The art of Alex Echo is characterized by ''pattern painting'' - vivid colours, repeated elements and secret codes hidden within the complex imagery of his work. Echo had an artistic calling from an early age, winning his first art ''competition'' in second grade by designing a pamphlet for his school play. Drawn to poetry, scriptwriting, and figure studies, Echo opened his own gallery in Denver in 1980, a decision he calls ''a great success, a super experiment.'' The responsibilities of gallery ownership were followed by a period of exploration and world travel, a migration that took him from Paris to Amsterdam to Mystic, CT, before settling in one of America''s oldest artist''s colonies, the island of Rockport off the coast of New England. My websites: Alex Echo, Alex Echo Art, Alex Echo Artist