Andrew Denman - Primary - Hand Signed - Limited Edition Canvas - Image Size: 22"w X 22"h. Limited Edition Of: 75 - “sometimes All Signs Point To The Need To Paint A Certain Painting And That Was Certainly The Case With 'primary,'” Relates Andrew Denman. “a Local Gallery Owner Called To Let Me Know Of The Unfortunate Demise Of A Beautiful Red-breasted Sapsucker And Offered Me The Chance To Collect The Bird. I Wanted To Honor The Bird And This Dramatic Trompe L’oeil Treatment, The Primary Colors And The Symmetrical Composition, Lend The Piece The Iconic Feel I’d Envisioned. One Gets The Sense Of This Beautiful Woodpecker Rising Again. “i Had Already Laid My Model To Rest When I Realized That The Composition Would Not Be Complete Without The Fallen Feather In The Lower Part Of The Picture. I Was Kicking Myself For Not Having Kept A Few Of The Sapsucker’s Feathers When I Remembered That My Grandmother Had Given Me An Envelope Of Feathers She’d Collected From Her Property A Week Earlier That I Had Not Yet Opened. Sure Enough, Among Them Was The Feather I Needed! Although The Red-breasted Sapsucker Is Not A Rare Bird, I Had Not Seen One In The More Than Twenty Years I’d Lived In The San Francisco Bay Area And My Grandmother Had Randomly Found Just The Feather I Needed At Precisely This Time. It’s Extraordinary. To Add To The Magic, I Was Taking A Walk Not Two Blocks From My House A Week After I Finished This Painting When One Of These Splendid Birds Flew Right Across My Path. It Felt As Though Nature Were Speaking To Me, Giving Me A Little Nod Of Encouragement And Approval.”……about The Artist - Andrew Denman “in The Increasingly Crowded Field Of Wildlife Artists, Andrew Denman Stands Out For His Distinctive Look In Addition To His Masterful Painting Skill,” Writes Veteran Art Writer And Magazine Editor Jennifer King In A 2008 Editorial For Create Better Paintings.com. Denman Is An Artist Known For Capturing Diverse Subjects, From Wildlife, To Landscape, To Still Life, In An Equally Diverse Range Of Styles. His Recent Work Focuses On Intimate Wildlife Portraits And Scenes Approached With A Unique Combination Of Hyper-realism, Stylization And Abstraction. Denman Holds A Ba In Fine Arts From Saint Mary’s College In Moraga, Ca. He Is Well Known In The San Francisco Bay Area As Both An Artist And Teacher, And He Has Gained National Attention Through Major Gallery Showings, Numerous Museum Exhibitions, Artist Workshops And Speaking Engagements As Well As Feature Coverage In Such Publications As Southwest Art, American Artist, Western Art Collector, Wildlife Art And The Artist’s Magazine, Among Others. Born In 1978, The Bay Area Native Showed A Great Degree Of Interest In Art From An Early Age. Denman Organized His First One Man Show In High School At A Local Library And Soon After Began Participating In Exhibitions With Pacific Wildlife Galleries In Lafayette, Ca, Where He Went On To Hold Four Successful Solo Exhibitions. Denman Is Currently Represented By Trailside Galleries In Jackson, Wy, And Maintains Denman Studios At His Home. His Work Has Toured Nationally With Birds In Art And The Society Of Animal Artists, Which Has Thrice Honored Andrew’s Work With Awards Of Excellence. The Artist Is A Regular Participant In The Highly Competitive Western Visions Miniatures And More Exhibition And Sale At The National Museum Of Wildlife Art In Jackson, Wyoming, An Institution That Named Him The Lanford Monroe Memorial Artist In Residence For Winter Of 2009. Denman’s Work Can Be Found In The National Museum Of Wildlife Art And The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin, And Numerous Private Collections Across The Country. The Artist Is A Member Of The Society Of Animal Artists, Ny, The International Guild Of Realism, Arizona, And Artists For Conservation, Canada. Whether Painting An Animal In Its Natural Habitat Or Juxtaposing It Against An Abstract Background, Denman Goes To Great Lengths To Faithfully Portray His Subjects, Taking Frequent Field Trips To Nature Areas, Parks And Zoos To Observe His Subjects And Acquire Reference Material. Yet While Accuracy Is Always Of Great Importance, Denman Is An Artist Before He Is A Naturalist. The Sense Of Fearless Experimentation And Originality He Brings To His Paintings Testifies To The Artist’s True Focus. As Mary Nelson Writes In The Nov/dec 2004 Issue Of Wildlife Art Magazine, “in The End, It’s Not The Mood, The Meaning Or The Method That Denman Craves. It Is The Medium?art.” Selected Exhibitions: Denman Studios, Orinda, Ca. Solo Exhibit 2010 Pacific Wildlife Galleries, Lafayette, Ca. Solo Exhibits In 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008 Featured Artist “bay Area Wildlife” 2006 Numerous Ensemble Shows-2009 Trailside Galleries, Jackson, Wy. Artist Showcase, 2008, 2011, Numerous Ensemble Shows-2011 “a Natural Inclination: The Art Of Andrew Denman.” Solo Exhibition. Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek, Ca, 2007 Society Of Animal Artists. “art & The Animal”: 2003, 2006, 2008-2011 Artists For Conservation. “the Art Of Conservation”: 2009-2011 “birds In Art,” Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wi, 2004-2006 “western Visions,” National Museum Of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wy 2006-2011 “art Of The Animal Kingdom Xiv” Bennington Center For The Arts, Bennington, Vt, 2009 “the Art Of Seeing” Oakland Museum Of Natural History, Oakland Ca, 2003, 2006 “american Birds, A Flight Through Time” The Wildlife Experience, Parker, Co, 2005 Collections: Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. Wausa, Wi. 2006 Acquisition National Museum Of Wildlife Art. Jackson, Wy. 2005 & 2008 Acquisitions Selected Awards And Honors: Lanford Monroe Memorial Artist In Residence, National Museum Of Wildlife Art, 2009 Don Eckelberry Memorial Scholarship. Society Of Animal Artists, 2006 Award Of Excellence, Society Of Animal Artists, 2003, 2004, 2009 Selected Publications: Western Art Collector: Feature Article, April 2010 The Artist’s Magazine: Feature Articles, August 2005, October 2009 Southwest Art: Feature Article, April 2006. 21 Under 31, September 2005. American Artist: Feature Article, October 2004. Wildlife Art: Cover Feature, November/december 2004. Workshops, Lectures, And Speaking Engagements: “the Art Of Andrew Denman” Lecture. University Of California Santa Cruz. 2007 “a Natural Inclination” Lecture. Lindsay Wildlife Museum. 2007 “birds Of A Feather” Guided Tour Of Birds In Art. Lindsay Wildlife Museum. 2007 Instructor For Acrylic Painting. Susan K. Black Foundation Workshop Dubois, Wy. 2006 “selling Yourself Without Selling Out,” Marketing Seminar. Susan K. Black Workshop. June 2005 Memberships And Associations Society Of Animal Artists. New York, Ny. Signature Member. 2002 To Present International Guild Of Realism. Scottsdale, Az. Associate Member. 2005 To Present Artists For Conservation. Vancouver, Canada. Signature Member. 2003 To Present

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