Russell Dupont:  

After CCHS, I made the rounds of most of the colleges in the Boston area, graduating from BSC and doing master's work at NU and UMass Boston. Worked for a while in advertising and then went into teaching. Back in '86-87, I received a grant from the MFA that allowed me to take a LOA from teaching and paint for a year. In '93, I left teaching to paint full time and made the mistake of starting an internet book business that took over my life for the next 25 years. I just sold off my entire inventory and am now working on my photography, painting and print-making full time. [In December, 2008, I was invited to exhibit in a show at the galleries of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and have been invited back again for this year; and right after that, I was in a show at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, MA]. In addition to exhibiting four of my photographs at the Galleries at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts this coming November, I have an upcoming show of my paintings in February of 2010 at the Gallery at the Crane Library in Quincy, MA. Sports have always been a part of my life and after leaving Columbus, I had a two-day tryout with a fledgling football team in a fledgling football league -- on the invitation of Mike Holovak. Got myself worked over pretty well. I went on to play during my freshman year at BC, getting run over by the likes of Larry Eisenhauer until I messed up just before the first game and nearly injured QB John Amabile. I was "asked" to "get the hell out of here" by Coach Heferle. I continued to play football off and on until I was about 30. At that time, through my children, I got involved in soccer and helped start a men's soccer club in the South Shore League where I played until I was 45 and, when I left the game, held the record for most games played, never missing a single game. I also coached high school soccer. Two knee replacements now limit my sports activity to weight lifting, swimming and cycling. Love to travel but my wife and I haven't been able to get away for the past few years. I love London [3 times], Paris and Sedona, AZ. My life has been good. I have three great and successful children and seven wonderful grandchildren. Leaving teaching was one o...Expand for more