Love Tango - Paperback

by Charles Gradante (Author)

A second-generation Italian-American born in New York City receiving a bachelor's degree in engineering and a master's degree in management science. A career that began as an associate engineer on the first USA moon landing which evolved into banking as CEO of Chelsea Bank in NYC and Co-founder of Hennessee Group LLC a hedge fund money management company.

Influenced by the sights and sounds of Greenwich Village and the Lower East Side he entered the world of art at the age of forty leaving behind a life focused on athletic achievements. Attended Art Students League for abstract painting under Joe Stapleton. He was encouraged to paint by his wife of twenty-four years, but ceased painting upon her passing and wandered into poetry.

Now residing in Florida, he's been interviewed by Arts Garage of Delray on the arts stating... 'In communicating the human condition, the arts (whether visual or written) begin where speech ends. Art gives a soul to the heart, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and rhythm to the body. You can't get those experiences without the arts.'