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Brushstrokes Studio - Gallery LLP
1059 South Gaylord Street
Denver, CO 80209
Phone: 303-871-0800
June 2007
John K. Harrell
Welcome and thank you for visiting my website. You can peruse my site in two ways. By clicking a painting category on the right hand side of the screen such as "Urban Landscape", or by clicking on a tab key at the top of the page such as "New Work". I welcome and encourage comments from you, so feel free to communicate with me at your leisure.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Since early youth, supported by the encouragement of his grandmother who painted beside him, John K. Harrell has engaged in an artistic dialogue with his surroundings. Using color, light and form, his work celebrates the beauty and the poignancy of the seemingly commonplace. Here is an artist who delights in color and shape, whose technique is classical and impressionistic, and whose work virtually sings of his personal love affair with life.
John says of his process “Being an artist is doing what comes naturally. My subjects choose me-their patterns and shapes, their sense of rhythm and movement, inspire my creative energy. Pastel and acrylic allow me to capture the immediacy of the experience.”
Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, John studied at the Colorado State University and attended classes at the Art Students League of Denver, Colorado. He has made his home in Denver where he has cultivated a strong and loyal national and local following.
AWARDS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS
* Artist Magazine National Landscape Competition 2005 Finalist Award
* Artist Magazine 2005 and 2004 Calendar Artist
* Pastel Society of America Master Pastelist Signification 2004
* Pastel Society of America National Juried Show 2004
A & A Giffuni Purchase Award
* Rocky Mountain Public TV Anniversary Collection 1998
Commemorative Poster Artist
* Florida Pastel Society Nu-Pastel Award 1997
* Artist Magazine National Landscape Competition 1996
Third Place Cash Award
*Rocky Mountain Public TV Anniversary Collection 1994
Commemorative Poster Artist
*Pastel Society of America National Juried Show
Most Popular Artist Award 1992
*A & A Giffuni Purchase Award 1991
SELECTED SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS
Brushstrokes Studio Gallery Shows 2002-2007
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Juried Show 2004
Fountainside Gallery Invitationals 2002-2005
One Man Shows Third Canyon Gallery 2000-2002
One Man Shows Thomas Anthony Gallery 2003-2005
Rocky Mountain Public TV Anniversary Collection 1996-2005
Abend Gallery Fine Art Holiday Show 1995-2007
Public Education Invitational Show and Auction 2003-2004
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Texaco Corporate Headquarters - New York, New York
Anderson Consulting - Denver, Colorado
Denver Dountown Partnership - Denver, Colorado
Great West Life - Denver, Colorado
Adams Mark Hotel - Denver, Colorado
Pfizer Pharmaceutical - Denver, Colorado
United Western Bank - Denver, Colorado
Brushstrokes Studio-Gallery LLP - Denver, Colorado
http://www.brushstrokesstudio.com
Wild Spirit Gallery - Pagosa Springs Colorado
http://www.wildspiritgallery.com
Huntsman Gallery of Fine Art - Aspen, Colorado
http://www.huntsmangallery.com
Ann Buell Fine Art Gallery - Ruidoso, New Mexico
http://www.mcmahonfineart.com
Thomas Anthony Gallery - Park City, Utah
http://www.thomasanthonygallery.com
6 x 4 Acrylic Urban Scene
This is today's project. It's a small 6 x 4 urban subject. I have laid in the basic composition and filled in my initial values and color palette. Sometimes it can be a challange to put a lot of information into a small painting, and this is sort of pushing the limit.
I am encouraged so far.
Check in tomorrow and see the final result!
Finished 6 x 4 Acrylic Urban Scene
Here is the finished painting!
I think the values and temperature of the paint captures the warm atmospheric nature of the city just after the fall rain storm.
I had fun painting it and even more fun selling it today at Brushstrokes Gallery!
For Jay and Jeannie
Jay and Jeannie,
Here is the picture of the painting you were interested in when you came into the gallery today.
You were a delight to meet and we appreciate your visit into our gallery.
Let us know if we can be of any further assistance.