Acton artist completes mural on Thoreau Street
Fred Berthoff learned how to paint in prison, saying he “took tips from a couple of old-time Brooklyn wise guys” while incarcerated for 18 years on a drug conviction in 1994. But Berthoff’s life has been looking up ever since his release and trip back to Acton in 2011. He is a prolific painter now, displaying and selling paintings of sites around Acton. He’s painted the town houses in Acton and Ayer, Vanderhoof Hardware and a pizza shop in Bolton. He’s exhibited art at 51 Walden. But his latest work is probably his most visible. He was commissioned to paint
