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George started his professional career in the mid fifties illustrating for advertising agencies in New Jersey. During his early twenties he was creating covers and story illustrations for the science fiction magazines. By 1963 his wildlife paintings were being exhibited by Abercrombie and Fitch and other galleries that specialized in wildlife art in New York City. Several successful one man shows followed. One of George's interests was in painting the moods of underwater with the aquatic creatures. They were extremely popular themes with the gallery clients and soon he developed a reputation as a painter of marine life. He didn't mind this new reputation and soon major magazine publishers such as Outdoor Life and Audubon spotted his work and he began doing commissions for them. This expanded his career to calendar, print publishing and editorial work plus shows in galleries. Many busy years followed. This lasted until the early nineties. Then, digital paint began to fascinate him and soon George was busy creating on his Macintosh. Now, his work is often a combination of digital and traditional paint, his own form of mixed media. The subject matter ranges from space scenes to rural settings, seascapes and old buildings and whatever else he imagines or finds interesting. Explore and discover.

One Man Shows: Abercrombie and Fitch Co., NY, NY - April, May 1965, 66, 67 / The Sloan Gallery, South Orange, NJ - May, June 1965 / The A.B. Closson Jr. Co. Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohio - December 1967, 71, 74 / Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc., NY, NY - April 1975 / The Crossroads of Sport, Inc., NY, NY - October, November 1979 / The General Electric Gallery, Fairfield, CT - January-March 1981 / Not a complete list.

Illustration: Outdoor Life / Field and Stream / Sports Afield / Audubon / The Garcia Corporation / Boys Life / Animal Kingdom / The Conservationist / South Carolina Wildlife / Ranger Rick / Fishing World / Aqua Field Publications / Pennsylvania Angler / Georgia Sportsman / The Illustrator / Hartford Life Insurance Co. / Seagram Distillers Co. / Anheuser Busch Inc. / 3M Corporation / Sporting Classics / Sportsman Specialties / Intercontinental Philatelics Inc. / Not a complete list.

Exhibited: The Kennedy Galleries, NY, NY / Sportsman's Edge Ltd., NY, NY / Brandywine Museum, Chadds Ford, PA / Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada / Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC / Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA / Madison Square Garden, NY, NY / Grand Central Art Galleries, NY, NY / Husberg Fine Arts Gallery, Sedona, AZ / Reed Galleries, Independence, OR / The Art Emporium, Seattle, WA / Jackson Hole Art Gallery, Jackson WY / The National Art Museum of Sport, NY, NY / The National Arts Club, NY, NY / The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI / The Allied Artist of America, NY, NY / Not a complete list.

Member: The Society of Animal Artists.

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