Bill Osmundsen began his professional career in art as an Editorial Cartoonist for a local newspaper while in high school just 50 years ago this summer. He attended Trinity University studing art and particularly sculpture. 'I felt I caught fire with my portrait busts' Osmundsen recollected. Taking a semester off he secured a teaching job with the Ridgewood Art Association (now Ridgewood Art Institute) in Ridgewood, NJ. Within months he opened his first art gallery 44 rue Maison in Ramsey NJ. The Vietnam War had a heavy draft requirement in 1968, and the Artist chose to...more
