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JURIED
EXHIBITIONS: FINE ART
- 2006 139th
International Exhibition, American Watercolor Society,Louis Kaep Award
(Sweet Bouquet)
- 2005
Hub City Juried Show (Happy at Hambidge)
- 2005
Annual Juried Exhibition, Artists Guild of Spartanburg, Merit Award
(Spong !!)
- 2005
Georgia Watercolor Society 26th National Exhibiton, Honorable Mention
(Sweet Bouquet)
- 2005
Anderson Cy Arts Center Annual Juried Show (Bed in the Woods)
- 2005
Artist-in-Residence grant awarded by Hambidge Center
- 2004
South Caroloina State Fair (War Room); Merit Award (Safe and Sound)
- 2004 Grant
from Spartanburg Arts Partnership for "The Bed: Archetypal and
Ordinary"
- 2004
Artist-in-Residency program awarded, Hambidge Center (GA)
- 2003
South Carolina State Fair (Morris Cottage Screen Door, Iconic Bed)
- 2003
12th Annual Art in the Park, Greenville (Two Red Chairs)
- 2003
Signature Member Status awarded by the National Watercolor Society (Retreat,
my-Mac, Colonial Church)
- 2003
National Watercolor Society Juried Show (Primo Vere)
- 2003
Member with Excellence Award (S. C. Watercolor Society)
- 2003
"On the Edge" Exhibition, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur,
GA (Retreatant's Room at Mepkin Abbey)
- 2003
South Carolina Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition (Vespers)
- 2002
Art in the Air, Gateway Advertising, Greer, SC (Chairs)
- 2002
South Carolina Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition (Primo Vera)
- 2002
11th Annual Art in the Park, Greenville, Merit Award (My-Mac)
- 2002
Anderson Country Arts Center Annual Juried Show (Dessert (of) Course)
- 2001
Sidewalk Art Show, Spartanburg, 3rd Place in Painting and Drawing (Vernal
Equinox)
- 2001
South Carolina Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition (Dessert (of)
Course)
- 2001
10th Annual Art in the Park, Greenville (Vernal Equinox)
- 2001
Annual Juried Exhibition of the Artists' Guild of Spartanburg, Merit
Award (Archtypal Bed)
- 2001
Anderson Country Arts Center Annual Juried Show, Purchase Award (Zebra
Pillow)
- 2000
The Artists' Guild of Spartanburg
- 2000
Union County Arts Council
- 1999
Blue Ridge Arts Council (Seneca)
- 1999
Western North Carolina (Tryon); Honorable Mention
- 1999
The Artists' Guild of Spartanburg; Merit Award
- 1999
Sidewalk Art Show; 1st place in Amateur category
- 1999
SC State Fair; Merit Award in Amateur category
- 1999
Union County Arts Council
- 1998
The Artists' Guild of Spartanburg (juried into membership)
- 1998
Union County Arts Council
SELECTED
SOLO EXHIBITS: FINE ART
- Nov Dec
2005 Aiken Center for the Arts “Beds and Other Recent Paintings”
- Nov 2004
"The Bed: Architypal and Ordinary"; Sandor Teszler Library
Gallery, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
- Feb 2005
"The Bed:Archtypal and Ordinary" Tryon (NC) Fine Arts Center
- March
2004 Art League of Hendersonville County (NC) Civic Center, two-person
show and Guest Artist for March 2004
- Nov-Dec
2003 Mildred Harrison Dent Fine Arts Center, Spartanburg Day School,
two -person show
- Sept
2000 Artists' Guild Gallery, Spartanburg County Museum of Art
PUBLICATIONS:
FINE ART
ARTWORK
AVAILABLE AT:
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Meditation Room, Episcopal Church of the Advent (SC) 2/2001
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Artists' Guild Gallery, Spartanburg Cy (SC) Museum of Art 9/2000
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Gallery, Summit Hills, Spartanburg (SC) 10/2000
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Gallery, Cannons Elementary (Cowpens, SC) 11-12/2000
ON-LINE JURIED SHOW: ICONS
PUBLICATIONS:
ICONS
- "Painting
included in Confident Color: An Artist's Guide to Harmony, Contrast
and Unity by Nita Leland (North Light Books)"
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"Windows to Heaven" Agnes Scott: The Magazine,
Fall 2003
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Icon artist paints "windows into heaven" Spartanburg
Herald Journal, March 16, 2002
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"An echo of God's mystery" episcopallife, October
2001
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"Icons: Windows into Heaven" Crosswalk, Episcopal
Diocese of Upper SC, December 2000
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"Artist develops inner world" Spartanburg Herald Journal,
Sept 17, 2000
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photo: Scott Cunnigham
ARTIST'S
STATEMENT
What
I Paint
Sense
of place and love of place characterize my interiors (and my recent
landscapes). Although a variety of subject matter finds its way into
my paintings, the familiar scenes of my home have been my primary
focus. Chairs and sofas which are central to so many of my paintings
imply to me social interchange. I hope they project a warmth, comfort
and hospitality. In the past few years beds have become a subject
matter that has fascinated me. The bed has a lot of symbolic meaning
in that it is a place where a variety of emotions are experienced.
These pieces of furniture and the compositions that they create, present
me with an intriguing jumping off place for novel colors, new designs
and some fantasy. My hope is that my work conveys some of the joy
that I experience when I paint.
How
I Paint
Initially
my eye catches a composed scene and I made a rather quick sketch or
photo. I then transfer the image to paper or canvas (that has been
prepared with an underpainting) and then outline the shapes with black.
I then add color within the shapes. I enjoy establishing a good composition
within my sketch and then refining it with color and line. Embellishing
or decorating many surfaces is something I often do. It's like icing
on the cake for me.
Materials
and Method
Although
I paint in watercolor and enjoy mixed miedia, I favor acrylic paints.
Acrylics give me a maximum flexibility and control in my painting
and also create a permanent and durable surface. I love the ease of
application and the ability to spontaneously paint a shape and then
redo it, if it is not right. The pragmatic aspects of convenience
and quick drying time help me keep a rhythm and pace to my painting
that sustains a certain energy and level of creativity.
My
Work with Icons
Several
years ago, after becoming fascinated with icons seen in the churches
and museums of Russia, I happened into a bookstore on an excursion
into New York City. My eye caught a book on the shelf entitled "The
Technique of Icon Painting": I knew then that I wanted to learn
how. I eagerly purchased the book and returning home, I sought out
instruction with an iconographer in Pennsylvania. Over the years I
have learned to paint or "write" icons from other iconographers
in the U.S. and from my own self-study. This non-rational, meditative,
non-driven, non-competitive approach to applying paint onto a wooden
panel has been personally very restorative to me.
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