Bill Brauker
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Bill Brauker first started painting in
the early 1970s, then life interrupted. He got married, had children, worked as a
reporter, as the Press Secretary for a US. Congressman, newspaper editor, public relations
executive and chief information officer for the City and County of Honolulu. Over the years, his love of art continued, and he traveled extensively to some of the great art museums of  the world. "I've been to the Van Gogh Museum in
Amsterdam twice," he said. "It was like going to heaven , or finding the Holy
Grail." He loves discovering new paintings and painters.Bill was born in Coldwater, Michigan, and lived in the state for over 40 years. After living through countless brutal Michigan winters, he and his wife, Anne, decided it was time for a change. They packed up the kids and moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, for six years. They discovered after a while, that 84 and sunny was not all it was cracked up to be, and wanted to go back to the, "real world." Leaving Hawaii in the late '90s, they moved to Colorado, in the foot hills, half way between Denver and Boulder. With the beautiful Front Range of the Colorado Rockies looming out the window, his thoughts drifted back again to painting and those first paintings in the 1970s. In 2006, Bill started painting again. Bill on Painting My interest focuses on color, texture, mood and mystery. I think they must all be present for the piece to work. I can't describe the joy of creating something out of that blank space.You just never know how it will turn out, and to me, that is the great fun of it. I'm learning to experiment more and let myself go. So keep an eye out for my future paintings.
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