StephenFutral
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Artist/painter-writer/poet |
| Location | Bouilder, CO, United States |
| Introduction | At 17, I lived in Israel for a year, studying at The Betzalel School of Art and Design in Jerusalem and spending time with Yona Mach, a famous Israeli artist who was my mentor. At the end of the year I spent a month in Ein Hod, an art colony outside of Haifa overlooking the Mediterranean. In that month I developed a portfolio and with that in hand was accepted at Parsons, Pratt and the School for Visual Arts in NYC. I went to The Art Students League, The New School for Social Research and Hunter College, after which I was accepted at Cooper Union, NYC. Five years later I flew from NYC to Rome and went by land to India. I returned after a year and started 2 Integral Yoga Institutes for Swami Satchidananda. I traveled throughout the USA and lived in Vermont for 7 years before moving to Boulder, Colorado, where I’ve raised my family for the past 30+ years. |
| Interests | 15 MINUTES OF FAME While living at Ein Hod, in Israel, I met Martha Graham and Jean Arp, whose cottage I whitewashed. I decaled a Rolls-Royce with Peter Max for 3 days, this vehicle is featured in his newest book on a 2 page spread. I was featured in GQ magazine as manager of “The Electric Lotus, ” a light show store in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. I did a TV commercial with Bert Stern (Libra Studios) for Utica Club beer. I was on stage at Woodstock, opening the festival with Swami Satchidananda, chanting OM. I’m also in the movie assisting Swamiji into a tent. I spent time in India and Europe with Felix Caviliere of the Young Rascals. I massaged James Taylor backstage before a concert in Dallas, Texas. I was assistant Art Director for Marty Scorsese’s first Hollywood film, called Box-Car Bertha. |