Tony Mafia, the painter

Once in while small miracles happen like with this painting. A friend of Iris bought a closed storage shed and upon opening they found thi...

I met Tony in the early 60's when I was helping out another Tony, one of the owner's at Martoni's Restaurant in Hollywood. Tony ...

Yes, today is Tony's birthday. born August 4th, 1931 in Chicago. He is still missed by many, thanks to this blog some old friends contac...

Tony had heart trouble, it seems since 1981 in my memory. So he regularly ended up in hospital. there are several pen and ink drawings he ...

Tony had a hard time doing nothing, in 1992 he had build a swimming pool in a wooden coral. it turned out that as soon as when we went sho...

THE POND Morning in Hoboken. Light meets me again, the light of long languid days at the pond near Lawrence Hall. Oh, eight again in th...

This painting was done in 1998 in the front room of the gas station. The first beginning is at the top left, the second phase, botom left ...