City Park Duckweed Lagoon

Billy Solitario

Oil on canvas

Unframed: H. 30; W. 30"

About the Artist

Billy Solitario was born in Manhattan Beach, California, in 1972. His family then moved to Gautier, Mississippi, located on the Gulf of Mexico. In 1994, Billy graduated from the University of South Florida with a BFA in painting. After graduation, he moved to New Orleans. While attending the New Orleans Academy of Fine Art, Billy worked as a graphic artist with a small advertising agency. In 1997, he received the Gwendolyn Ozol's Scholarship Award and studied painting full time. In 2003, Billy received an MFA in painting from Tulane University.

He currently shows at LeMieux Gallery in New Orleans, Louisiana; the Red Bird Gallery in Seaside, Florida; Sheldon Fine Art in Naples, Florida; Brown's Fine Art in Jackson, Mississippi; the Canary Gallery in Birmingham, Alabama; and the Pink Roster Gallery in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

Billy Solitario can be found working on site or at his Magazine Street studio in New Orleans.

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