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Key West is one of the great tourist cities. Its
history in the discovery of the New World makes it an international
destination. Stories of pirates and ancient riches are memorialized in this
old town. Stories and riches still being discovered today. Key West has a tradition among its diverse crowd of
towns people, tourists, street
merchants, carnival performers and strange personalities. They gather in
Mallory Square each evening to watch the sun go down over the tropical ocean. I thought it would be fun to be part of this
tradition. I began painting the old square rigged ships that load up with
tourists and sail out to watch the sunset in front of Mallory Square. Using these paintings I became part of the scene,
selling them to the tourists for whatever the market could claim. I get a kick out of showing and talking about these
paintings, I keep a few around, at the
art fairs back in New York too.
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