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Born: Philadelphia, October '45, grew-up in Princeton NJ, started painting age 6, minored in painting and photography at Penn State Univ. BA '70 Pilosophy of Ethics. 1 yr, post-graduate study Univ. New Mexico, MFA program, independent artist SF Bay Area '71-'75.
Began making one-of-a-kind collectable 'art knives' in '77 , retired from knifemaking in 2005 with long list of awards and is represented in museum and private collections around the world. Since that time Murad has been painting full-time.
Photography book: 'Maine, the Home Place' published in '03, museum show at Univ. New England, May-July '05.
Paints in oils, always on panels, size range is 16 x 20, to 30 x 40,
Paintings that currently reside in galleries must be bought through them.