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Larry Willis is an artist living in Chandler, Arizona, whose work spans nearly three decades. After playing in rock bands for a time, with musicians who would go on to play with Michael Jackson and Kinks drummer Mick Avory, he turned his artistic endeavors to painting. He attended art classes at Phoenix College in 1967-68 and studied art in Europe but is basically self-taught. He was part of the seminal contemporary art scene of Phoenix in the early 1980’s. Besides having had twelve solo shows in Arizona, he has had work exhibited at dozens of galleries, art centers and museums from California to Maine and in collaboration with French artist Gregory Bouctot Charneau in Paris. He was three times selected to show at the Southwestern Invitational Exhibition and also selected twice for The Arizona Biennial at the Tucson Museum of Art. His work has ben ih exhibitions at museums, art centers and galleries from California to Mane. it has been included in museum and corporate collections along with private collections throughout the United States it is also in collections in Mexico, Canida, Spain and Paris. Complete CV available.