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Artist Statement:
An artist should not be
concerned with whatever medium
he is using ,or whether he is
a traditionalist or modernist
or something in between; he
should paint whatever inspire
him at the moment....
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Artist Exhibitions:
EXHIBITIONS: 1966 La Societe
des Amis de l'Art, Salon du
Cairo.
1969 Bristol Art Museum, Rhode
Island USA.
1970 Bristol Art Museum, Rhode
Island USA.
1972 Laurentien Hotel,
Montreal.
1973 City Hall, Brossard.
1979 Place Ville Marie.
1980 One Man Show, Suzel Carl
Galarie.
1980 One-Man Show, Arts ...
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Artist Reviews:
My computer artwork is a
result of 3 years working with
software like Photoshop and
Illustrator. I have been
experimenting with various
filters and plug ins untill I
was pleased with the results
and becoming familiar with
this medium.
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Collections:
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:· USA
Ambassador to Egypt·
West mount city hall·
Anglican diocese of Montreal·
Mrs. Rene Lavesque·
Dr. A. Asswad ( Canada)·
Dr. S. Fanous (Canada)·
Dr. N. Fanous ( Canada)·
Mr. Wimmel ( Cultural Attaché,
USA, Egypt)·
Sidtor Industries inc.
(Montreal)·
Mr. Jean Philippe (Cultural
attaché, Canadian Embassy,
Cairo, Egypt. ·
The honourable ...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Ragai Karas Biography:
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Age
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74
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
2
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| Religion |
not provided |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Painting, Photography, reading, Music |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Watercolor
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Realism - (1850 - 1880)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
not provided
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| Favorite Work of Art |
not provided
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Landscape |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
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| Your Personal Biography |
R. Karas is specialized in watercolour street scenes, landscape and greeting cards. His work was featured in book publications and regularly on the cover of the Montreal Star Scene Magazine, he has traveled extensively throughout Canada, US , Europe, S. America and the Middle East. Born in Cairo Egypt, and immigrated in 1968 to the USA then to Canada 1971. He received his BFA in 1961 from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo. He has been painting watercolours for the past forty years, with numerous Exhibitions in Egypt, United States and Canada. His work can be found in private and public collections in Egypt, France and North America. Much of his work was featured on the cover of the "Montreal Star Scene Magazine", and recently reproduced as Greeting Cards. In the past 5 years, he started in digital photography as an artistic expression. He is an associate member of the American Watercolour Society and Lakeshore camera club in Montreal. He is painting and photographing now full time where he lives in Montreal |
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