Raimonds staprans quotes about life

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          Most of them, they are stupid." And I quote him directly.

        1. Most of them, they are stupid." And I quote him directly.
        2. In this Lunchtime Lecture from March , artist Raimonds Staprans describes his journey as a painter as a daydream that takes him into a.
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        4. I really enjoyed seeing his paintings in person.
        5. I don't know what I'm doing I don't plan anything in advance." This might surprise you because there is nothing haphazard about the work.

          6. Raimonds Staprans

          American-Latvian artist

          Raimonds Staprans (Latvian: Raimonds Staprāns; born ) is an artist and playwright in both the United States and his native Latvia.

          He is known for his paintings of still-lifes and landscapes and for his plays set in Latvia.

          Staprans was born in in Riga, Latvia. After living in occupied Latvia and in a Displaced Persons camp during World War II, Staprans immigrated to the United States with his family in He studied art at the University of Washington under Alexander Archipenko and Mark Tobey, then moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to begin graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

          He studied with Hans Hofmann and Karl Kasten, among others, and graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts in Staprans began exhibiting his art in the Maxwell Galleries in San Francisco. He currently exhibits at the Hackett | Mill Gallery in San Francisco[1] and at the Peter Mendenhall Gallery in Los Angeles.[2]

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