ALAN FELTUS is a figurative painter, born in 1943 in Washington, DC. He has been represented by Forum Gallery in New York City since 1976 and has lived near Assisi, in Italy since 1987. He is married to the artist Lani Irwin, also a figurative painter, and they have two sons. His work can be found in many public collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, the Fralin Museum of Art, VA, the Huntington Museum of Art, WV, the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, MA, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OK, the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC, and the Hudson River Museum, NY. Motherself: an Artist's Memoir is Feltus' first book. www.AlanFeltus.com