James McGarrell [SEP] place of birth
James McGarrell
James McGarrell (born February 22, 1930, Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American painter and printmaker known for painting lush figurative interiors and landscapes.
Biography.
James McGarrell began painting in the basement of his parents' house at age 20. His first formal art studies were at Indiana University and at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine. He then entered the graduate painting program at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1955 McGarrell had his first solo exhibition at the
approach to intellectual property.
McGarrell was the art director of the film, "Maggots and Men", an experimental retelling of the story of the 1921 uprising of the Kronstadt sailors in post-revolutionary Russia.
Transgender identity.
Assigned to a female gender role at birth, McGarrell identified strongly with androgyny since childhood, and the transgender and queer (or radical queer) community as an adult. He began formally identifying as a male in 2003-04. His transition involved a limited amount of hormone therapy—