Clif Anderson has a multicultural, art/music, athletic and community service background. Reared in the projects of North Philadelphia, his mother sought every opportunity for him to express himself in the Arts.
Stricken with polio at age eight, he went on to art lessons at Fleisher's Art Memorial and later graduated from the University of the Arts - BFA, and then a Masters from Antioch Graduate School.
Teaching art at Olney High School, he had the opportunity to work in many different media demonstrating for his students.
Clif enjoys painting landscapes, portraits, and creating masks. He has displayed his art, which includes works in tempera, acrylics, oil paintings, mixed media, sculpture and prints, in over 300 shows, winning numerous awards including First Place in Painting in the First International All-Disabled Art Show for Artists with Disabilities in 1979.
Clif began his musical career at the age of eleven, playing the double bass and was awarded a scholarship to study with Ferdinand Maresh of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Clif recently performed "Ragtime" at St. Joe's Bluette Theater and performs regularly with the Thomas Jefferson University Orchestra, the Mainline Symphony and the Germantown Academy Chamber Orchestra.
Clif's participation in the Arts has allowed him to transcend any obstacles which may have impeded his forward progress.
After teaching art for 35 years, Clif now works in his home studio and likes to share his talents in art shows and concerts.
