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Richard Barone specializes in portrait paintings of women, men, and children in natural and formal settings. Utilizing traditional media guaranteed to last for centuries, Richard paints realistically, rendering not only the identity of the subject, but also a work of art that stands on its own. Please contact the artist for information about commissioning a portrait of yourself or someone special in your life. Further information is available at www.neobarone.com

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 convinced that the intellectual search for truth was far superior to the aesthetic. I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and hadn�t taken one course in art. None were offered, even though the college professed the "liberal arts." 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 deserted me. Except...