Giving Life to the Community
Artists
Michael Dee Cookinham:
When I was 12, a neighbor, AD Klein, gave me painting lessons and I was hooked. My father, Dr. Franklin Cookinhamm had a large art library and I was fascinated by the images. How could a human being makes this magic? When I was 22 in Paris, I realized that being an artist was possible. Contact with Harold Paris, Eduardo Paolozzi, Alberto Giacometti showed me how incredibly interesting art is. I taught at the De Young Museum Art School for 15 years which was guided by Elsa Cameron. I then created my own school, "MICA" and that continues to this day. I had a well received show at the Braunstein Quay Gallery in 1990. I like to work every day.
Rita Sperry:
Rita L. Sperry was born on March 16, 1933. She graduated in 1950 from the Moravian Seminary for Young Women and received her BA from Smith College in 1954. She has studied with Jack Jefferson, Oliver Jackson, Gregory Amenoff and Richard Diebenkorn.
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Financial Management Advisors - Los Angeles
