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Gary Hallgren - Studio #209

Composition #6 (Green Armchair)

So, what do you want to know?  Academic credentials?  The list is short—BA in painting and design, Western Washington State College (now WWU) 1968.  I have guest lectured  at UMass and UC Berkeley.  That’s it.

Professional history?  That’s different… As you can tell by the graduation date above, I have been at the free-lance art game a longish time.

I trained as a part-time signwriter while I was a student and received my journeyman’s ...

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