Artist's Bio
Education
MFA, Painting, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 1984.
BFA, Painting/Drawing/Printmaking, Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, England, 1977
Awards
- South Caroina State Fair, First Place Award for Painting, 2003
- South Carolina Cultural Council of Richmond/Lexington Countirs' Palmetto Tree Project, 2000.
- South Carolina State Fair, Merit Award Watercolor, 1995
- South Carolina State Fair, Artists for Art Award, 1993
- South Carolina State Fair, Honorable Mention, 1986
- Springs Mills, Traveling Show, 1986
- National Bank of South Carolina, Invitational Exhibition, Award for Easel Painting, 1984
- National Bank of South Carolina, Invitational Exhibition, Traveling Show, 1984
- Spring Mills, Annual Exhibition, Award for Easel Painting, 1983
- Spring Mills, Traveling Show, 1983
- Annual Student Ehibition, University of South Carolina, Award for Painting, 1983
Collections
- Painting in the collection of NationsBank, Columbia, South Carolina
- Painting on permanent display, LeConte College, University of South Carolina
- Painting in the collection of former Congressman James Mann, Greenville, South Carolina
- Painting in collection of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Fisher, Columbia, South Carolina
- Painting in collection of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Kirkpatrick, Columbia, South Caroina
- Limited Edition Print “The Capital Cafe”, Inaugral Print of the Palmetto Collection
Galleries
- Havens Gallery, Columbia, South Carolina
- House of Frames and Paintings, Columbia, South Carolina
Exhibitions
- Camden Arts Center, Camden, S.C. 2003
Rain Forest Exhibit by International Artists
- House of Frames and Paintings, Columbia, South Carolina
Artist Statement
These paintings represent a body of work I have been engaged in creating over the past dozen years.
This group of multiphasic, biographical paintings are an homage to the humanistic spirit of the twentieth century, and to the creative, challenging, and complex indiviuduals, many of whom are considered Modernists. These are portraits, of course, but they are meant to convey more than just the physical appearance of an individual. They express the life and work of each person thought a multi-layered technique, juxtaposing images and ideas from various sources. A major part of the effort required to execute these portraits was to exhaustively reseach the individuals' lives and works. Thus, they are didactic paintings, bringing these figures to a wider audience and greater recognition for their contributions to the fabric of contemporary artistic and intellectual life. It is intended that this quality will generate a similar experience for the viewer, providing a stimulus for further investigation.
The choice of individuals was of course subjective, but not arbitrary. Those chosen, including Eisenstein, Gance, and Pound, shared elements of juxtaposition and simultaneity in their work. I beganwith this core group, subsequently reaching both backward and forward in time for other suitable subjects.
This series is very much an ongoing project wihch continues to absorb my interest. I am currently working on a portrait of Bela Bartok. In addition, I have begun a series of portraits of twentieth century dictators, which I believe will make an interesting and provocative corollary to the Modernists.