MIKE McCONNELL
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MIKE McCONNELL
Arts Program University of Maryland University College
Catalog published in conjunction with the exhibition Mike McConnell: Cutting into Art UMUC Arts Program Gallery December 10, 2017–February 18, 2018 Š 2017 University of Maryland University College. All rights reserved. Copyright credits and attribution for certain illustrations are cited internally proximate to the illustrations. ISBN: 13:978-0-9842265-0-4 ISBN: 10:0-98442265-0-8 ARTWORK CREDITS:
Page 1: Carrier Drawing #2 (detail) Page 2: Carrier Drawing #1 (detail) Illustrations by Mike McConnell
Baltimore artist Mike McConnell is well known to the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) Katherine Lambert
community for having won the President’s Best of Show award in our 3rd Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition for his 2015 painting Bear Carver. I know I speak on behalf of everyone at UMUC when I say how proud we are to feature more of his work in this exhibition, entitled Cutting into Art. McConnell’s masterful use of color and vivid visual storytelling make an immediate and lasting impression. The opportunity to introduce—through our Arts Program—a larger body of his work to members of our own community and to a broader audience is a privilege. Exhibitions like this offer a perfect example of the alignment between our Arts Program and our mission as an institution that has focused for 70 years on teaching and learning. Our art collection—which now includes some 2,800 individual works—is on regular display, free of charge, in our various facilities, in our gallery spaces, and in public exhibits. It is just one more way that we seek to inspire students and other members of our community to think—and see the world—in new and creative ways. I hope you enjoy Mike McConnell’s colorful view of the world as much as I do, and I thank you for your interest in and support of the arts and all they teach us. Javier Miyares President University of Maryland University College
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I was introduced to the work of Mike McConnell in 2016 through the 3rd Biennial Maryland Regional Juried
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Art Exhibition (BMRE), in which he took first place. The BMRE was expertly judged by a slate of art professionals: Nina Chung Dwyer, adjunct professor of art at Montgomery College; Gretchen Schermerhorn, artistic director at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center; and Vanessa D. Thaxton-Ward, PhD, director of the Hampton University Museum. Each juror brought a unique insight into the art of the more than 350 entries, from which the jurors chose 60 works for the exhibition. They unanimously chose Mike McConnell’s Bear Carver to receive the President’s Best of Show award. As the jurors detailed in their deliberations, Bear Carver exemplified the masterful work of a skilled artist from whom they wanted to see more. McConnell’s meticulous craftsmanship led them into lengthy conversations about his work—his composition, use of color, understanding of meaning, and attention to detail. McConnell is a contemporary artist with a traditional artistic perspective. As he says in his artist statement, his “paintings, drawings, and constructions are fueled by life experience and nature,” and the end result often includes snapshots of his life and experiences. He works intuitively until an unplanned composition emerges. McConnell is a skilled illustrator, which manifests in his work. His pieces are colorful tapestries in which his experiences are often woven into the work or hidden among the detailed images within the work. Each piece acts as a magnet to the human eye, drawing the viewer in to see what is hidden or to impose his or her own experiences onto it. A benefit of winning the BMRE is a solo exhibition to explore the winning artist’s artistic endeavors in detail. With Cutting into Art, McConnell is added to the limited number of artists who have had a one-person exhibition in the Arts Program Gallery at UMUC. The Arts Program is proud to present this survey of Mike McConnell’s vivid and colorful work to the community. Eric Key Director, Arts Program University of Maryland University College
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Winning the President’s Best of Show award for the 3rd Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition was a well-deserved honor for Mike McConnell. McConnell’s work is vibrant, colorful, and full of complex details that delight the eye and challenge the mind. He is a respected member of the Maryland artist comJohn Woo
munity and carries on the tradition of great painting in Maryland. McConnell was an illustrator for most of his career, and his paintings are informed by that experience. He tells visual stories that are inspired by his travels, nature, and observations of everyday life. McConnell began his art career at the Maryland Institute College of Arts (MICA) in the 1970s. After graduating in 1975, he began a 30-year career as a freelance illustrator for several advertising firms in the Baltimore area. In 2012 McConnell decided to pursue painting full-time. McConnell has an easygoing personality and a natural curiosity. His work depicts scenes of everyday life, accentuated with bright shapes and contrasting colors. He also has a great sense of humor, which he incorporates into his work. He enjoys pointing out contradictions and sometimes uses the titles of his works as puns or metaphors. Other works are a response to the art world. For example, pieces such as Another Hockney Shower and Popping Koons are references to pop artists David Hockney and fellow MICA attendee Jeff Koons. The pieces chosen for this exhibition are large and small, drawings and paintings, sculptures and sketchbooks. These pieces show the range and diversity of McConnell’s work as well as his enthusiasm for detail and insightful observations. He has the extraordinary ability to express big ideas with striking simplicity. Mike McConnell is someone who genuinely enjoys making art. We invite you to take this opportunity to get to know this artist whose art invites humor, delight, and joy. I hope you will find something relatable that connects with your experiences and that you enjoy his work as much as I do. Jon West-Bey Curator, Arts Program University of Maryland University College
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y paintings, drawings, and constructions are fueled by life experiences and nature. I work intuitively, combining, editing, and recombining marks into compositions that are unexpectedly recognizable. I don’t set out to tell a story, but my many years as an illustrator inevitably weave their way into my work. I don’t want to learn anything from what I paint. I often look at things in my work and wonder what I did to make them. What I want from finishing a piece is the confidence to start the next one and know it will end up making me happy. In the process of finishing a piece, I want to step back and giggle.
—Mike McConnell
McConnell’s imagery is drawn from his observations of people, places, and activities, often in nature. He creates remarkable scenarios of common occurrences by using bold color contrasts, patterns, lines, and
LESLIE KING HAMMOND, PHD Senior Fellow, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation MIKE McCONNELL’S JOURNEY to becoming a fine art painter began with his early training as an illustrator and graphic designer. More than thirty years of freelance commissions honed and refined his skills, whet his appetite, and challenged him to pursue his deeper passion. In the last five years, he has produced a prolific body of work. McConnell deftly utilizes the technical processes he learned as an illustrator and designer to create vibrant colors, textures, patterns, and constructed forms that function as paintings but can also be manipulated into sculptural installations or narratives in the art jourSketchbook drawing, 1994
nals he also creates. For McConnell, this exhibition is an opportunity to present a range of works that speak to his deep passion for and love of painting and drawing.
textures. McConnell uses a combination of cutting, tearing, collaging, scribbling, and scratching the outer layer of his chosen surface (handmade wood panels, paper, or found materials), a technique that results in compositions that vibrate with visual energies that excite the eye and the imagination. Each work celebrates commonplace events that, under his technical prowess, become extraordinary interpretations of the environments in which we all live—and often take for granted, thereby missing the beauty, meaning, and importance of the ordinary. McConnell was educated at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and studied with Raoul Middleman, Peter Collier, Anne Tabachnick, Abby Sangiamo, and John Sparks, skillfully accomplished painters and printmakers who provided a rigorous training in the classical beaux arts genres of drawing, painting, and printmaking. After graduating in 1975, McConnell found a productive career as a freelance illustrator, which required him to work
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Curtain Bluff, Room 56, 2003, ink on paper, 9½ x18 inches
Four sketchbooks, 1999–2005, mixed media, various sizes
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The Rains of Kusadasi, 1999, sketchbook drawing
alone on his commissions. As the demand for illustrators declined and his desire to challenge himself to explore new artistic terrain increased, he began to feel the need to be among a community of artists where he could interact, share ideas, and be inspired by artists working in different genres. In 2015 McConnell was among the first group of artists in residence in the Motor House, an arts hub located in the Station North Arts and Entertainment District of Baltimore. His studio overlooked Graffiti Alley, which offered a steady infusion of ever-changing street art. McConnell was a critical member of this community, which continues to inspire his creativity and propel his artistic vision to new frontiers of exploration and invention. The journey to becoming an artist is almost as curious and interesting as the work an artist creates. Sketchbook drawing, 1999
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Understanding that journey can illuminate the
intent of the artist’s imagery and bring viewers an
Strictly landscape and figurative work. As I look back
LKH | What else would you like for your public, an
awareness of the issues and experiences that have
on Anne Tabachnik’s art, I realize that she probably
audience, or the casual viewer to know about your
driven the artist to create. The following conversa-
planted the seed that grew into my combining ab-
artistic intents?
tion provides a glimpse into McConnell’s journey as
stract with figurative imagery in what I make today.
MM | I paint intuitively. Color, line, texture, and
an artist.
LKH | How and why did you become an illustrator? LESLIE KING HAMMOND | Please tell me about your
pattern are not things that I think about individually, but there’s lots of thought on how they interact and
MM | I consider myself fortunate that Jim Butcher,
balance with each other. Narratives help viewers
my brother’s best friend, was a MICA graduate with
interact with my work, but they’re just another tool
MIKE McCONNELL | I was born in Mansfield, Ohio,
an established illustration practice in Baltimore.
for me, like color, line, texture, and pattern. What
to quintessential WASPy post-war Ozzie and Harriet–
He took me under his wing, and I started to make
I really do as an artist is paint space—the very real
type parents. They didn’t push me toward art but
money from day one. I was totally committed to
space of memories and dreams and fantasies. Space
supported my development and tolerated my years
being a successful illustrator but always kept in mind
you can weave your way through and come out
as a hippie. My grandparents probably are the big
that I’d rather be a painter someday. I had a great
someplace unexpected. Space [that], after you find
reason I’m an artist. My grandmother was an avid
run as an illustrator, but after a couple of decades,
something that resonates, encourages you to look
gardener. She was always making flower arrange-
the business declined and my enthusiasm waned.
further. Space that decants. Space you can come
ments and bringing home awards from the local
The biggest catalyst for my switch was a continuing
back to.
garden club. The basement of their house was filled
studies course I took at MICA taught by Michael
with dried flowers and arranging materials. One
David Brown. At the time, he was a very successful
The interview with
of her dear friends painted birds on pieces of barn
illustrator transitioning to fine art. He showed me
Mike McConnell
wood that decorate many houses in Ohio to this day.
the crayon-and-ink technique I currently use. He
My grandfather took me to lots of places, but my
got me to draw in public places and fill journals
favorite was the wooded lot behind their house that
and sketchbooks.
earliest memories that inspired your interest in art.
was conducted from July to October 2017.
always had blue jays calling out and flying between the trees.
LKH | Describe the technical processes you have developed in your work over the past five years. Who
LKH | What were your early formal art education
are some of the modern artists who have had the
experiences?
greatest impact on your artist psyche?
MM | I started college at the University of Denver.
MM | I had no idea what my work would look like
The biggest reason was not for an education, more
when I committed to fine art five years ago. I hadn’t
that it was the number-one school for hippies then.
painted for over thirty years. I had a phobia about
. . . I remember my first art class where a model
starting again until I took a workshop in California.
dropped her clothes. Studying art was something I
That’s where I learned to paint with liquid acrylics
immediately wanted to do more of. I wasn’t doing
on wood panels. I like hard surfaces that I can sand
very good academically, and I was missing my friends
and scrape into. The acrylics dry fast, so I can paint
and family in Maryland. I transferred to MICA the
over something I don’t think is working—mistakes
next year. I fell in love with painting and printmak-
aren’t a bad thing. They become foundations. The
ing. The teachers I remember the most are Raoul
main influences for my art are nature and personal
Middleman, Abby Sangiamo, John Sparks, and Anne
experiences. My work is hugely driven by . . . artists
Tabachnik. I didn’t do any abstract work at MICA.
David Hockney, Henri Matisse, and Paul Klee.
Marble Bag not dated sketchbook drawing
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Mike McConnell Born: Mansfield, Ohio
EDUCATION Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1975 Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, Maryland
SELECTED AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES 2017 Finalist 13th Annual Bethesda Painting Awards Bethesda Urban Partnership Bethesda, Maryland 2016 1st Place: President’s Best of Show Award 3rd Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition University of Maryland University College Adelphi, Maryland Individual Artist Award Maryland State Arts Council 2015 Two-Year Studio Artist Residency Motor House Baltimore, Maryland
Art School Self-Portrait | 1973–74, oil on canvas, 24 x 24 inches
2014 Best in Show Lotta Art School 33 Art Center Baltimore, Maryland Juror’s Honorable Mention 57th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua, New York
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 Elsewhere BlackRock Center for the Arts Germantown, Maryland Galleries at the National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland California Greenbelt Community Arts Center Greenbelt, Maryland 2016 Crayons Creative Alliance Amalie Rothschild Gallery Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore County Arts Guild Baltimore, Maryland 2015 Flip Side Athenaeum Gallery Alexandria, Virginia Pentimento School 33 Art Center Members Gallery Baltimore, Maryland 2013 University of Baltimore Student Center Art Gallery Baltimore, Maryland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2017 Parents’ Day Towson University Center for the Arts Gallery Towson, Maryland Edges MAXgallery Baltimore, Maryland
Artscape Show Motor House Gallery Baltimore, Maryland Bethesda Painting Awards Finalist Exhibition Bethesda Urban Partnership Bethesda, Maryland Marquee Ball Show Creative Alliance Baltimore, Maryland 2016 BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Art Competition Baltimore, Maryland 35th Anniversary Exhibition Maryland Art Place Baltimore, Maryland Second Athenaeum Invitational Athenaeum Gallery Alexandria, Virginia 3rd Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition University of Maryland University College Adelphi, Maryland Soul Space Stories Motor House Gallery Baltimore, Maryland Big Show Creative Alliance Baltimore, Maryland Impact 2016 Maryland Art Place Baltimore, Maryland
Art in Motion: The 25th Annual Strathmore Juried Exhibition Strathmore Bethesda, Maryland 2015 Athenaeum Invitational Athenaeum Gallery Alexandria, Virginia Two-Person Show Hamilton Street Club Baltimore, Maryland Spatial Conversations Creative Alliance Amalie Rothschild Gallery Baltimore, Maryland 2014 BÂĄNGO: First Annual Juried Exhibition Platform Gallery Baltimore, Maryland 57th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua, New York Transformations: From One Thing to Another McLean Project for the Arts McLean, Virginia 2013 2nd Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition University of Maryland University College Adelphi, Maryland
Marquee Ball Show Creative Alliance Baltimore, Maryland Maryland Artists Registry Juried Show Maryland Art Place Baltimore, Maryland
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2016 BMRE PRESIDENT’S BEST OF SHOW AWARD Bear Carver (diptych) | 2015, acrylic on panel, 48 x 120 inches
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Popping Koons | 2013, acrylic on panel, 36 x 60 inches
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Couch Painting | 2015, acrylic on panel, 48 x 48 inches
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Trout Fishing in America #1 | 2016, wax oil crayon and ink on paper, 30 x 40 inches On loan from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Collection
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Moving Maui | 2016, wax oil crayon and ink on paper, 30 x 40 inches On loan from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Collection
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Waypoints | 2016 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 17 x 14 inches
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Clyde | 2017, wax oil crayon and ink on paper, 20 x 30 inches
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Yardwork at the Red Studio | 2017, acrylic on panel, 48 x 48 inches
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Henri in Mendocino | 2014 acrylic on panel, 60 x 48 inches
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Chair and Table #14 | not dated acrylic on panel, 10 x 7½ inches
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David’s Tie | 2015, acrylic on panel, 48 x 60 inches
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Boardwalk | 2017, wax oil crayon and ink on paper, 20 x 28 inches
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Widescene | 2016, wax oil crayon and ink on paper, 10 x 25½ inches
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Cathedral Cove (triptych) | 2016 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 40 x 90 inches
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Through Chandler with Jaehyo | 2015, acrylic on panel, 48 x 60 inches
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The Drive from Esalen to Monterey | 2014, acrylic on panel, 48 x 48 inches
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Carrier Drawing #1 | 2017 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 60 x 40 inches
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Carrier Drawing #2 | 2017 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 60 x 40 inches
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Carrier Drawing #3 | 2017 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 60 x 40 inches
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Carrier Drawing #4 | 2017 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 60 x 40 inches
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The Pole Dancers Are Not What They Seem | 2014, acrylic on panel, 60 x 60 inches
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BMA Cats | 2017, acrylic on panel, 36 x 48 inches
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ABOVE: Untitled #2 | 2017 acrylic paint on Sonotube and foam core 72 x 28 x 17 inches LEFT: Untitled #1 | 2017 acrylic paint on Sonotube and foam core 75 x 32 x 15½ inches
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Junk Drawer | 2013 acrylic on panel, 24 x 18 inches
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Westport Whale | 2016, acrylic on panel, 60 x 60 inches
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Between Tuscany | 2015, acrylic on panel, 36 x 48 inches
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Black Mirror | 2016 acrylic on panel, 60 x 48 inches
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Grayson’s Ashes | 2014 acrylic on panel, 60 x 48 inches
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Queen’s Garden (triptych) | 2017 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 40 x 90 inches
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Chair and Table #16 | 2016, acrylic on panel, 12 x 12 inches
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Dog Park | 2013, acrylic on panel, 48 x 48 inches
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Perch | 2014 acrylic on panel, 60 x 48 inches
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Another Hockney Shower | 2015, acrylic on panel, 36 x 48 inches
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LEFT PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP:
BMA Demo #1 | 2016 acrylic on panel, 12 x 12 inches BMA Demo #5 | 2016 acrylic on panel, 12 x 12 inches
THIS PAGE, TOP TO BOTTOM:
BMA Demo #3 | 2016 acrylic on panel, 12 x 12 inches
BMA Demo #6 | 2016 acrylic on panel, 12 x 12 inches
BMA Demo #4 | 2016 acrylic on panel, 12 x 12 inches
BMA Demo #2 | 2016 acrylic on panel, 11 x 12 inches
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Another Hockney Shower 2015 acrylic on panel 36 x 48 inches Art School Self-Portrait 1973–74 oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches Bear Carver (diptych) 2015 acrylic on panel 48 x 120 inches Between Tuscany 2015 acrylic on panel 36 x 48 inches Black Mirror 2016 acrylic on panel 60 x 48 inches BMA Cats 2017 acrylic on panel 36 x 48 inches BMA Demo #1 2016 acrylic on panel 12 x 12 inches BMA Demo #2 2016 acrylic on panel 11 x 12 inches
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BMA Demo #3 2016 acrylic on panel 12 x 12 inches
Carrier Drawing #4 2017 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 60 x 40 inches
BMA Demo #4 2016 acrylic on panel 12 x 12 inches
Cathedral Cove (triptych) 2016 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 40 x 90 inches
BMA Demo #5 2016 acrylic on panel 12 x 12 inches
Chair and Table #14 not dated acrylic on panel 10 x 7½ inches
BMA Demo #6 2016 acrylic on panel 12 x 12 inches
Chair and Table #16 2016 acrylic on panel 12 x 12 inches
Boardwalk 2017 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 20 x 28 inches
Clyde 2017 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 20 x 30 inches
Carrier Drawing #1 2017 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 60 x 40 inches
Couch Painting 2015 acrylic on panel 48 x 48 inches
Carrier Drawing #2 2017 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 60 x 40 inches
Curtain Bluff, Room 56 2003 ink on paper 19½ x 18 inches
Carrier Drawing #3 2017 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 60 x 40 inches
David’s Tie 2015 acrylic on panel 48 x 60 inches
Dog Park 2013 acrylic on panel 48 x 48 inches
Popping Koons 2013 acrylic on panel 36 x 60 inches
Westport Whale 2016 acrylic on panel 60 x 60 inches
The Drive from Esalen to Monterey 2014 acrylic on panel 48 x 48 inches
Queen’s Garden (triptych) 2017 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 40 x 90 inches
Widescene 2016 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 10 x 25½ inches
Grayson’s Ashes 2014 acrylic on panel 60 x 48 inches
Through Chandler with Jaehyo 2015 acrylic on panel 48 x 60 inches
Yardwork at the Red Studio 2017 acrylic on panel 48 x 48 inches
Henri in Mendocino 2014 acrylic on panel 60 x 48 inches
Trout Fishing in America #1 2016 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 30 x 40 inches Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Collection
Junk Drawer 2013 acrylic on panel 24 x 18 inches Moving Maui 2016 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 30 x 40 inches Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Collection Perch 2014 acrylic on panel 60 x 48 inches The Pole Dancers Are Not What They Seem 2014 acrylic on panel 60 x 60 inches
Untitled #1 2017 acrylic paint on Sonotube and foam core 75 x 32 x 15½ inches Untitled #2 2017 acrylic paint on Sonotube and foam core 72 x 28 x 17 inches Waypoints 2016 wax oil crayon and ink on paper 17 x 14 inches
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Since 1978, UMUC has proudly shown works from
tion to Maryland and Asian art.
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CONTRIBUTORS
few miles from the nation’s capital. Through its Arts
Director, Arts Program: Eric Key
Program, the university provides a prestigious and
Curators: Eric Key, Jon West-Bey
wide-ranging forum for emerging and established
Editors: Sandy Bernstein, Beth Butler, Barbara Reed
artists and brings art to the community through
Director, Institutional Projects: Cynthia Friedman
special exhibitions and its own collections, which
Designer: Jennifer Norris
have grown to include more than 2,800 pieces of art.
Project Manager: Laurie Bushkoff
Artworks are on display throughout the College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center at UMUC and the Administration Building in Adelphi as well as at the UMUC Academic Center at Largo. The
Production Manager: Scott Eury Fine Arts Technician: René A. Sanjines Administrative Assistant: Tawanna Manago Photographers: John Woo, Mike McConnell
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