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Abbot was born in Ambler, PA on January 2, 1961. His parents then moved to Providence, Rhode Island. In his childhood he drew lots of imaginary animals. He attended summer art classes at Rhode Island School of Design in his teens. Abbot took painting classes in college in Vermont and decided to study art in Maine. Painting wildlife, he took part in art festivals and sold a few. In 1991 he moved back to Rhode Island and painted at home. He then moved to Santa Cruz, CA in 1992 and has lived there ever since.
"I work from my imagination. Using oil as a medium I paint on canvas whenever idealistic forms come to my head. I have taken art classes in New England and used to work with acrylics, painting real wildlife. Now my subject matter is fantasy animals with backgrounds."
"Sketches on paper are the essential elements in my progress. Other times I just take a brush and sketch right on the canvas. I then put together the image, involving vividness of hue. Finally I reveal a creature and its preferred habitat. To me it is a leisure to escape reality by exploring my inner self."