Al Razza was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1954. He moved to South Florida in 1979, and currently resides in Coral Springs with his wife Sheila and daughter Alicia. Educated in New England, Razza received a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree from Massachusetts College of Art in 1977. He also attended the Art Institute of Boston, the University of Rhode Island, and Florida Atlantic University. In 1982, while working on a Masters Degree at
Pratt Institute in New York, he was awarded an assistantship and two fellowships. In 1991, Razza won one of the first South Florida Consortium Fellowships, awarded for artistic excellence by the South Florida Art Consortium and the National Endowment for the Arts; which included a $15000 stipend. His work has been exhibited in museums,and galleries, and is included in many private and public collections. He has taught in the Broward
County, Florida School System, and was an instructor at the Coral Springs Museum of Art for 10 years. He is also the owner of Design Crafters Gallery and School of Art, Inc. located in Coral Springs.
About the Paint Skin Process
Simply stated, paint skin is just dried acrylic paint. The paint is processed into sheets of color and then applied into the construction of each artwork. Some artworks use shredded pieces to accentuate the surface.
These are added to each work at various stages of development. Still others use paint skin to build up a heavy surface with corrugated layers that swirl across the surface in a very robust fashion.
You can read about his work with paint skin. Just Google Al Razza and the paint skin process to find various articles he has published, or follow these links:
Article 1
Article 2
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles2/62215/610/
Article 3 http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles2/62215/739/
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