The In-Between Artist: The Story of Tony D'Orazi Free online reading

This is a biography of my father, Tony D’Orazi, who had many successes and struggles as an influential twentieth artist, during his life. The story of Tony D’Orazi, is from his early childhood as a prodigy in Missoula, Montana, to his ascension into an award-winning artist by way of New York City and Chicago, and his days working for Walt Disney to ultimately becoming the radio and television personality known as Uncle Tony O’Dare, “the first cartoonist of the air”.

Tony’s personal struggles would repeatedly attempt to derail his artistic ambitions, but the art would always find a way to stay. This is a portrait of an artist and entertainer which also includes later chapters of his life, in which he went on to become a successful salesperson and character actor, all while pursuing his need to create. In the end, despite all these roles he played and the countless hurdles he faced, Tony remain an artist in between.