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Username: Bruno1954
Member Since: October 2010
Member Since: October 2010
Nottingham, MD United States
I'm a landscape and still life painter who loves to paint outside whenever possible!
My observations of light and shadow as they play with the objects around me are starting to burst forth. The constant change of color and light from season to seas...
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| Gender: | Male |
| Artist Statement: | I'm a landscape and still life painter who loves to paint outside whenever possible! My observations of light and shadow as they play with the objects around me are starting to burst forth. The constant change of color and light from season to season as well as they say in real estate... location, location, location. The play of light and color from mid-morning to early evening. The soft blue light of Vermont to the bright hot light of Colorado, the evening colors of autumn as they caress the barns of Kingsville to the stark winter light on broken trees and buildings. My excitement is like a kid in a candy store, going from one case to the other looking, and forever tasting those delightful morsels. This is what I seek, to capture the essence through careful observation, study with small color studies and drawings to completed pieces I hope are worthy. But just like that kid in that candy store, my tastes become dulled from one or two candies, and I need to move on to other delectable snacks, knowing I'll be back to taste those others again with influences from the new tastes. Pushing the color, light and compositions I observe are a never ending cornucopia of visual delight, I hope not only for me but for all who see! I've come to realize that several of Leonardo's quotes live with in me now one being "I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do." and my favorite "Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art." So I continue to fed my spirit with observations of light and shadow and apply them to canvas. |
| Education: | BFA - MICA -1976 Masters Equivalency 1995-96 Towson University Master Credits, MICA Master Credits |
| Professional/Teaching Experience: | Baltimore County Board of Education, Baltimore, Maryland (1976 to 2008) Art teacher, K-5 - Perry Hall Elementary (Lead Instructor) (1976-1989) Art Department Chairman, Lansdowne High School (1989-1997) Art Teacher, Chesapeake High School ( 1997-2008) Art Department Chairman, Chesapeake High School (2001-2008) Magnet Resource Coordinator (2005 - 2007) Presenter Magnet Schools of America Conference - Las Vegas (2007) Developing Internship Experiences that Enrich Magnet Programs Essex Community College, Essex, Maryland (1981 - 1983) Developer and Implementer of Gifted and Talented Art Program for middle and elementary school age children. This program continues to this day. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland (1986 - 1989) Instructor of painting and drawing for middle and high school age students; cooperating teacher for student teacher program. Towson State University, Towson, Maryland (1985 - 1993) Cooperating teacher for student teacher program and consultant for elementary and high school curriculum development utilizing methods and materials. Howard County Board of Education, Howard County, Maryland (1988) Consultant and presenter for professional study day on painting at the elementary level. CCI@ JHU Computer Career Institute @ Johns Hopkins University, Columbia, Maryland (2001-2006) Instructor for Certificate program Graphics Essentials - GESS.01 with QuarkXPress |
| Exhibitions: | Fells Point Show, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1974 1st place prize - Traditional Painting, 3rd place prize - Traditional Painting Special Award - Overall Painting Maryland Institute College of Art, Juried Show, Baltimore, Maryland, April 1975 Maryland National Bank, One Man Show, Baltimore, Maryland, November 1975 Fells Point Show, Baltimore, Maryland, October 1975 1st place prize - Traditional Painting, 3rd place prize - Abstract Painting Senatorial Invitational Show, Washington D.C., March 1975 Maryland Institute College of Art Senior Show, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1976 Dundalk Community College, One Man Show, Dundalk, Maryland, Spring 1977 Essex Community College, Art Instructors Exhibition, Essex, Maryland, Spring 1977 - 1981 Towson Art Show, Towson, Maryland, May 1979, 1st place prize - Painting First Financial Gallery, One Man Show, Towson, Maryland, October 1979 Essex Community College, Faculty Exhibition, Essex, Maryland, April 1982 and 1983 Villa Julie College, Juried Painting Show, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1982 The Last Word Gallery, Juried Group Painting Show, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1983 Johns Hopkins, Turner Gallery, Juried Painting Show, Baltimore, Maryland, October 1983 Unicorn Gallery, One Man Show, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1986 Howard County Public Schools Gallery, Two Man Show, Howard County, Maryland, November 1987 Burkett Gallery, Scenes of Baltimore Group Show, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1988 8 X 10 Club, One Man Show, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1991 Bennington College, Group Shows, Bennington, Vermont, August 1991, July 1992 and 1993 ArtShowPlace Gallery, Member Group Show, Baltimore, Maryland, July 1992 Mitchell Baker Galerie, Three Person Show, Baltimore, Maryland, July 1992 ArtShowPlace Gallery, Three Person Show, Baltimore, Maryland, January 1993 Loyola Juried Invitational Outdoor Show, Baltimore, Maryland, October 1995 Who’s Who in America Teacher’s Edition, March 1996, 2003 Havre de Grace Plein-Air 2009 and 2010 Solomon;s Island Plein-Air Event 2010 Chadds Ford Art Days 2010 |
| Artist Tags: | raoul middleman, robert henri, william merritt chase, lovis corinth |
