Sag Harbor artist Dan Rizzie tells Plum Hamptons that when he moved to the East End 20 years ago the hard edges in his paintings got softer. "I really wasn't looking at architecture or things I was looking at in the city," he says in a video interview. "I was amazed at how gorgeous it was out here. How can you not look at nature? How could you not be affected by the absolute beauty of the foliage and the birds and the fish? "I started spending a lot more time outside ... and i think it worked its way into my work." Rizzie goes on: "I love living here. As a working environment, I've never found anything better."
Public records show that Rizzie bought his three-bedroom, two-bath home in 1996 for $204,000.
Dallas papers recently reported that Rizzie, once a staple on the city's art scene, will be buying a home in the luxury residential Museum Tower, located between the Nasher Sculpture Center and the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.
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