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The first time Paul painted a Western available) Scottsdale is known as The
Series was in the early 70’s in Vancouver, West’s most Western Town.

when his Father-In-Law decided to open
the Apollo Gallery on West Broadway In the 80’s he was commissioned to paint

(April 1, 1970). Napoleon and his cavalry, then in 1981
when we lived in Waikiki for nearly two

A local client commissioned him to
do several copies of C.M. Russell,

(early 1900’s) the famous American
artist of the American Old West (the

cowboy artist). Once again, even
though he had never entertained the

idea of this subject at the time,
he approached it and just like

that, it was as if he had been painting years (Anton, our son, born in 1981 in

the Old West for years. (we have not Waikiki) he was commissioned to do

been able to locate these photos of this four large paintings, a small mural for

Russell Series) the Rodeo Club there.

Then again in the late 70’s, Paul was Then in 2001 he was commissioned to do

resident artist in Scottsdale Arizona a mural for The Rodeo, Cloverdale, BC.
(Camelback, La Posada Inn) at the De During the 80’s he was commissioned

La Mano Gallery, where he painted the to do the Thoroughbred’s from an
natives from the area, the Hopis, the Equestrian Club in Ottawa. We made

Navajos, the Desert People, Sonora contact in 1986/87 during our sojourn
Mexico. But we were in cowboy country, in Quebec City with Colleen Fogherty

so once again he was commissioned to at her Ottawa Gallery, Ygartua was
do studies of the Great West (no photos represented by Studio Colleen for the

following ten years until she retired.

THE RODEO, 1981 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS FOUR SECTION MURAL WAIKIKI

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