Gene Rizzo
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Gene is a self-taught Watercolor and Acrylic artist. He was born in Houma, Louisiana, a seacoast community famous for its' outstanding Southern Hospitality, sport fishing and commercial seafood industry as well as its' picturesque and colorful Cajun scenes. He developed his artistic skills at a very young age while capturing the beauty of nature's wonderful water birds, seascapes and landscapes with his sketches.
While a student of the LSU School of Architecture and Fine Art, Gene was shown the basics of watercolor by guest lecturer and famed watercolor artist Edgar Whitney. Having graduated from LSU and after a long and successful architectural career, Gene began a new and rewarding journey with watercolor art; but only after recovery from serious cancer surgery in 1995. While recuperating, and trying to not continually think about possible future effects from cancer and the surgery itself, Gene knew that he needed something new in his life, something meaningful, yet mentally demanding, a new challenge to guide his thinking towards more positive and enjoyable thoughts; It was Watercolor Art !
"I fell in love with watercolor painting and my art became my Passion! The more I painted, the more my cancer fears and concerns diminished while my love and desire to paint accelerated. My early paintings were memories of my younger years, growing up with nature; the sea, the birds and the ambiance of it all; that is what I continue to paint today."
Gene embraced his new life's path, developing his own artistic styles and techniques from which he has produced many award-winning watercolor images.