Charles Hetenyi

I have lived in the Desert region, the foothills of the High Sierra, and on the Pacific Coast. I have learned to love the beauty of each environments. I equally enjoy painting the woods and waterfalls, the ever changing scenery of the desert, but most of all the endles variety of peoples of the beach communities on the Pacific Coast. Through imagination, the paintings I create to evoke the strength and generosity of nature. With this very personal emotion, I hope to open the viewer eyes to the poetic beauty of the world around us.

Born in Budapest (the Buda side), Hungary. Raised and lived in Budapest until 1956 November. Came to United States in 1957 January 1st.. Settled in South California in 1960. Having a life long passion for art, I started taking some courses in fine art, studied with: Frank Turriello, Darwin Duncan, Sergey Bongard, Earl Daniel to name a few. I have found and participated in some art group activities, and art shows. I have received numerous awards, generated portrait commissions, sold a number of paintings to private collectors, in the United States and Hungary. Fortunately all my job involved different types of illustrations, and other commercial art where I gained a wealth of experience in all media.