Alfred Morales Morningstar, a Puerto Rican artist, resides in Voluntown, CT. Born in 1932 in Manhattan, NY., he earned a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from The City College of New York, School of Technology. After working in the engineering field for many years, his attention turned toward the pursuit of the fine arts.
 

Alfred’s work was initially influenced by Harvey Dinnerstein, Burt Silverman and Foster Caddell and later by Picasso, Dali, Klee and Matisse. He studied with Foster Caddell and at the Woodstock School of Art, the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts and the Norwich Art League.
 

In his early years he composed exquisite, realistic portraitures and figure drawings in pastels as well as pen and ink. Many of those compositions were gesture drawings. His extensive exploration into the arts included oil painting, wood carving, printmaking, and in later years, acrylic abstract paintings and collages. Alfreds’s work was shown on the East Coast at a number of locations including Greenes Book and Beans in New London, CT., and numerous outdoor art shows including, Washington Square, NY, the Mystic Outdoor Art Show, Wickford and Narragansett shows in RI, and Portland, Maine.
 

At the age of 92 Alfred is retired, but he has passed on his love and passion to be an artist to his children, Trish Morales, Mik Morales, and Anthony Morales as well as his grandchildren, Matt Wiedenheft and Shaina Morales.
 

An Artist reception will be held Sunday, June 22, 2025 1-3pm.