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Aymon de Sales was born in New York City. He went to
school at Allen Stevenson and Choate. He was a major
character in the best selling book Chocolates For
Breakfast (1955) by Pamela Moore. In 1956 he studied
in the South of France with the Albanian
abstractionist painter, Chatine Charatsi. After living
in London and Kenya with his first wife, Pat
Cavindish, daughter
of Lady Kenmare, he traveled to Mexico where he came
in contact with the beat poet Phillip Lamantia in 1961
and drew inspiration from the ceremonies of the Yaqui
and Mayan Indians.
He lived in the South of Spain from 1962 -1067.He had
a successful exhibit at the Mabella Club and later at
Tito’s Gallery in Madrid. He married Isabel Equidazu
and had two daughters, Chantal and Monica de Sales.
In the 70’s Aymon moved back to America. He painted at
Tim Leary’s house in Millbrook, New York in the 70’s
and early 80’s He showed at the Jon Leon Gallery in
New York with such famous artists as Larry Rivers and
John Chamberline