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Massachusetts Artists and Craftsmen honor 300th birthday of Benjamin Franklin
As the Tercentenary celebrations begin honoring Benjamin Franklin in Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Massachusetts, and around the world; craftsmen Scott Holloway and Rocco Cavallaro have joined forces with the Town of Franklin to honor this founding father.
January 17, 2006 marks the 300th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s birth. He is the first founding father of the United States to reach this age. Although he made his adult home in Philadelphia, PA.; Massachusetts is this proud birth place of this great American figure. Franklin Massachusetts honored him in 1778 by making the town his namesake. He then returned the gesture by donating a portion of his personal library to the town. This donation became the first public library in the country.
In reverence to Benjamin Franklin’s gift; portrait artist Scott Holloway and sign craftsman Rocco Cavallaro are donating their time and materials to re-vamp the town seal of Franklin, Massachusetts. Scott Holloway has rendered Benjamin Franklin in a full color oil portrait done in the traditional renaissance technique. Then it was inset into a carved medallion, transcending the town seal in to a work of art that also celebrates Benjamin Franklin’s 300th birthday.
“I am proud to be able to honor this great American figure with this portrait. He has done so much for the foundation of what this country stands for and has been such a renaissance man in his time, it seems only fitting to honor this man with a portrait done to the best of my ability. I am not getting compensated for this; I am doing this out of admiration of him.”
As a Realist, Scott Holloway’s aesthetic is strongly based on Classical and Renaissance art. His inspiration, however, for representing and technique in depicting the human body, is drawn from the late nineteenth century painter William A. Bougereau. Scott wishes to introduce a natural and humanistic element to his paintings.
Scott Holloway is a portrait artist from Bellingham, Ma. He currently runs his studio out of Worcester. His other recent achievements in portraiture have included College Presidents; Worcester State College retired president Dr. Ghosh, Tufts University Dean Dr Philip Kosch and Dean Dr Lowe as well as many other private commissions.
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