Ronald John (Gyo-Zo) Spickett was born in 1926. He initially trained with Gus Kenderdine, in his native Regina, before going to Calgary to study at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art (now SAIT/ACAD), which he attended from 1946-49. Following his studies, Spickett worked long hours at a number of commercial jobs, including as a window display artist for the Hudson Bay Co., painting and exhibiting when he could. Then, in 1955, Spickett won a full scholarship to attend the Instituto Allende, in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Mexico was at the forefront of the Post WWII wave of interest in mural painting, led by internationally acclaimed artists such as Jose Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Diego Rivera. Spickett ...