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The earliest creative influences in Zingaro's life were the mysterious and colorful gypsies traveling through his home town, an old whaling port on the southern coast of Massachusetts. As a child his hungry imagination was filled by the impressions of the strands of fate that guided the fluid and ethereal lives of these gypsies. They had a fondness for the young Zingaro, and laid upon him a calling to experience the richness of the world.
Zingaro began his creative life as an apprentice for an aging wagon painter. The old craftsman, Mandy-short for George Mandevellis, had earned his legendary reputation painting Gypsy and circus wagons.
The old master sought a vessel in which to pour his legacy. Zingaro, he felt, was worthy of the gift. With a firm hand and a critical eye the old master guided the young Zingaro through the kaleidoscopic balance of color and motion of his art, a gift that was not foresaken. When Mandy's time was done Zingaro was left to inherit the old man's vivid philosophy of form, color and life. With his portable livelihood the young artist traveled the country allowing his creative spirit to soar.
Along the path, his artistic pulses were clutched by the magnetism of simplistic abstraction. He pursued and obtained a degree in Fine Art and followed with the mastery of color, inspired by the works of artists: Mondrian, Picasso, and Andy Warhol.
New Mexico is where the mesmerizing light and opalescent sunsets bid him to remain. It is here that he met and befriended the late Craig Ruwe, master enamel artist. Craig Ruwe's enamel career dated back more than twenty years to the great period of Fred Uhl Ball. Ruwe had worked and apprenticed with Fred Ball until his untimely death in 1985, just after the release of his book, Experimental Techniques in Enamelling.
Ruwe introduced Zingaro to the ancient art of vitreous enamel on metal. The depty and light of this medium sparked Zingaro's interest. Zingaro aided Ruwe in his passionate works for two years until Craig's dignified battle with cancer ended in the spring of 2004, leaving a legacy of enamel technique. Tuwe asked Zingaro to carry on the tradition of this unique medium.
Today, following the path of Fred Ball and Craig Ruwe, Zingaro is exercising his creative expressions in vitreous enamel on metal. His new work is an imitable collaboration of images embodied in layer upon layer of luminescent glass. Zingaro continues to press forward with new and exciting discoveries in this timeless medium.
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