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Above: Live Aloha, Oil, 24" x 36"

Above: "Persimmon Pleasure" 12" x 12" Oil

JEANNE YOUNG - Artist Statement...."My earliest memories are of living in an abandoned ice-cream parlor in SE Alaska, my dad and his friends skinning a bear on our “living room” floor, and catching fish as tall as I was.  My dad was always telling me stories.  When snowmobiling, drifts became graves, little sounds in the woods were bears or bull-chucks sneaking up on us, every chunk of ice in the water was the tip of a massive iceberg and might have a walrus or polar bear on it.  We lived life wild and always on the edge.  My father showed me the excitement of living in Alaska and taught me that I had no limitations.  Dad told me I could be anything I wanted, if I were willing to work hard enough for it.  

This powerful, boundaryless, driven work ethic combined with a love and fascination for nature, has been the foundation of my art pursuit.  Years of studying from and with modern day masters has helped me obtain the skills to communicate my artistic vision.  In recent years, my pursuit of art has grown into a mutually beneficial relationship.  If it’s a good art concept, it’s a good life concept and visa-versa.  My art path has helped me see my value as a person and been a gauge for a healthy life.

My children and I visited Maui in February of 2013.  I’ve always loved painting ocean and nautical scenes but my first sunset in Maui opened a world of color I didn’t realize existed.  The vivid excitement I’d searched for to put in my paintings was  here in abundance.  We went back to Alaska long enough to straighten our affairs and moved to Haiku 6 months later. The kids and I have become avid surfers and love every second of our Hawaiian experience!

Art is my expression of the adventure and mystery that swirls through every day of my life.  The endless possibilities of nature, people, color, light and the challenge of getting the paint to communicate that.  No matter what the subject, I’m always searching to express this connectedness and excitement and share it with others.

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June 6-26,2014 Jeanne Young & Kathleen Alexander Exhibition Village Galleries • 120 Dickenson Street • Lahaina

Reception: Friday, June 6, 6-9pm

 

Artist Bio Jeanne Young

EDUCATION:                

2012  Palmer, AK    Clay and Wax Sculpture, Mold Making, Bronze Foundry Methods, Training and Partnership with Pat Garley

2012  Palmer, AK Wax Sculpture, Sand Mold, Iron Foundry Methods with Pat Garley & D’Jean Jawrunner - workshop

2011  Winston-Salem, NC Portrait and Figure Drawing and Painting with Scott Burdick/Susan Lyon

2010 Palmer, AK Sculpture and Iron Foundry Methods with Pat Garley - workshop

 2006  Scottsdale Artists’ School  Scottsdale, AZ

Watercolor with Stan Miller - one week workshop

Quick Sketch with Kim English - one week workshop

2004  Seattle Academy of Fine Art  Seattle, WA

Portrait Drawing with Anthony Ryder - one week workshop

Color Mixing for Oil Painters with Anthony Ryder - one week workshop

2001  Chemeketa Community College

Oil Painting with Victorio Rivera  Scotts Mills, OR - two semesters

EXHIBITIONS:                June 2013  Aurora Fine Art  Anchorage, AK Solo Show, featured artist

April 2013  Picture Alaska Art Gallery  Homer, AK Solo Show, featured artist

March 2013  Contemporary Masters Gallery  Lahaina, HI featured artist

August 2012  Picture Alaska Art Gallery  Homer, AK Solo Show, featured artist

May 2012  International Gallery Iron Sculpture Show  Anchorage, AK Multi-Artist Show

November 2011  Aurora Fine Art  Anchorage, AK Solo Show, featured artist

March 2011  Alaska Pacific University  Anchorage, AK Solo Show, featured artist

August 2011  Picture Alaska Art Gallery  Homer, AK Solo Show, featured artist

December 2010  Snow City Cafe  Anchorage, AK Solo Show, featured artist

        

August 2010  Picture Alaska Art Gallery  Homer, AK  Solo Show, featured artist

October 2009  Picture Alaska Art Gallery  Homer, AK Multi-artist Show

JURIED:                        

December 2013 Higbee Gallery Costa Mesa, CA

6” Squared National Show December 2012 Higbee Gallery Costa Mesa, CA

6” Squared National Show December 2011  Higbee Gallery Costa Mesa, CA

6” Squared  National Show - Received Gallery Award

December 2010  Higbee Gallery  Costa Mesa, CA  6” Squared National Show

August, September 2010 Real People 2010  Figurative Competition, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL

 August 2010  Pacific Northwest Plein Air Painting Show/ Competition Hood River, OR

 EXPERIENCE:              

2013  Completed Bronze Sculpture for Anchorage Fire Station 6 Project.  A 1% for the Arts Project.

2012  Completed Painted Cast and Fabricated Aluminum Sculpture in partnership

        with Pat Garley for Palmer Museum of History and Art.  A Rasmuson purchase.

2012  Completed Bronze Sculpture project in partnership with Pat Garley for Kodiak Swim Pool  Kodiak, AK.  A 1% for the arts project.

2011  Completed 1% project for Palmer State Bldg. A 1% for the arts project.

2010  Completed 1% project for the AVTEC School in Seward,    AK, a 1% for the arts project.

2011 to present  Teach workshops at Blaine’s Art Supply, Anchorage  

2009 to present  Teach private lessons and workshops

2006 to present  Teaching art in local schools

2004 and 2006  Illustrated two books, one on the emotional journey of juvenile  diabetes, the other on mental illness.

        

  

Above: "Sisters" 16" x 12" Oil

    
 

Above: Sufer Series, Oil

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Above: Island Coffee, Oil

 

 

 
     

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