by Karen Fien
Greece resident, Earl Hume, is a self-taught artist, his specialty is pen and ink drawings. He joined many local art clubs after his retirement from Kodak. He says, “Art clubs are great! They provide speakers that share their talents and ideas, you get to meet other people that share a love of art, and you become involved with the art community.”
After his retirement, he went right to work creating artwork to sell at local outdoor art shows. He said, “I spent many summer weekends at art shows. I really enjoyed talking to the people that came in to buy my art, and I had many repeat customers.” At 97 years old, he still works every day for an hour or two in a studio sketching and adding details to his artwork.
Hume grew up in Rochester and enlisted in the United States Navy at the age of 18. He served in both World War II and the Korean War. He started as a Seaman and was moved up to 2nd Class Carpenter and 2nd Class Damage Control. He served for eight years in the Navy. After his service he and his wife, Anna, built a home in Gates where they raised their two daughters Deborah and Karen. He was employed by the Eastman Kodak Company, and worked security. He retired from Kodak in 1983.
Earl Hume believes that you should pick one or two things in your life and work hard to master them.
