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<p align="left"><img
src="saracen.jpg"
alt="Saracen Mural" align="left" hspace="6" width="339"
height="486"><font size="4" face="Arial"><strong>The Cheif
Saracen Mural<br>
</strong></font><font size="3" face="Arial"><strong>by Robert
Dafford</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">One of America's most prominent mural
artists, Robert Dafford considered his artistic career began as
early as high school. His studies in art at the University of
Southwestern Louisiana were interrupted by the Vietnam war, and
he served for three years as a naval illustrator and draftsman
aboard the U.S.S. Independence in the Mediterranean. Since then,
he has painted more than fifty murals, ten of which are in
Canada and some in Europe.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Brother and fellow artist Douglas Dafford
often collaborated; Douglas handling the engineering challenges,
while Robert concentrated on the artistic aspects of a project. </font></p>
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