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Angel Ramiro Sanchez STUDY FOR SONATA Mixed technique 100 x 70 cm 2020 “STUDY FOR SONATA is the body of the sense of Self-Awareness: self perception and visualization. The main figure of a complex composition I have been developing for years where I attempt once again to walk the bridge that connects painting and music. The figure invites us to “Think of a way to find oneself” - Angel Ramiro Sanchez Biography: Angel Ramiro Sanchez was born in 1974 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. At age six was accepted with full scholarship into the Instituto the Niños Cantores del Zulia, school for musically gifted children. At age fourteen he began five years of apprenticeship with the realist painter, Abdon J. Romero, an eminent specialist in murals for churches and public buildings. In 1993, a study grant from Mgr. Gustavo Ocando Yamarte, Founder the Niños Cantores, enabled him to travel to Florence, Italy, where he studied at the renowned Accademia di Belle Arti, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1997. At the same time, he was enrolled at The Florence Academy of Art, founded by painter Daniel Graves, where he received a diploma in Painting. Ramiro was appointed senior painting instructor at The Florence Academy of Art in 1997, and is currently Director of the Advanced Painting Program. Ramiro paints only from life, searching for accuracy beyond physical appearance to reach the psychological state of his subject. He believes the painter must draw his information from "all five senses" to tell the complete human story. Ramiro’s work is predominantly represented by the Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, New York, Scriba Gallery, venice, Italy and the Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Tx. Since 2018 Ramiro has been working on the decoration of the drum for Saint Bede’s Catholic Church in Williamsburg, VA. Further developing his art for mosaic design and public work. Ramiro's works can be found in numerous private collections in Europe, The United States and South America. Public collections include: The Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy. The Fremantle Foundation for Foreing Artist in Tuscany at Villa Peyron, Florence, Italy and The Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA. USA. And the suffolk county historical society museum, Long island, NY. USA Ramiro shares his life and passion for art with his wife, the artist Melissa Franklin-Sanchez and their two children Rafael and Iris. * The Florence Academy of Art is a non-profit 501c3 entity. Donations are tax deductible in the United States.