Dug nap biography

dug Nap, a self-taught artist born and raised in scenic Vermont, embarked on his artistic journey by creating captivating, large-scale paintings on found pieces of plywood. With a passion for diverse artistic mediums, including oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, and digital art, dug Nap's work defies categorization. His art is a unique blend of offbeat and thoughtful, offering colorful, and occasionally dark reflections of everyday life.

dug's artistic versatility has led him to collaborate closely with folk art dealers, resulting in his work being featured in prestigious group exhibitions at renowned venues like the Outsider Art Fair and the Frank J. Miele Gallery in New York City. Several of his paintings even graced the walls of the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, further solidifying his place in the art world.

dug's artistic talents extend beyond the canvas, and he has been recognized as an integral part of Burlington's vibrant arts scene. In fact, his colorful prints have earned a special mention in a New York Times article titled '36 Hours in Burlin

Learning the instrument:
The “Mission Impossible” theme song was apparently inappropriate for grade school music class.  I was kind of proud that I had learned it by ear, yet my Coronet teacher scolded me for ignoring the lessons in the book.  A brief stint with a drum set was equally ineffective in cultivating a loyalty to musicianship.  It was the guitar, several years later that finally hooked me.

I have three people to credit.  The first is Joe Cenus who taught me a handful of open chords and showed me how to tune the instrument.  I only played for a month or two at that age (a distracted thirteen), yet it was Joe’s influence that laid the pivotal groundwork.  Two years later, I would remember what he had shown me.

Summer, Washington Square Park, New York City…practically every day. I sat for endless hours listening to the street musicians.  Enter influence number two:  one particular guitar player and his habit for Jimi Hendrix through a Mouse amp.  He made an indelible mark.  I asked him one day why he wasn’t in a b

Naples

City in southern Italy

"Napoli" redirects here. For other uses, see Napoli (disambiguation) and Naples (disambiguation).

Comune in Campania, Italy

Naples (NAY-pəlz; Italian: Napoli[ˈnaːpoli]; Neapolitan: Napule[ˈnɑːpələ])[a] is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy,[3] after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022.[4]Its province-level municipality is the third most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents,[5] and its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately 30 kilometres (20 miles). Naples plays also a key international role in international diplomacy, since it is home to NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples[6] and of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean.

Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony

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