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Herschel Payne is an artist of national
renown.
His paintings are in Government of Canada
and
Ontario provincial collections.
He travels across Canada through his work
as an artist, educator and conservationist.
In collaboration with Parks Canada, he teaches
conservation through art in the National
Parks.
His paintings are in collections in the USA,
Europe, Australia, and Asia.
Multi-talented, Herschel is also a
violinist.
His mother found a used violin in a pawnshop in Montreal
when he was 13. He practiced 6-7 hours a day.
Only a year later, he won a scholarship at the
Quebec Conservatory of Music.
Herschel Payne
14-years-old
By 17, he became a soloist with CBC and Radio-Canada.
This was followed by a year at
Meadowmount School of Music
and studies with
Ivan Galamian in New York.
At 18, he was playing with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra.
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