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he declines to name but describes as "something totally passion," said Noyes curator Curley, who considers Montano
different from art that doesn't require my brain and has an outsider artist because he is so out of the mainstream. "He
no problems to bring home." has literally taught himself how to paint and has proceeded

He figures he puts in an average of 60 hrs. a week in a on his own over the decades."
studio he has built in his garage. "I feel better when I spend
more time on my art than on my job," he said. "That way, MONEY MATTERS
it is the job that is the hobby." Ketty Montano, the artist's wife of 11 years, works to help
He is a very intelligent man, a very driven man, his art is a support her husband's endeavors, and he need all the

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182  BEETHOVEN AT EUROPA JUPITER, 2017 OIL ON LINEN 7.8X11,8 IN. | 20X30 CM.