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NEWS and EVENTS
2011 MASTER WILDLIFE ARTIST
Birds in Art
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
700 North Twelfth Street, Wausau, Wisconsin
September 10, 2011 to November 13, 2011
This is BIG news! The annual Birds in Art, hosted since 1975 by the Woodson Museum in Wausau Wisconsin, each year honors a "master' wildlife artist, and offers that artist the opportunity to have a mini-retrospective at the museum during the fall Birds in Art exhibition. It is a great honor, and many of the most celebrated bird painters of the late 20th Century have been named as Woodson Masters. So perhaps you can imagine how truly thrilled I am to have been chosen by the Museum this year. I never dared to dream of such an honor when I was first accepted into this juried show back in 1980!
At Birds in Art this fall, I will be showing an array of seventeen drawings, illustrations and paintings, including three favorite watercolor plates from my field guides and a dozen recent oil landscapes with birds. All will be reproduced in the show's spectacular full-color catalog. Included, as well, will be a biographical essay written by Stephen Quinn, friend, colleague, and exhibitions designer at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Birds in Art each year opens during an event-filled weekend in early September. Many of the approximately 100 participating artists flock to Wausau from around the world to see the show (and each other), and to hear the presentation given by that year's honoree. That's me, this time. And I am gradually steeling myself for the thrill and fright of addressing the public and all my fellow artists. I hope to see you there at the Woodson Museum, too.
For more information about Birds in Art, visit the Woodson Museum website.
This is BIG news! The annual Birds in Art, hosted since 1975 by the Woodson Museum in Wausau Wisconsin, each year honors a "master' wildlife artist, and offers that artist the opportunity to have a mini-retrospective at the museum during the fall Birds in Art exhibition. It is a great honor, and many of the most celebrated bird painters of the late 20th Century have been named as Woodson Masters. So perhaps you can imagine how truly thrilled I am to have been chosen by the Museum this year. I never dared to dream of such an honor when I was first accepted into this juried show back in 1980!
At Birds in Art this fall, I will be showing an array of seventeen drawings, illustrations and paintings, including three favorite watercolor plates from my field guides and a dozen recent oil landscapes with birds. All will be reproduced in the show's spectacular full-color catalog. Included, as well, will be a biographical essay written by Stephen Quinn, friend, colleague, and exhibitions designer at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Birds in Art each year opens during an event-filled weekend in early September. Many of the approximately 100 participating artists flock to Wausau from around the world to see the show (and each other), and to hear the presentation given by that year's honoree. That's me, this time. And I am gradually steeling myself for the thrill and fright of addressing the public and all my fellow artists. I hope to see you there at the Woodson Museum, too.
For more information about Birds in Art, visit the Woodson Museum website.
To read the official press release announcing my naming as 2011 Master Artist, click here.
My work also will be featured in an upcoming article in Plein Air Magazine. Stay tuned!
Silver Light, Grapeville Creek, oil on linen, 24"x26"
OPENING SOON:
Award-Winning Artists, Three Distinct Views:
Penny Billings, James Coe and Peter Kalill
Penny Billings, James Coe and Peter Kalill
ADDISON GALLERY, 43 Route 28, Orleans, MA
August 20 - September 11, 2011
Opening reception, Saturday August 20, 5:30-7:30 pm
I was recently invited to join the Addison Gallery in Orleans, Massachusetts - literally in the art center of Cape Cod. Although the Addison will maintain a number of my paintings on hand year-round, I am currently preparing work for a three-artist exhibition at the gallery during the peak of the summer season. Be sure to put it on your calendar!
Opening reception, Saturday August 20, 5:30-7:30 pm
I was recently invited to join the Addison Gallery in Orleans, Massachusetts - literally in the art center of Cape Cod. Although the Addison will maintain a number of my paintings on hand year-round, I am currently preparing work for a three-artist exhibition at the gallery during the peak of the summer season. Be sure to put it on your calendar!
Incoming Tide, Provincetown, oil /linen on board, 12" x 16"
For a schedule of events at the gallery see the Addison Gallery website.
Annual Exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists
Dennos Museum, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI
September 17 - October 30, 2011.
One of my favorite paintings from last year is included in this year's annual SAA show: Reflections of April. Following the Dennos Museum, the entire exhibition will go on national tour - split into two smaller collections. I will post additional venues as soon as I learn where my painting will be shown. For more information, visit the Society of Animal Artists website.
Reflections of April, oil on linen, 16"x22"
One of my favorite paintings from last year is included in this year's annual SAA show: Reflections of April. Following the Dennos Museum, the entire exhibition will go on national tour - split into two smaller collections. I will post additional venues as soon as I learn where my painting will be shown. For more information, visit the Society of Animal Artists website.
Reflections of April, oil on linen, 16"x22"
12th Annual Exhibition of the American Impressionist Society
Mountainsong Galleries, Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA
October 15 - November 15, 2011
I am very proud to announce that my recent landscape Snow on Shepherd's Barns was accepted into this year's AIS show, juried by renowned painter Scott Christensen. This is still a young organization, but recent shows demonstrate the strenth and quality of the membership. For more information, visit the AIS website.
Snow on Shepherd's Barns, oil on linen, 20"x24"
CURRENTLY ON VIEW:
New Legacy Collection
BRYAN MEMORIAL GALLERY, 180 Main Street, Jeffersonville, Vermont
ongoing, through December 2011
Spring Flow, Windsor, oil on linen, 14" x 24"
Spring Flow, Windsor, oil on linen, 14" x 24"
I have been invited to maintain a selection of paintings in the back gallery at the Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville, VT as part of their ongoing New Legacy show of work by contemporary New England landscape painters.
For additional information, visit the Bryan Gallery website.
Art of the Animal Kingdom
BENNINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Bennington, Vermont
June 11 - August 18, 2011.
I have two paintings included in this year's annual Art of the Animal Kingdom, including Twilight, Black Horse, shown here. This piece is a rarity among the paintings I usually show in 'wildlife' art exhibitions, as it depicts a domestic mammal. Which portfolio would you have put it in? "Birds and Nature" or "Farms and Barns"?
Twilight, Black Horse, oil on linen/board, 10"x14"
I have two paintings included in this year's annual Art of the Animal Kingdom, including Twilight, Black Horse, shown here. This piece is a rarity among the paintings I usually show in 'wildlife' art exhibitions, as it depicts a domestic mammal. Which portfolio would you have put it in? "Birds and Nature" or "Farms and Barns"?
Twilight, Black Horse, oil on linen/board, 10"x14"
Favorite Places: Annual Plein Air Show
WINDHAM FINE ARTS, 5380 Main Street, Windham, NY
WINDHAM FINE ARTS, 5380 Main Street, Windham, NY
July 2 - September 4, 2011. Gala opening celebration, Saturday July 2, 2011
Roadside Barns, Encroaching Shadows, oil on linen/board, 10"x14"
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| My December 2010 solo exhibition at the Windham Fine Arts Gallery was written up in Western Art Collector magazine. To see the article, click on the thumbnail: |  |
TWO PRIZES FROM THE BENNINGTON CENTER...
April, Woodhull's, oil/linen, 15"x 22"
Yellow Farmhouse in Snow, oil/linen, 40"x50"
April, Woodhull's was awarded 1st prize at the October 2009 inaugural Laumeister Fine Art Competition, sponsored by the Bennington Center for the Arts in Bennington Vermont and juried by master artist Albert Handell. My second entry in the competition, Yellow Farmhouse in Snow, received an Honorable Mention.
WITH GREAT PRESS COVERAGE
A MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE FROM
ARTISTS FOR CONSERVATION
Snowy Fields, oil on linen, 16"x27"
Snowy Fields received one of the coveted Medals of Excellence from the Artists for Conservation at the opening of the AFC's Second Annual Juried Exhibition, September 2009.