Several years ago, I began to reinvestigate some of the iconic
figures of art history, and since then, some portion of every
day in my studio has been spent rediscovering the rich and
brilliant arc of the History of Art. As I was taking this
sentimental journey, in addition to my text work, I began to
make derivative images from the classical motifs. Some studies
became deconstructed; others were experimentally altered.
For example, I dissected the range
of colors used by particular artists, and produced color field
studies focusing upon the painter’s range of hues, shades, and
tones. I studied the geographic environments which may have
influenced certain artists, and therefore, cartography, along
with weather report and natural lighting - all of these became a
part of my sketchbook work.
I also began to use a grid
arrangement with rows and columns. I experimented as well with
digital arrangements and collages, all of which helped me to
contemporize the past. The two free-hanging grid installations,
“Souvenir” and “Memento”, are part of an ongoing inquiry. They
are representative of an effort to see something new and fresh
in an image which our collective minds have long ago memorized.
The installations are also an effort
to reaffirm the Gestalt of Art History where by the total of our
experiences and encounters with art represent a far greater sum
than the total of any particular experience.
The “Anniversary Grid” evolved after
Rembrandt’s four hundredth birthday when I became interested in
the depth and breadth of his lifetime of creating images of self
portraits. I was fascinated by the wide range of the pigments;
in spite of his predominate use of black and browns. It is
precisely his economical use of applying the gem tones which
makes the work so luminous and startling. In this installation,
I tried to mix exactly, Rembrandt’s more fugitive colors and
expand them as a color field exercise.
It is especially gratifying that the
location of the Performing Arts Center, and the Highlands
Cashiers Chamber Music Festival, should be the venue for this
series. The classical works performed by the Festival are time
- tested masterworks, and yet they are performed today with a
contemporary freshness, so that we might “see” the music in a
new way. In much the same way, we continue to view the
masterpieces of art with a “fresh eye”, remaining open minded
for some new interpretation.
And so, in classical music, the
coloration and tonality give fresh breath- a possibility of
changing nuance, to the works we love to hear; and so too, in
classical art work, the tempo and rhythm change as our
understanding changes. In the end, we will all have our
favorite souvenirs; the mementos which inform the dialogue of
our lives; here, for your viewing, are some of mine.
Anniversary Grid
Mixed Media on Board on Linen
46 x 33 Gallery Wrap
(Available)
Souvenirs
Mixed Media on Maple
54 x 43 (Twenty 10 x 10 panels)
(Available)
Memento
Mixed Media on Maple
54 x 43 (Twenty 10 x 10 panels)
(Available)
Spring
on the Plateau
Oil on Canvas
54 x 54 Gallery Wrap
(Available)
Autumn on the Plateau
Oil on Canvas
48 x 48 Gallery Wrap
(Available)
Winter on the
Plateau
Oil on Canvas
17.5 x 17.5 Framed
(Available)
Education
1994 Atlanta College of Art, B.F.A., Painting Major
1974 Admitted to the Georgia and American Bar Associations
1973 Woodrow Wilson College of Law, Juris Doctorate
1969 Emory University, BA Political Science
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005 Sandler Hudson Gallery, “Metaphyta”, Atlanta, Georgia
2001 Sandler Hudson Gallery, Gallery 100 Woodruff Art Center,
“Root”, Atlanta, Georgia
2000 Bascom-Louise Gallery, Highlands, North Carolina
Emory University, Art history Department
1995 Caroline Candler Hunt Gallery,
Oxford College of Emory University, Oxford, Georgia
Saenger Center Hattiesburg Arts Council, Hattiesburg,
Mississippi
1994 T.U.L.A. Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta College of Art Alumni Invitational, Solo Exhibition at
the Equitable Building, Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta College of Art, Gallery 100, Atlanta, Georgia
1991 Atlanta College of Art, Gallery 100, Atlanta, Georgia
Bascom-Louise Gallery, Highlands, North Carolina
1998 The Emory Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1983 Atlanta Artist Club at Emory University, Georgia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2004 “Drawings and/or Works on Paper”, Sandler Hudson Gallery,
Atlanta, Georgia
2003 “Atlanta Artist, Gallery Selections”, SunTrust Plaza
Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2002 Atlanta College of Art Alumni Show, Atlanta, Georgia
2000 “Repetition Show”, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta College of Art Alumni Show, Atlanta, Georgia
1998 Atlanta College of Art Alumni Show, Atlanta, Georgia
25th Anniversary Exhibition Abstein Gallery
1996-99 Abstein Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1994 Juried Exhibition, Highlands Art League, Best in Show
1994 Juror, S. Tucker Cooke, Chairman Art Dept., U.N.C. At
Ashville, NC Juried A.C.A Student
Exhibitions, Atlanta, Georgia
1993 Juried Exhibition, Highlands Art League, Best in Show
1993 Juror, Dr. William Eiland, Director, Georgia Museum of
Art, Athens, GA
1989 Juried A.C.A Student Exhibitions, Atlanta, Georgia
Activities
1996- 2005 Emory University, Guest Artist Lecturer
1997- 2004 Ansley Park Civic Association, Art in the Park, Live
Biannual Auction
1996-2002 Atlanta College of Art, Board of Directors
2001 Artist Talk, Woodruff Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
2000 Guest Speaker, Art League of Highlands, Slide Lecture,
"20th Century German Expressionism"
1999 Master of Ceremonies, Gardens for Peace Awards History
Center
1998-2000Founder and Chair, ACA Alumni Exhibition and Sale,
Woodruff Art Center
2000, 1998 Atlanta College of Art, President, Alumni Association
1997 Honoree, Contribution to the Visual Arts in Georgia,
Georgia Dept. of Human Resources
1995 Kids of the Atlanta Youth Project, Summerhill Neighborhood,
Summer Art Experience, Atlanta, Georgia
Artist Talk, Emory University,
in conjunction with Exhibition “Secrets From the Garden”
1994 Guest Speaker, Art League of Highlands, Slide Lecture “The
New York School,
Abstract Expressionism in America After World
War II”, Highlands, NC
1994-95 Kids of the Fifth with Susan Robert, Collaborative
Multimedia Art Project, Atlanta, Georgia
1993 Chair, Assembly X Emory University, “Art, Architecture, and
Authors at Emory”
Corporate Collections
Alston and Bird, Atlanta, Georgia , Alston and Bird, New York
City, New York
AFCO Real Estate Corporation, Bank of
Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Bascom-Louise Gallery, permanent collection, Highlands, North
Carolina
Boston Consulting Corporation, Georgia Pacific,
Atlanta, Georgia
Hardin Construction Company, Invesco Corporation, King and
Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia
Parker, Hudson, Rainer and Dobbs,
Atlanta, Georgia
Saylor & Saylor Attys., Atlanta, Georgia, SunTrust Bank
