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NEWS:
The
OUACHITA ART TRAILS, STUDIO TOUR
was a great success. We enjoyed meeting many new people, and
sales were good. This is the first of many such annual tours
to come. Join us again,
October 9-11 in the
beautiful Ouachita mountains of Arkansas.
"PAINT THE PARKS" has
again selected 2 of Tyrone's works for their large, traveling
exhibition. It is a sister exhibition to the PAINT AMERICA
show, which also includes Tyrone's work.
The “PAINT AMERICA TOP
100” art show is the foremost juried, competition for representative
paintings depicting the beauty and grandeur of America. It is
also one of America's richest art competitions.
Two works are selected
to represent each state in the TOP 100.
"AFTER THE RAIN," was chosen for the Top 100, as one of the two
representing Arkansas. Only one painting is selected for each
state in the TOP 50 MINIATURE section. "DESERT ROAD TO TAOS" was the single painting chosen
to
represent the state of New Mexico in the Miniature Top 50.
Once again, Tyrone's work as been accepted in the
Salon International
Exhibition at the Greenhouse Gallery, in San Antonio Texas.
In addition, his work will also appear in the
Society of Master
impressionist International Exhibition,
both juried shows.
The
Saint Joseph's Hospital, in Hot Springs, Arkansas has selected
three of his works from Gallery Central, for their permanent
collection.
In
Shreveport, Louisiana, Tyrone has just installed a series of
mural size landscapes, set in panels
for the new home of a major breeder of Thoroughbred horses.
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Tyrone
Lewis was raised in a family of artists.
His maternal grandfather, Hans Hubbard, a respected Fort
Worth artist, settled near Mena, Arkansas, and always welcomed his
grandson into his studio. Thus
did Tyrone learn to appreciate and create art.
Desiring to pursue an artistic
career, he graduated with a B.F.A. degree from the Memphis College
of Arts, and then worked as an interior designer for residential and
commercial properties and as a fashion coordinator for Federated
Department Stores. Always
he painted.
Tyrone has been featured in multiple regional
juried shows throughout the United States.
Galleries in Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Georgia, Arizona and New Mexico have featured his works, as has Southern Accents
Magazine, The Collectors Guide of New Mexico, and others.
Tyrone's paintings have also been purchased by numerous corporations
for their archival collections, as appreciable investments.
Tyrone, lives in western Arkansas with his
wife Barbara and daughter Alexis, where, in addition to their art,
they breed Egyptian Arabian
horses.
Of his work Tyrone says, “Having been influenced
by my grandfather, I found my first endeavors in the visual arts, were portrayals of the
landscape.
Over
the years I have identified myself with various imagery and varied
venues, yet I always come back to the landscape and it’s forms.
I know not the reason other than the fact that the melody is
always in perfect harmony, regardless of conditions, which leads one
to ponder how and why and who or what is responsible.”
Tyrone's wonderful use of color
and light, his paintings faithfully represent the ever changing
landscapes of the American horizon. Traveling throughout the
United States, he faithfully brings life to his canvases, freezing
in time the beauty of nature. With an understanding drawn from
the roots of his childhood, molded with appreciation of art and
nature, he has matured to become a serious, dedicated, fine artist
of significance.
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RECENT
EXHIBITIONS:
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Juried Show: Paint The Parks,
traveling exhibition
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Juried Show: Paint America Top 100,
traveling exhibition
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Juried Show: Paint America Top 50
Miniature, traveling exhibition
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Juried Show: Society of Master
Impressionist International Exhibition; Amarillo, Tx
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Juried Show: Annual Memphis -
Germantown National Exhibition, Memphis, Tn.
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Juried Show: 70th Annual Alumni
Exhibition - Memphis College of Arts, Memphis, Tn.
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Juried
Show: "Maryland Federation of Art, 5th Annual National
Landscape Exhibition" 2005 - Juror’s
Choice Award – Stephen Doherty, Juror
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Juried
Show: “Second International ARC Salon Competition” 2005
International competition from 30 countries, near 2000 entries.
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Juried
Show: ‘Arts for the Parks, 2003” top 100.
International competition of paintings depicting U.S.
National Parks. Richest
competition worldwide. Jackson Hole, Wyoming (also touring
public galleries in the U.S.)
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Juried
Show: 2002, 03, 04, 05, 07, International Contemporary Masters
of Fine Art – Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
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Delta
Art Exhibition – Arkansas Art Center – Little Rock, Arkansas
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Juried
Show: Alumni Exhibition – Memphis College of Arts; Memphis, TN
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Two
Man Show – Taylor’s Contemporaena Gallery; Hot Springs, AR
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Featured
Artist –Santa Fe Fine Art Gallery, Inc., Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Featured
Artist – New Fisher Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Featured
Artist – Taos Fall Art Season – Dearing Fine Arts, Taos, New
Mexico
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Featured
Artist – Gallery Central, Hot Springs Arkansas
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CURRENT GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
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Santa
Fe Art Gallery, Inc.; Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Gallery
Central; Hot Springs, Arkansas
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SR Brennen
Galleries; Scottsdale, AZ, Desert Spring, CA, La Jolla, Ca.
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Lagerquist Art
Gallery; Atlanta, Georgia
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Also
Represented by Private Consultants.
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COLLECTORS INCLUDE:
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St. Joseph's
Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas
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Stephens
Corporation, Little Rock, Arkansas
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David
and Dash, Miami, Florida
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Rebsman
Corporation, Little Rock, Arkansas
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Arkansas
Convention Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
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The
Butler Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
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Memphis
College of Arts, Memphis, Tennessee
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HRH
Sheikha
Lulua Al Sabah, Kuwait, Cairo, London, Zurich
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Ada
Calabreses, Florence, Italy
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Martin
Garrett, Woodbridge, UK; Cairo, Egypt
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Carl
Van Vectin, Yale University
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Richard
Hundley, Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY
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Baroness
Edita Del Foss, Germany
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J.B. Hunt family, Arkansas
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Mrs. John Franks, Louisiana,
Florida
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Mayor
Henry Loeb, Tennessee
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Downing
Pryor, Tennessee
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Plus
a host of other private collectors
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