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 Paul
Landry
Paul Landry was born in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, the son of a doctor, and the grandson of two sea captains, one
Scottish, the other French. As a young boy, he developed an interest
in art.
As he grew older, it was inevitable that
he would work with fisherman on the Nova Scotia banks, pulling up nets and
traps with them. Never far away were his sketchpad and camera.
"I believe you have to know your subject to paint it well," he
says. "I grew up with many of the characters who now appear in
my paintings. Spending time on the sea allowed me to know its many
moods."
There was more that art in Paul's youth.
His father was a talented athlete, having participated in the British
Empire Games, and Paul inherited some of that talent. He played
semi-pro football, hockey and baseball, and also coached the latter
tow. His early twenties found him racing sports cars.
By age 17, Paul had gained apprenticeship
status as a photoengraver. Later he attended Nova Scotia College of
Art, and in 1957 he went to New York City, where he attended the Art
Students League. Two years later he took a brief sabbatical in Nova
Scotia to paint the sea and the people who make their living from
it. From there he went to the Midwest, where he worked as a photoengraver
and pursued an interest in commercial art.
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