(Extended resume available)        (updated Feb. 2010) 

Myrtle Beach, SC 29572

AlxPwrs@yahoo.com

EDUCATION

o   B.A. in mathematics, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA

o   Art schools in Indialantic, FL; Woodstock, NY; Madison, CT and        Provincetown, MA.

MUSEUM AND ART FAIR EXHIBITIONS

• including:

            -    The Montgomery Museum of Fine Art,
                 Montgomery, AL, 2004

            -    The Brooklyn Museum of Art,
                 Brooklyn, NY, 2003

            -    The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum,
                 Minneapolis, MN, 2003

            -    The Brooks Museum of Art,
                 Memphis, TN, 2003

            -    The Bass Museum of Art,
                 Miami Beach, FL, 2002

            -    The South Carolina State Museum,
                 Columbia, SC, 2000

  -    The Toronto International Art Fair, 2008

AUTHOR    

Painting People in Watercolor, A Design Approach, Watson-Guptill Publications, paperback (out-of-print after 17 years).

INCLUDED IN BOOKS 

• 17 books, 3 of which are:

                   - New American Painting,
                     The Open Studios Press, 1997, 1999

                   - In the Spirit of Martin:
                    The Living Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.,
                    William Morrow Publications, 2002

                   - Portraying Lincoln: Man of Many Faces,
                     Verve Editions, 2009.

INCLUDED IN MAGAZINES

• 25 articles, including the most recent:

-      Watercolor  magazine, fall 2006,
 20 Great Watercolor Teachers   

-       The Artist’s Magazine, May 2007,
   It’s (Not) Just a Drawing

-       American Artist, Sept. 2008,
  Using Faces and Figures to Express Your Feelings   

-     International Artist, Feb./Mar. 2010,
What Kind of Artist Are You?                                                              

BEST-OF-SHOW AWARDS IN NATIONAL COMPETITIONS

• 14 including:

    - American Watercolor Society 139^th International Exhibition,
      New York, NY, Gold Medal, 1997

             -   The Artist Magazine Art Competition 1999,
                  Experimental Category

             -   San Diego Watercolor Society International Juried Exhibition,
                 San Diego, CA, 2002

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

• 13 including:

-       Republic of China, USA, Australia Watermedia Exhibition
  Taiwan, 1994

-        In the Spirit of Martin:
   The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
   Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 2001
   and traveling exhibitions, 2002-2004

-        100 Years/100 Artists, South Carolina State Museum,
   Columbia, SC, 1999-2000

             -        Red State Blues, Halsey Gallery,
                      College of Charleston, SC, 2008

             -        2-artist political exhibition, Edward Day Gallery,
                      Toronto, Canada, 2008.

             -        State of the Art 2009: National Biennial Watercolor Invitational
                      Parkland Art Gallery, Champaign, IL, 2009.

JUROR FOR EXHIBITIONS

• 50 including:

          - National Watercolor Society, (awards juror)
            Los Angeles, CA, 2001

WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR

Teaches 8 to 10 workshops each year in the US and Canada.

COLLECTIONS:

• Green Bay Museum of Art, Green Bay, WI
• Burroughs and Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
• South Carolina State Art Collection, Columbia, SC
• Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL

o  Weisman Art Museum,  Minneapolis, MN

o  Many private and corporate collections