Anthony Padula was born in 1972 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, where he lives and works today. Although Padula earned his Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and later received an MBA from Bentley College, he veered from his formal education to become a painter. His Abstract Realist style paintings and drawings are inspired by his years of studying under living master David Leffel. Currently, Padula is the proprietor of his own gallery on Washington Street in old-town Marblehead, MA. He has been jury-selected multiple times for exhibitions at The Guild of Boston Artists, and has won several awards for his classic-yet-distinct compositions and technique. Anthony considers himself a lifetime student of art, with a healthy obsession “to make a beautiful painting.”