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Anthony (Tony) Aloysius Koos (September 23, 1976 - ) is an American painter currently residing in Hartford, Connecticut. Born in Bakersfield, California to Kenneth Koos and Kristine Hendricks, Koos's artistic talent was recognized at a very early age. His paintings were first exhibited in the local restaurants of the town of San Juan Capristano, CA. when he was only eight years old. Koos's work is mostly in acrylics, oils and silkscreens and he developed his unique painting style under the influence of modern American and European artists such as Andy Warhol, Ergon Schiele and Burne Hogarth.

Education and Early Life
Koos's interest in art began when he was a child under the tutelage of his mother, Kristine Hendricks, herself an artist. Although she received no classical training beyond high school, Hendricks' work, mainly representational in style, was exhibited for several years in.

Encouraged no doubt by his mother, Koos studied fine arts at the University of Connecticut, at S.U.N.Y F.I.T. in New York City and, briefly, at Yale University.