Born in Ohio in 1924; I'll leave the arithmetic to you. Raised in New Jersey on the banks of the Hudson River, where I often watched all the activities on the river, such as the ferry boats crossing back and forth, barges being pushed up-river, tugs heading down-river to assist large liners or freighters in docking, tankers coming in, and I witnessed the maiden voyages of the English liner, S.S. Queen Mary and the French liner, S.S. Normandie, with and escort of Fire Boats shooting huge streams of water skyward, the large vessels being berthed on the N.Y. side of the river. Later beginning at age 16, I became a sailor and spent five years at sea as a Merchant Seaman, rank of Purser. Sort of like roaming the world during and after WWII, and being paid to do it.
Going through these pictures should bring back some good memories for you, as they do me. The above was my favorite of all of Steve Mirich's paintings. Then, this still-life by Rino Gonzalez. Below, Lottie (now 92 years old), Fil Mottola's wife. Fil is slowing down, not painting too much these days, but he's close to 93 and a bit frail. Can't blame him for slowing down at that age.
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