Art of Aging: Solebury Township couple, George and Ellen Anthonisen, are partners in both life and art [Video]

SOLEBURY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — For George and Ellen Anthonisen, art has been imitating life. Much of George’s early work as a sculptor depicts people in his family.

“George has such a sharp visual memory,” says Ellen Anthonisen.

“I went to the University of Vermont before coming to New York to study, where I studied in the National Academy of Design in New York and the Art Students League,” says George Anthonisen.

The two met in New York City in 1965 and married in ’66.

“George is really the most interesting man I’ve ever met,” she says. “He always has ideas.”

“It was really through my hands, I could develop ideas that were really beyond my understanding,” he says.

The family moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1971, where George built his art studio.

“He did a nine to six day, six days a week, with a half hour off for lunch,” she says. “Very, very disciplined.”

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