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The crux of the matter is this: I have conducted extensive research financial aid in the form of grants from the Canada Council or other
and contributed biographical information on many of Canada’s most sources to afford once-in-a-lifetime trips to Europe or to undertake
distinguished artists from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. The special projects.
majority, except for a few who were either born into wealth or acquired Paul Ygartua: A Unique Artist: Paul Ygartua stands out in my extensive
it through marriage, have had to supplement their fine art income study of artists. He has been singularly and independently devoted
with full-time jobs in teaching, commercial art, or other unrelated to creating fine art since the age of 23, without pursuing any other
fields. Those few who have dedicated themselves entirely to their art employment for himself or his wife, Joanne. For nearly six decades,
often endured modest lifestyles - the proverbial ‘starving artist.’ Even his art has sustained his family, which now includes two children and
those with jobs, presumably providing a reasonable income, sought six grandchildren.

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