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Award Winning Plein Air Painter
Inspired by the genre of my southern heritage, and by my old friends, Rembrandt, Monet, and Sargent, with whom I became acquainted at an early age, I paint on location and from life. Painting celebrates my God-given coexistence with man and nature.
Growing up the daughter of a legacy of Alabama teachers, preachers and farmers, there was little money for entertainment outside the home. As a child, I spent countless hours porring over art history books, and drawing family members and farm scenes. At age 13, I began my journey with paint and canvas, and today my journey continues.
Painting from life involves spontaneous, astute use of color, and sure, but loose brushwork. I find that this way of painting is the most challenging and exciting, allowing me to work directly with paint on virgin canvas. As I work with my subject laid out before me, I feel an emotional connection. This intimacy with the subject is what I wish to convey to the viewer.
Links
Kate McNally www.katemcnally.com
Michael Chesley Johnson www.wheezard.blogspot.com
Ovanes Berberian www.newmastersgallery.com/ArtistsB/berberian.htm
Formal Education
B.S. Art Education/Art History, Jacksonville State University
M.A. Gifted Education/Painting/Art History, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Post Graduate Painting, Virginia Commonwealth University
Recent Shows and Honors
- Solo Exhibit, Grace Center, Fletcher, NC
- First Place Award, Swannanoa Valley Fine Art Show, Black Mountain Center for the Arts, Black Mountain, NC
- Accepted, Grace Center 7th Annual Art Exhibition, September 2007, Fletcher, NC
- Accepted, Swannanoa Valley Arts League Annual Juried Exhibit, August 2007, Black Mountain, NC
- Work accepted and purchased, Quick Draw Competition, Easton Plein Air Festival, Easton Maryland, July 2007
- Watercolor commission by the Garden Club of America, 2007
- Solo exhibit, Running Away! Blount County Memorial Museum, Oneonta, Alabama, January 2007
- Chosen to represent the Western North Carolina Plein Air Painters in Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, January/February 2007 Issue
- Barbs, Pickets, Words and Dreams, Juried Smithsonian Exhibit at the Carnegie
- Visual Arts Center, Decatur, Alabama, 2006
- Awarded the Ellen Walker Scholarship, Delta Kappa Gamma, for portrait painting with
- Clayton J Beck, Palette and Chisel, Chicago, IL 2006
- Finalist, Swannanoa Valley Fine Art League Juried Exhibit, Black Mountain, NC, 2006
- Best of Show, Arts in the Park, Ft. Payne, Alabama
Professional Study
- Phillip Carpenter, Atlanta, mentor at Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL 1975-78
- Michael Drought, Detroit, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1983-85
- Clayton J. Beck, III, Richard Schmid's student and associate, Palette and Chisel,
- Chicago, 2005-2006
- Pat Weaver, Dade City, FL, 2004
- John De La Vega, Nags Head, NC, 2003
- Roger Dale Brown, Nashville, TN, 2007
- Camille Przewodek, Petaluma, CA, 2007
Associations
North Carolina Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League http://www.svfal.org/our-artists-muralists-sculptors.html
Western North Carolina Plein Air Painters http://www.wncpleinair-painters.org
Alabama Plein Air Painters http://alabamapleinairartists.org/
Appalachian Pastel Society
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