Larry S Anderson Art “Tubing Down the Brandywine” 🛶 15.5” wide x 17.5” high approx

A long term resident of Delaware, artist 👨‍🎨 Larry Anderson enjoys focusing his attentions to the beauty of the Eastern Seaboard's 🌊 sights and events. Larry attempts to search out past and present nostalgia relating to "history in the making". Larry likes to keep his art inviting and have the feeling of being able to "walk in and stay" in his works for a while, creating the art that reflects our lives and times. While Larry enjoys capturing the local lore and events that are unique to this area, he also enjoys "participation painting" incorporating other people's ideas, memories and dreams into his art. Larry is dedicated to preserving the history of the region, actively supporting causes and efforts by both participation and fundraising events. Larry is from an artistic family. His parents met in art school and his brother Jon is a professional artist as well. Larry is a graduate of Fine Arts from the American Academy of Arts in Chicago, Illinois where he studied commercial illustration and watercolor. After being transferred to the Delaware Valley as an Electrical Engineer and Construction Manager in 1984 he began to realize his talents laid elsewhere and has spent the last 17 years of his life as a full time Artist and part time civic activist. Some of Larry's accomplishments include but are not limited to: Wilmington Christian School's 1994 Artist of the Year Cofounder and chairman of the Ronald McDonald House of Delaware's Annual Artfest Fundraising Event for 15 years Commissioned Artist for PNC Bank's 1995, 1996 and 2002 Holiday Prints Painting and signing a rendition of "The Grand Staircase" on the 1996 Titanic Expedition Cruise Buy-A-Tie Fundraiser for the Wilmington Western Railroad for 1999 Cofounder and Chairman of the Wilmington and Western Hockessin Art Festival for 10 years Fundraising programs for many Not for Profit Organizations Recording and preserving the history of the Eastern Seaboard Former Board Member for Wilmington & Western Railroad Former Board Member for Ronald McDonald House of Delaware State of Delaware 2010 Fellowship Award Recipient Founder of Art at the Atrium Show, benefiting Habitat for Humanity Mentoring & helping prepare students for art school Sits on Board of Advisors for Delaware Foundation for Visual Arts (DFVA) Committee member reorganizing the Brandywine Festival of the Arts In addition, Larry's works are in many private and commercial collections around the world.