C.G. Furst (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} theclownhunt) wrote,@ 2007-07-17 15:20:00 |
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Wil Hanson 1919-2007
My father-in-law, Wil Hanson, died last Saturday in California. He had just finished writing his second novel, the sequel to Smoke in the Wind, a few weeks ago, and was working on a series of paintings when he fell ill.
He was one of the most energetic people I've known, full of plans and projects, enthusiastic about meeting new people and traveling to new adventures.
I'll write more about him at another time, but for now here's a short bio adapted from his website:
Wil Hanson graduated from Art Center College of Design (then Art Center School) in California and furthered his art education in London, Florence, and Rome. Additionally, he studied painting with S. MacDonald Wright, Willard Nash and Guy Pene du Bois. He studied experimental photography at UCLA under internationally-acclaimed photographers Robert Heinecken and Edmund Teske and has been professionally photographing for over thirty years.
He was a sketch artist at Universal studios, a set designer at Paramount Pictures and had an independent international architectural practice based in California. After he moved to New Mexico in 1990, he spent his time painting, photographing, writing for various publications, and doing an occasional design job.
My father-in-law, Wil Hanson, died last Saturday in California. He had just finished writing his second novel, the sequel to Smoke in the Wind, a few weeks ago, and was working on a series of paintings when he fell ill.
He was one of the most energetic people I've known, full of plans and projects, enthusiastic about meeting new people and traveling to new adventures.
I'll write more about him at another time, but for now here's a short bio adapted from his website:
He was a sketch artist at Universal studios, a set designer at Paramount Pictures and had an independent international architectural practice based in California. After he moved to New Mexico in 1990, he spent his time painting, photographing, writing for various publications, and doing an occasional design job.
