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Solace Of The Forgone Seasons_12×18inches

Otto Strucke (미국 남캘리포니아 파스텔협회 회장)

•Otto Strucke was born in 1971 and grew up in Southern California. Primarily self-taught, Strucke joined the U.S.
Marine Corps in hopes of attaining financial aid to attend an art college. His plans were momentarily altered in 1991
when he was called to serve in Desert Storm. Soon after his military service, Strucke enrolled in art workshops and
courses at several local art associations and colleges while launching his illustration career under the mentorship of
Mike Butkus. Working as an illustrator served Strucke for honing many techniques and found pastels to be his
principal medium of choice.
•As a representational artist who is greatly influenced by the Dutch Masters, Otto Strucke seeks to impart sincerity,
contemplation, and an admiration for the classical in a contemporary world by depicting the personal, the emotional,
and the quiet elegance in his paintings through light, shadow, and texture. He aims to create an allegorical narrative
and an intriguing balance within the realm of light and dark.

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