was a dear caring friend and mentor. Grace has been immensely influential in my work and life. I honor both Babe and Grace. My love to both.
Federico E Correa
Venues
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC:
Michaela Gallery , San Francisco,CA
Reloj 46 , San Miguel de Allende, MX
London Square Gallery, Norfolk , VA
Maryland Institute College of Art, Thesis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
The 8 by 7 foot painting titled St Touluse was stolen from my studio in Baltimore in 1988.
The image reproduction here is from a poor slide. I am trying to locate it. Have you seen it?
Reward.
Acknowledgement
I am deeply moved by Ms Franco's powerful poem "Butterfly, Death".
Little did Ms Franco know that her unexpected cyber-intervention was timely.
I invite all to read "Butterfly , Death" in its entirety by clicking the image on the right.
'Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone, and the only one who seeks out another. His nature -if that word can be used in reference to man, who has ‘invented’ himself by saying ‘no’ to nature- consists in his longing to realize himself in another.
Man is nostalgia and a search for communion. Therefore, when he is aware of himself he is aware of his lack of another, that is, of his solitude.'
