Vincent Sferrino grew up in Brooklyn, New York and attended Brooklyn Technical High School.
He received the Bachelor Of Science in Electrical Engineering Degree from New York University in 1952 and was hired by MIT Lincoln Laboratory as an Electronic Engineer. He received the Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1957. He married Deanne Dario in 1958 and moved to Burlington, Massachusetts. They adopted two children, Michael and Alicia. He retired from MIT in 1996 after a rewarding career which included participation in many exciting Space Programs.
In 2001 Vincent attended Art classes given by Gwen Burgess at the Burlington Senior Center. He was delighted to discover an aptitude for painting and has since become involved deeply in the joys of painting. His original works were copied from photographs and calendars but he soon developed an abiding interest in the works of the Great Art Masters. His masterpiece reproductions have included works by Renoir, Monet, Manet, Callibotte, Sisley, Cassatt, Degas, Pissarro, Sargent, Homer, Fantin-Latour, Millet, Vetriano, Mannheim and Van Gogh. He has attached impressionistic titles to his interpretations of many of these great works of art. A number of these works were copied at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The main medium used by Mr. Sferrino is Acrylic on canvas. He has done Plein Air pieces during visits to Rockport, Gloucester, Portsmouth, and Kennybunkport in the Northeast and also while in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Africa, and Egypt abroad.
Mr. Sferrino is a member of the Rockport Art Association and the North Shore Art Association and has exhibited his works there as well as the Burlington Public Library and at the 2006 Burlington Arts Exhibit On The Common. He is also a member of the Burlington Cultural Council and the Museum Of Fine Arts in Boston where he paints regularly..
Some of the artwork displayed on this site has been sold, and some has been donated. If you have an interest in a particular painting please contact me at the following email address for prices. Thank You for visiting this web site.
Vincent Sferrino (vsferrino@hotmail.com)
