Highlands Art Union - Landscape Artist: Dee Beard Dean, Davidson, NC USA

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Dee Beard Dean
Charlotte, North Carolina

Davidson, NC
Tel: 704-655-7515

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Email: deebearddean@mac.com

Website: www.DeeBeardDean.com

Area: Lake Norman North Carolina

Paint Plein Air: YES

Media: Oil, Watercolor

Local Attractions:

Charlotte
North Carolina Mountains
Lake Norman North Carolina

Nearest Airport: Charlotte: 35 miles

Workshops: NO

Accomodations: NO, Nearby

Mission Statement
“Art to me is an unwavering desire to express the beauty of life”

Education and Study

Scottsdale Art School
Fechin Institute
New York Academy of Art
Grand Rapids College
Kendall College

Studied with Everett Raymond Kinstler, Daniel Greene, John Howard Sanden. Scott Christenson, Gregg Kreutz, Kevin MacPherson, Camille Przwodek, Millard Wells, Albert Handell, and others.

Awards and Shows

2006 Easton Paintout Juried Show - Avalon Museum, Easton, Md
First Prize, Quick Draw Competition
2006 - Collectors' Choice Award - PAP-SE - Anderson Fine Art Gallery, St. Simons Island, Ga.
“Painting the Golden Isles”
2006 Montgomery Museum juried show and auction.
2005 - Easton Plein Air Juried Show., Easton Md. - Quick Draw Award, and Exhibition Award.
2005 - Collectors' Choice Award - PAP-SE - Brazier Fine Art, Richmond Va.
Two-person show with John D. Beard, Anne Irwin Fine Art
2004 - Collectors' Choice Award - PAP-SE - Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville, Ga.
2003 - Directors' Choice Award - Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville
Solo Show - Anne Irwin Fine Art - Atlanta, Ga.
Auld Alliance Gallery , Nashville, Tn.- - Solo Show -
2002 - Anne Irwin Fine Art - Solo Show
2002 - Group Show - Alix Porras Gallery, Fitchburg, Massachussetts
2001 - Award of Excellence - Landscape Div. De La Grove , Bordeaux, France.
2001 - Award of Excellence - Group Show - 'Painting the Wine Country”
2000 -- Street of Dreams, Canton, Ga.
2000 - The Amado Territory Annual Show - Tucson, Az.
2000 - Group Show - Bourge Ecuador Gallery, Cascais, Portugal
1998 - Southeastern Pastel Society, Honorable Mention, Hilton Hilton, S.C.

Organizations

Founder and former president - Plein Air Painters of the Southeast - PAP-SE
Laguna Beach Plein Air Association,
Southeastern Pastel Society
Atlanta Portrait Society
American Society of Oil Painters
Oil Painters of America

Publications

April 2006 - American Art Collectors Magazine
January 2006 - American Art Collectors Magazine, Feature Article
2004 - Georgia Good Life Magazine
2003 - Atlanta Journal
2001 - Athens Daily News 'Lasting Impressions' Feb. 7th
1998 - Lake Norman Press, Lake Norman, N.C.
1990 - Salisbury Post, Salisbury, N.C.
1990 - Mooresville Press, Mooresville, N.C.
1987 - Ft. Myers News Press, Sept. 21, Ft. Myers, Fl.

Collections and Commissions of Note

U.S. Senator Zell Miller and Mrs. Miller
Retired Fulton County Judge - Carlie Carnes, Carnes Center, Atlanta, Ga.
St. Marys Hospital, Athens, GA.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwards, Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. Jack Bryant, Past president of South Carolina Historical Society - Charleston, S. C.
Dr. Bruce Morgan, Griffen Ga.
Mr. John Simpson, Athens, Ga.
Mr. Wilbur Smith, Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. David Jacobs, former olympic gold medal winner
Judge and Mrs. Fletcher Sams, Fayetteville, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leonard, Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Thompson, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Mr. Charles Gelanos, Fitchburg, Mass.
Dr. Sakly and Dr. Lloyd Greig, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Skinner, Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Lambert Hardman, Athens, Ga.