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    Education  :   B.F.A. Atlanta Art Institute  , Atlanta, GA. 1962                                                            M. F.A. University of Georgia , Athens, GA. 1964  

 

    Professional Experience :  Directed Public Art Project for Springfest, Charlotte, N.C.  

                                             " Cultural and Social  Diversity " with painting students,  UNC Charlotte , N.C. 1993

                                             Adjunct Professor , Drawing and Painting , University fo North Carolina, Charlotte, N.C. 1985  

                                             Developed and facilitated workshops relating art to perception and awareness,  1982-1988  Boone , N.C.

                                             Visiting Artist , School of Design , North Carolina State University , Boone , N.C. 1983  

                                             Assistant Professor , Department of Art , Appalachian State University , Boone, N.C. 1983  

                                             Director of Gallery Exhibitions, Farthing Gallery , Appalachian State University , Boone, N.C. 1980-1982

                                             First Assistant to fresco artist , Ben Long , St Mary's Episcopal Church of the Frescos , Ashe County, N.C. 1975-1979

                                             Assistant Professor , School of Design , North Carolina State University , Raleigh, N.C.  1965-1969

                                             Director of the School of Design Exhibitions 1965-1969  

                                             Director of the Design Department , Barwick Mills, Atlanta , GA. 1961-1962

   Awards :                           First Purchase Award , Southeastern Annual Exhibition, High Museum , Atlanta , GA.

                                             Purchase Award , "Realiam in North Carolina" Mint Museum of Art , Charlotte, N.C.

                                             Best in Show, Purchase Award,  C.C.A.  Competitive Exhibition, Kinston , N.C.

                                            Purchase  Award,  Central  South Art  Exhibition , The Parthenon, Nashville,  Tennessee

                                            1st Purchase Award of Merit , 34th Annual Association of Georgia  Artists, Athens , GA.

                                            Cash Award , Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting , The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida

                                            Second Prize , Southeastern Annual Exhibition, High Museum , Atlanta, GA.

                                            Honorable Mention , Winston-Salem Gallery of Fine Arts  

Exhibitions:                        "Art Across America ",  M.  Knoedler and Co. ,  Inc. New York , N.Y.        

                                           "Artist Sketchbooks " , Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art , Winston-Salem,  N. C. 

                                             Mead Annual Painting of the Year competition , High Museum of Art , Atlanta, GA.

                                            Ball State University Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Muncie, Indiana

                                            Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 52nd Annual Exhibition, Hartford, Connecticut

                                            "Friends and Couples",  Six Person Exhibition, Art Space, Raleigh, N.C.

                                             "Art and Idea", Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,  Winston -Salem, N.C.

                                             Figure Painting in North Carolina Invitation, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, N.C.

                                            "Fantasy Imagery" , Green Hill Gallery , Greensboro, N.C.

                                            "Realism in North Carolina", Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, N.C.

                                            Annual Exhibition  of Contemporary American Painting,  The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach , Fl.

                                            Annual  North Carolina Artists'  Exhibition , North Carolina Museum of Art , Raleigh , N.C.

One Person Exhibitons:     " Reflections ",  Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,  Winston-Salem , N.C.

                                            St. John's Art Center, Greenville , N.C.

                                            Goldsboro Art Center, Goldsboro Art Center, Goldsboro, N.C.

                                            The "Real" Gallery, Boone, N.C.

                                            Carolista Gallery, Nag's Head, N.C.

                                            R.G.A.  Gallery, Boone, N.C.

                                            Garden Gallery, Raleigh, N.C.

                                            LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA.

                                            North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.

                                            Universtiy of Georgia , Athens, GA.

Collections:                         Hunter Gallery ,  Chattanooga, Tennessee

                                            The University of Georgia , Athens, GA.

                                            Knight Publishing Company , Charlotte, N.C.

                                            Nations Bank , Raleigh, N.C.

                                            St. Augustine College, Raleigh, N.C.

                                            Equitable Life Insurance Company, Charlotte, N.C.

                                            McFarland Publishing Company, Charlotte, N.C.

                                            Carolina Self Protrait Collection of Artine Artinian C.A.C. , Boone, N.C.

                                            Community Council for the Arts, Kinston, N.C.

 

Artist's Commentary:          When I was in school studying painting, and as a young teacher at the School of Design at North Carolina State University,

                                            I was very active exhibiting.  I was so successful that I began to expect to win prizes and it was a

                                            very stimulating time.   Several times , I  exhibited my work in New York and had opportunities to have a

                                            gallery  representing my work.

                                           That experience told me  I was not  equipped to deal with the New York commercial gallery dynamic.

                                            I wanted to paint when, what , and how I wanted to without external dictates.

                                            I could not , nor would not, choose to do other than what I did although I now realize that ones' work

                                           has to  have meaning and value beyond the personal.

                                     

                                           My website offers an opportunity to show the results of a non-careerist artist who enjoyed every stroke of paint and life ,

                                          whether  difficult or profoundly successful.