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Paul began his art career at the
RKO Theatres in Boston as a
poster and design artist, and he
continued in Los Angeles with
the same line of work until the
early ‘50s. Better photographic
repro-duction eliminated
hand-painted posters, but the
new industry of television had
begun, and Paul was able to
apply his talents to scenic
design at KFI-TV.
Soon Paul was lured away from
set design and into directing.
He wrote, produced, and directed
the acclaimed series,
"Impressions," featuring a
different Los Angeles art
gallery each episode. He also
wrote, produced, and directed a
special on the opening of the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
in l965, as well as specials on
Pre-Columbian Art, Picasso, and
Matisse, in conjunction with
shows at local museums.
Eventually, television became
too automated, regimented, and
cost-conscious, and art shows
were few and far between. Paul
got out of television and back
to his first love, painting. In
1992 he and his wife Marlene
built a home in Apple Valley,
Utah, and he has since divided
his time between Apple Valley
and his studio in North
Hollywood (where his wife still
works full-time).
Enthralled by the same scenery
that inspired Thomas Moran, for
years Paul and Marlene
vacationed around the Southwest,
and Paul has a vast catalog of
sketches and photographs from
which to choose painting
subjects. Several trips to
Europe have provided another
genre of material. In Utah Paul
need only look out his studio
window for inspiration to paint;
and he paints nearly every day,
but he now prefers his studio to
lugging paints and easel
outdoors.
Paul celebrated his 90th
birthday in March, while
recuperating from a broken hip
after slipping on the ice at his
Utah home.
Several times Paul has gone to
Sedona, Arizona, for a week of
painting and chatting with
gallery visitors at the Showcase
Gallery in Tlaquepaque. He
regularly exhibits in the Dixie
Invitational Art Show in St.
George, UT. He is represented by
DeZion Gallery in Springdale, UT,
and will have a show of his
pen-and-ink drawings in
Springdale in June 2008.
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