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(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
- 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
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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
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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
- American Watercolor
Society 139th 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
- 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
- National Watercolor Society, (awards
juror)
Los Angeles, CA, 2001
WORKSHOP
INSTRUCTOR
Teaches 8 to 10 workshops
each year in the US and Canada.
COLLECTIONS:
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Green Bay Museum
of Art, Green Bay, WI
-
Burroughs and
Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
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South Carolina
State Art Collection, Columbia, SC
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Huntsville
Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
o Weisman Art Museum,
Minneapolis, MN
o Many private and
corporate collections |