James Donald Byrnes:
CLASS OF 1960
Richmond Professional InstituteClass of 1960
Richmond, VA
James Donald's Story
James Donald's schools include Richmond Professional Institute. Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art Trenton Catholic High
I retired the summer of 2011. I worked as a graphic artist for some 50 odd years. I enjoyed my work so much that I kept on designing and illustrating until I was 75. I have hung up my T Square and picked up brush & palette. I paint portraits and landscapes in oil and watercolor.I Also draw caricatures. I traveled all over Ireland & Scotland. I toured with Irish Folk Singer Tommy Makem. Me and my friends went every Nov. from 1999 to 2004. After Tommy finished singing I would ...Expand for more
do my stand up comedy routine. One of my skits was to roast Tommy. I have a small world story. While honeymooning in Ireland & Scotland in 1970 we bumped into my graphic design teacher from RPI. Don & Kathleen left Davey Byrnes' Pub* on Grafton Street in Dublin, and there was himself Art!!! Well I have to get my knickers in 2nd gear!!! I'll add more copy and a snapshot of my ugly face later. Irish play writer Brendan Behan once said he saw a man sitting in a pub that was so ugly that his face looked like a plate of mortal sins.
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* Made famous from a James Joyce novel
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