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He then went on to paint the local natives from cross crossed across the country for one month.

the area, the Navajos and the Hopi Natives. So Marcel and Ellen ended up opening the

we moved to Scottsdale. Paul had been invited Heritage Gallery in New Orleans from 1977 –

in as Resident Artist at this brand new luxurious 1980. The gallery exhibited Paul’s new Black

Camelback Center, a very small, exclusive center. Heritage, Jazz paintings and some of Paul’s

Native paintings. In 1978 February, Marcel

We were settling into Scottsdale when all of a organized the big Heritage Show at the famous

sudden we got a call from Marcel and Ellen: Royal Orleans Hotel in the renowned French

said they just got married and were coming Quarter of New Orleans.

down our way and let’s meet up. They always

had something going on and that day when He managed to get TV coverage in four

visiting us in Scottsdale they said that they different States covering the show and

were thinking of opening a gallery called giving Paul an interview discussing his Black

Heritage Gallery with Paul’s native work and Heritage Series and his Jazz paintings.

his wonderful Jazz paintings.

The show was a great success and due to this

All we had to do was supply the paintings, so show we met the Reverend Freddie Dunn

we were really excited to be represented in from the New Hope Baptist Church asking

New Orleans – we had already been there just Paul if he could do another exhibition at

once before in 1968, passing through when his church during Black History Week and

we took the Greyhound Bus from New York as a result of Ygartua participating and

after arriving from London (en route back to producing this exhibition especially for

Vancouver after 2½ years living in Europe) and Black History Week he was awarded the

Key to the City of New Orleans.

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