Name/Title
Vallejo Hills - Larry McCown - Green of Spades - 2019Description
Larry McCown
“Green of Spades”
Vallejo Hills Retirement Community
Larry, originally from Vallejo CA, met and married his first wife, Gail, in Portland Oregon. They soon moved back to Vallejo where Larry began his 30-year career working on Mare Island in the ship-building and nuclear submarine industries, specializing in semi-conductor work for 12 years.
On retiring, Larry moved into Vallejo Hills Retirement Community, where he has been not only a resident, but also an actively engaged community member since 2006. Larry manages The Country Store at Brookdale, and is also involved in the Senior Coalition of Solano County. He met his partner, fellow AWE student, Susan M., in 2016. Susan encouraged Larry to join her in art class. He started by coloring geometric designs in a coloring book and soon he was creating his own designs using a straight-edge and French Curve, experimenting with color arrangements using his preferred medium, glitter gel pens. Larry takes his work through another step by scanning his images to computer and using digital media techniques for his final output.
In class with Susan and friends, he jokes, “It’s all her fault, and I love it, I really do enjoy this, what I am doing!
ART WITH ELDERS
2019 27th Annual Art With Elders Exhibit
