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| Colleen Hammond | Oil Paintings |
Colleen HammondMs. Hammond graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fines Arts and received her BFA from the University of Pennsylvania. She currently resides in Moorestown, NJ where she was born and raised. She is an art educator and currently works for the Mural Arts Program, ArtWorks!, and the Saturday Arts Lab at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA.
My art education began in high school and continues to this very day. As an art educator I have rediscovered an immediate and uninhibited instinct. Often my students are the teacher, and my goal to challenge and inspire them is handed back to me in the process. My work would fit the description of realistic, yet it is in the actual act of painting that I inevitably am taken beyond a mere description of what I see. The paint itself, color, and the glossary of artistic language are what inspire me and elicit a personal transformation in each work of art. I end up translating a spirit and mood that emanates through me from what I feel and see. Though I paint many different genres, a good friend whose love for film and especially old black & whites, has had an influence on my subject matter. The light, mood, and atmosphere dominant in this genre I find liberating and moving. Using old family photos has also been a source of inspiration for some recent work, it has provided me the opportunity to connect with family and friends and an inner voice.
Education
1988 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Fine Arts
1979 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Certificate of Study
1971-1975 Sanski Art Center Haddonfield, New Jersey
Lessons in painting & drawing - artist, Maureen Drdak
Juried Exhibitions
August 2004 Tri State Artists Equity Fall Exhibit Phillips Museum Lancaster PA
May 2004 Annual Member’s Exhibition, Center for the Arts Marlton NJ
November 2003 Fall Members’ Exhibition, Wayne Art Center Wayne PA
September 2003 106th Fellowship Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Chester PA
September 2002 105th Fellowship Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Chester PA
Group Shows
March 2009 One person show - Mazag, Philadelphia PA
November 2007 Present: A Square Deal Presents Exhibitions
September 2006 The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Phila PA
June 2006 Art for the Cash Poor, PhiladelphiaPA
December 2004 64th Annual Members’ Exhibition Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham PA
December 2004 67th Annual Members’ Exhibition Main Line Art Center, Haverford PA
October 2004 107th PAFA Fellowship Plastic Club Philadelphia, PA
July 2003 Annual In House Exhibition Esther M. Klein Art Gallery Philadelphia, PA
July 2002 Annual In House Exhibition Esther M. Klein Art Gallery Philadelphia, PA
August 2001 Annual In House Exhibition Esther M. Klein Art Gallery Philadelphia, PA
Festivals
July 2004 Haddonfield Crafts & Fine Arts Festival, Haddonfield, NJ
June 2003 Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Annual Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia PA
September 2003 Art Festival at the Waterworks Fairmount Park Philadelphia PA
Invitation
December 2003 Annual Holiday Exhibition Cosmopolitan Club Philadelphia PA
June 2006 Moorestown ArtWalk Moorestown NJ
Certificates/Awards
Cadwalider Award
C.G. Granger Award
Merion Art & Repro Award
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