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I was fortunate to live in NYC where I could go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and sit and draw from the Great Master’s paintings and statues. Groups of people would crowd around me to watch me … read more

I volunteered to teach a class in an after-school center in East Harlem, NY called “The Friendly Place”. I knew the director and she asked me to give a lesson. The sign in front said “Mr. Perna Wi … read more

My wonderful kindergarten teacher Mrs. Henrietta Mueller assigned my friend David Bloom to shake me aware when the fire drill bell went off. If I was drawing I did not hear it.My understanding teach … read more

Mark Like to Hug Me When I Drew a Cartoon for Him.I have wanted to draw or paint everything I have ever seen. That simple statement pretty much sums up all born artists. We love it, we cannot get … read more

The definition of contemporary is “living or occurring at the same time” or “belonging to the present”. Art galleries have coopted the word contemporary to only mean abstract art however, any type … read more