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                     PAUL YGARTUA
                     Lives and works in vancouver, canada
                                         www.ygartua.com
               artist contact
                            ygartua@shaw.ca
                                                            THe MOneY gAMe, 1985 oiL on canvas 75x50 cm. / 30x40 in. private coLLection
            Paul Ygartua, N.D.D., is an excellent artist and designer, but most of   80´s his interpretations of the peoples of the world were a rewarding
            all this international artist is an original creator producing remarkable   success as evidenced by his North American Native Heritage Series and
            work. Ygartua was born in a town near Liverpool, England; his father   his monumental murals Native Heritage, Chemainus, BC and the United
            Basque from Northern Spain and his mother British. He studied at the   Nations Pavilion at Expo´86 in Vancouver, Canada. These murals have
            famous Liverpool Art College with John Lennon in the early 60´s and   received international acclaim. In his paintings he seeks to interpret the
            listened to the Beatles at the Cavern every lunch hour. He has a degree   fundamental values of the nomadic peoples of the world and also in his
            in Industrial Design and is a qualified gold and silversmith. During the   more intimate work to illustrate the workings of the mind and soul.   TRENDS
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