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futuristic works of Umberto Boccioni, an Italian who died various jobs while mastering English. He painted when he
1914."I loved the way he expressed energy," said Montano. could. "I was attracted to art, but had not really determined
His love of energy was nothing new. "When I was very what I would do with my life," he said.

little, I loved machines," recalled Montano. "And when I Then came the Viking Landings, and his life literally
came to Los Angeles at 17, the expressways dazzled me. changed overnight. "It was a turning point for me," he said.
Technology dazzled me. I loved America." "I started doing these drawings, and I have never stopped."
He came to stay in 1974, when he answered an ad for a Today, he rises before 5 a.m. five or six days a week to
driver to Chicago. For the next two years he worked at make art. At 3 p.m. he reports to his paying job, which

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