Sentences with phrase «trained as a painter»

Trained as a painter, in the late 70's, I fell in love with the Hudson River Valley, and began living and working here.

Larry Phillippe, Director of Photography Trained as a painter and illustrator, Larry Phillippe has been working in communications and independent filmmaking for 20 + years, applying these skills as a videographer, editor, and producer / director.

Originally trained as a painter, she attended the San Francisco Art Institute and was invited to study at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.

Oddworld Inhabitants» Lorne Lanning was classically trained as a painter of fine art, but came to realize that the mediums most influential on popular opinion were becoming electronic and mass - distributed.

Though trained as a painter and draftsman, Sol LeWitt was a prolific printmaker who embraced experimentation throughout his career.

You trained as a painter in Atlanta, earned a BA from Clark Atlanta University, were an artist - in - residence in Spelman's program in Portobelo, Panama, and received your master's degree in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Reid Kelley was trained as a painter, and her black - and - white videos have a drawing - like quality.

Trained as painter, Mary Reid Kelley creates narrative videos set within her own stylized black and white drawings.

They are also rooted in the artist's early training as a painter and printmaker at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, an education that spanned two decades during which she raised three children while completing her BFA in 1971 and MFA in 1978.

Segal was trained as a painter and in recent years he has refocused his energy in drawing and painting.

Always having an interest in sculpture, he was trained as a painter and arrived at his current technique and process after peeling paint off of a Plexiglas palette.

James Tissot moved to Paris at the age of 19 to train as a painter.

Having initially trained as a painter, Hackney's practice has developed a multidisciplinary approach to making, as shaped by the conceptual forces behind the work.

Trained as a painter, Graham's practice also incorporates photography, a medium which she uses to explore the geometry that architecture imposes on nature.

Though initially trained as a painter, William Wegman is best known for his conceptually - driven photographs and videos featuring dogs.

The exhibition focuses on the work of four artists: Helen Hyde (1868 — 1919), Bertha Lum (1869 — 1954), Elizabeth Keith (1887 — 1956), and Lilian Miller (1895 — 1942), all of whom trained as painters but, while living in Japan, also designed woodblock prints.

«Art Critic Estelle Lovatt FRSA has the experience of being on both sides of the canvas; having trained as a painter, read art history and as a gallery exhibition curator, Estelle is able to teach, judge and talk about works of art, from Cave Art to Banksy, with expert opinion.»

Lowe, who will be serving as commencement speaker, originally trained as a painter in Houston, where his focus on the urgent social, economic, and cultural needs laid the groundwork for his pioneering socially - engaged art.

Trained as a painter, Lucy Kim has developed a robust body of work situated between meticulous image - making and low - relief sculpture, to explore the sometimes uncomfortable spaces between the natural and artificial.

Although trained as a painter at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, New York — based artist Lionel Maunz works primarily in iron, steel, and concrete sculpture, employing casting as an integral part of his methodology, as well as delicate drawings in graphite on paper.

Although trained as a painter at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, the artist works primarily in iron, steel, and concrete sculpture, employing casting as an integral part of his methodology, as well as delicate drawings in graphite on paper.

Formally trained as a painter, Fudong has developed an extensive body of work comprised of videos, films, installations and photographs; consistently creating a visual language enveloped in a dream - like mystery.

Reflecting on the artists own classical training as a painter, Mahmoud Khaled's exhibition revolves around six key terms that define art practice.

At no point in his career did Stamos receive any formal training as a painter, which is remarkable considering his prominent place among the artists who came to be known as Abstract Expressionists.

Baselitz was trained as a painter at the Academies of Arts in East and West Berlin.

Trained as a painter, he began writing in 1976 for Artscribe magazine and continues to contribute to art magazines and journals.

Trained as a painter after starting a career in the automotive industry, Smith turned to sculpture in the 1930s, though he once said he didn't recognize «the limits where painting ends and sculpture begins.»

Classically trained as a painter, his vast oeuvre consists of a paradoxical body of work that sits somewhere between figurative and abstract art.

New York City and Narrowsburg, NY, based artist Matt Nolen was trained as a painter and architect, and is currently working on sculptural, architectural installations using ceramics and other components.

Schumann in fact trained as a painter at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Brunswick and her approach to colour can be traced back to this early training.

Additionally, Henry, who was initially trained as a painter, introduced bold primary colors to create contrast with the natural / built environment and incorporated the dynamic motion and personal statement of abstract expressionism.

Trained as a painter, he went on to experiment with a variety of media, which culminated in his first installation in 1996 entitled ’29 Mornings».

Living in Brussels and originally trained as a painter, the artist utilizes in his installations either overlays from static slide images and subtly moving video projections or straight video projections, which sometime react via sensors to the movements of the visitors.more

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«Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 — 1973) was trained as a painter but not as a sculptor; from the start, this facilitated a natural disregard for tradition in his sculptural work.

Trained as a painter, he has contributed to numerous art magazines and journals, including frieze, and has curated several exhibitions.

Better known for durational performance pieces and videos (one involves his mother spitting repeatedly in his face), the artist found early inspiration in the compositions of Elizabeth Peyton, and originally trained as a painter.

Trained as a painter, he served as Curator and then Senior Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art for more than a decade.

Berlin - based Tacita Dean trained as a painter, but is best known as a filmmaker.

Trained as a painter and spending his youth in Venice, Calzolari went on a very original path that would not include any rejection of the past and tradition.

Originally trained as a painter, Derek Jarman eventually took on film as his primary medium, producing a number of influential experimental works.

Trained as a painter, Shibata brings an unerring eye for composition and color: streams of water seem at times like strokes flowing from a painter's brush.

Mr. Walcott's love and knowledge of art shine through, and perhaps his early training as a painter gave him a particularly sharp eye.

Trained as a painter at the Columbus College of Art and Design, JT Thompson's work can be found in the collections of the Columbus Museum of Art, the Downtown Hilton, Northern Kentucky University, Greater Columbus Convention Center and private collectors.

Drawing influence from his training as a painter and photographer, as well as the work of Jim Jarmusch, Yang's films are sequences of slow - moving, tableau - like dreamscapes, more evocative of moods and impressions than any clear narrative.

Initially trained as a painter, Baldessari's practice evolved through fusing the narrative potency of imagery with the conceptual charge of text and language.

Although formally trained as painter, it was Prince's collages that truly commanded the attention of the art world.

Tacita Dean (Cantebury, 1965) trained as a painter and now works in a variety of media.

But she trained as a painter and makes lots of drawings that she likens to a diary of her work.

Formally trained as a painter, McCarthy's main interest lies in everyday activities and the mess created by them.