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Richard Barone
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First name
Richard
Last name
Barone
e-Mail
neobarone@yahoo.com
Contact Information
Web site
www.neobarone.com
City
Melbourne
Province/State
Florida
Country
USA
First Image
Image No.1
Caption No.1
Fides et Ratio
Description No.1
Faith and Reason. Philosopher, humanitarian, pope, and priest. Blessed John Paul II. Oil on canvas, 2012.
Second Image
Image No.2
Caption No.2
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Description No.2
Oil on canvas, 2012
Third Image
Image No.3
Caption No.3
The Consecrated Life
Description No.3
Oil on linen, 2014
Arts data
Relation to Art
Artist
Arts Media
Painting
Arts Proficiency
Professional
Artist Statement
I was a great artist in the fifth grade, at least that’s what my fellow classmates and art teacher thought. My parents thought differently, however, and transferred me to a Catholic school, and that was the end of my art career. By the time I got to college, I was fully convinced that the intellectual search for truth was far superior to the sensuous. I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and hadn’t taken one course in art. In a sense, I was on the same course as Robert Motherwell (philosopher to artist), but for me the end came in the jungles of Vietnam. Philosophy and everything that I had learned—all the teachers, priests, and professors—had abandoned me. Except art, which was always there waiting to be explored. So, now, I’m starting over, painting with abandon, without an exploitable style, and with the freedom of a ten-year-old.
Portraiture website:
http://www.portraitartistpro.com
For a great book about an artist's struggle to survive in the Vietnam War, see “Traces of a Lost War,” 2009, Canto 34 Press, available on amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, etc.
Church data
Denomination
Catholic
Diocese
Orlando, FL
Parish
St. John the Evangelist
Church Name
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
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