Matthew DaubMatthew Daub was born and raised in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, near the Yonkers city line. His career as a visual artist has spanned more than four decades. His watercolor paintings and drawings have been widely exhibited at galleries and mueums throughout the United States, including numerous invitational exhibitions at institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, and The National Academy of Design. In 1991 The Met featured a Daub watercolor in their annual engagement calendar, American Watercolors. Daub has written dozens of articles for nationally distributed art magazines as well as a monograph on the artist, Carolyn Plochmann. Matthew retired after thirty-two years as a university art professor to devote more time to his writing. Leaving Eastern Parkway is Daub's first novel. He currently lives in rural Berks County, Pennsylvania, outside the town of Lenhartsville. Read More Read Less