Charles Houseman
Wonderland
Recent paintings
Exhibition:
Friday, September 12, 2008-Saturday, October 11, 2008
Artist Bio
Charles Houseman was born in 1950 in Niagara Falls, NY and graduated from North Tonawanda High School in 1968. He received his B.S. in Art Education from Buffalo State College in 1973, and his Master’s Degree in 1978. He currently lives in Hamburg with his wife Peg who is an R.N., and a spinner and weaver. Houseman is an art instructor at Springville Griffith Institute High School.
Houseman has used long held interests in music and American history and love of nature to give direction to his work. A perpetual student, Houseman continues to work on technique, modifying his brushwork, working with lighting, atmosphere and composition. He has work in many corporate collections and actively exhibits with the Buffalo Society of Artists as well as other regional and national juried shows.
Artist Statement
Paintings may be finished in moments, or may take months to complete. Either way, they involve the expression of emotion– what causes an artist to try to capture a scene or a sensation. My first experience being outdoors in absolute darkness on a camping trip led to my realization that there’s another world here–the natural world. Each painting I create is an attempt to remember the sensations and excitement of that moment. Whether in local valleys or the shores of Maine, I try to set on canvas that “otherness” of nature. Working in traditional methods gives me the opportunity to express my sense of wonder at this ordinary, everyday wonderland all around us.
“If a painting is good, it will be mostly memory”
Andrew Wyeth
Please contact the gallery concerning availability of works from past exhibits.
Catalog of Exhibition:
1.
Moonlight at Max’s
20 x 16”, slr, 2006
1500.00
2.
Mt. Seneca
18 x 24”, slr, 2008
1750.00
3.
Vapor Study II
6 x 8”, sll, 2008
400.00
4.
Vapor Study III
6 x 8”, sll, 2008
400.00
5.
Sunset Niagara North
9 x 12”, sll, 2007
675.00 (sold)
6.
Sunset Niagara South
9 x 12”, sll, 2007
675.00
7.
Bass Harbor
24 x 18”, slr, 2008
1650.00
8.
Great Head, Acadia
16 x 24”, slr, 2008
1750.00 (sold)
9.
Promise
12 x 24”, slr, 2007
1600.00
10.
Seawall at Low Tide
12 x 16”, sll, 2008
950.00 (sold)
11.
McCormick’s Cornfield
12 x 24”, sll, 2007
1100.00
12.
Crossing
12 x 24”, slr, 2008
1300.00
13.
Bapst’s Tree
24 x 28”, oil on canvas, slr, 2007
2400.00
14.
Life after Life
12 x 10”, sll, 2007
900.00
15.
Concord Summer
16 x 24”, slr, 2008
1650.00
16.
Veil
10 x 16”, sll, 2007
700.00
17.
Sunset Niagara West
9 x 12”, sll, 2007
675.00
18.
Back Creek, Boston
16 x 24”, sll, 2008
1450.00
19.
Mill Road Solstice
8 x 20”, slr, 2008
1000.00
20.
7:00 at Red House Creek
14 x 18”, sll, 2007
1000.00
21.
Shaker Pond
Triptych (I, II, III), 8 x 10” each, slr
1550.00
21-a.
Shaker Pond (Triptych I)
21-b.
Shaker Pond (Triptych II)
21-c.
Shaker Pond (Triptych III)
22.
Spring’s Edge, Sinking Ponds
16 x 20”, slr, 2008
1300.00
23.
Safe Haven
24 x 18”, slr, 2007
1650.00 (sold)
24.
High Road
12 x 15”, sll, 2008
900.00
Front Window Display
25.
Lookout Mountain, Shenandoah (Left)
17 x 30”, oil on canvas, slr, 2004
1400.00
26.
Compass Rose (Right)
15 x 45”, slr, 2006
2800.00
• All dimensions are in inches, height precedes width.
• All works are oil on panel, unless noted.
• All works are signed: sll - signed lower left, slr - signed lower right.
• All works are titled by the artist.
