Tony A. Blue was a very creative young boy in the early ‘60s, constantly trying to sketch and paint what his imagination could see and he still does that today. In 1967, when he saw a Michelangelo Antonioni movie called Blowup, he decided to add photography to his creative endeavors. He first learned his new craft through trial and error, then with military on-the-job training as a still photographer in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. Upon his discharge in 1969 and to supplement his music career (that’s a whole other story), he enrolled in Los Angeles City College to further his photography studies. While there, his work was recognized by his instructor and Tony was asked to do a one-man exhibit, on campus, in the Presidents Hall – his first show, “The Many Moods of Women”, was born. That marked the beginning of his unique and significant contribution to the vast and glorious art world. With a growing hunger to expand his horizons, Tony Blue’s creative yearning took over and with the ‘80s came change. He moved back to his home state of Florida to allow his creative juices to flow into a new direction – T.A. “splatter” Blue and his original work began to emerge. Tony continues to “move & shake” the boundaries of his art. Frequently, but not always, Tony combines two media to create his work. He likes to combine and blend multiple images in much of his photography work and T.A. Blue Originals are created in acrylics and mixed media.