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From TMC Health Healing Arts Program

  1. San Pedro and Southwestern Excursion Train, Benson by Neal Lutyens, Image 5.

    Neal Lutyens

    San Pedro and Southwestern Excursion Train, Benson

    digital photography

    11 x 14 in

  2. Tree with Blossoms by Sheila Miles, Image 2.

    Sheila Miles

    Tree with Blossoms

    oil on canvas

    40 x 44 in

  3. Strolling by John Birmingham, Image 1.

    John Birmingham

    Strolling

    acrylic on canvas

    24 x 24 in

  4. Tucson Gem and Mineral Show by Lauri Kaye, Image 1.

    Lauri Kaye

    Tucson Gem and Mineral Show

    hand drawing with micron pens, photography and digital color on brushed aluminum

    34.5 x 31 in

  5. Tucson Audubon Mission by Lauri Kaye, Image 1.

    Lauri Kaye

    Tucson Audubon Mission

    hand drawing with micron pens, photography and digital color on brushed aluminum

    34.5 x 31 in

  6. The Monsoons by Lauri Kaye, Image 1.

    Lauri Kaye

    The Monsoons

    hand drawing with micron pens, photography and digital color on brushed aluminum

    34.5 x 31 in

  7. Shinzen Young by Lauri Kaye, Image 1.

    Lauri Kaye

    Shinzen Young

    hand drawing with micron pens, photography and digital color on brushed aluminum

    34.5 x 31 in

  8. The Fairy Garden by Elaine Pekarske, Image 1.

    Elaine Pekarske

    The Fairy Garden

    acrylic on canvas

    48 x 60 in

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About the artist

Larry Cansler

American

b. 1940

Larry is a native Texan. He studied music composition at North Texas University, and enjoyed a long career in the Hollywood studios. Larry is an Emmy award-nominated composer, arranger, conductor, musical director, and pianist. He has worked with musical artists like Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Glen Campbell, The Temptations, the Smothers Brothers, Lionel Richie, and Collin Raye. His symphony “Mojave” was performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Among his musical credits was composing the music for the hit classic “Wildfire” and composing the music for Robert Redford's Academy Award- nominated short subject "A Short Film On Solar Energy."


Another lifelong passion of his has been art, and he started drawing at an early age. In the last few years he has turned this interest into a full-time pursuit. He moved to southern Arizona in 2001, and began studying painting with artists like Randall Sexton, Ray Roberts, Gabor Svagrik, Dennis Ziemienski, Kathryn Stedham and Colley Whisson. He also composed the music for a montage of the paintings of his friend, the legendary, Ed Mell.


He loves painting Southwest landscapes and cloudscapes as well as California and Hawaiian beach scenes.