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Doug Stuber

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Artist's Statement

 

I am an artist who is compelled to paint.  Rather than choosing art as a profession, I started painting as a release from a life that was too packed with emotions.  I had no idea what abstract expressionism was until my early mentor, Leo Garel, asked if I had ever heard of Jackson Pollack.  Since then, exploring the way colors interact has been the passion that has saved my life.

 

Combining an expressionist's flair for color, with a newfound emphasis on subject matter, I am realizing paintings that jolt visually, while coaxing viewers to contemplate a complex life, not easily contained in a single motif.

Nature and emotions are dominant themes.  I am likely to draw cartoons one day, attack a canvass the next.  One day I glue, the next I throw, all in an attempt to express why I am compelled to paint.

I spent 1977-78 studying under Garel, in Stockbridge, Mass. then moved to the Florida outdoor art circuit.  With Garel, I painted my way out of severe emotional troubles.  Then, while exhibiting at outdoor shows in Florida, I started to land gallery exhibits.  Twenty-eight years and 1,440 paintings later, I have hit a stride in which each creation delves deeper into my psyche. 

The best pieces are those that retain their colorful underpinnings and express subtle philosophy at the same time.

You get what I feel, not just what I see. Some would call my work outsider art.  I use recycled paint and found materials as much as possible, mixing modern art with the native tradition of revering and protecting nature at all times. 

 

In 2004 and 2005 I helped co-found the Sea Frolic and Cedar Park artists colonies. 

 

"Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity." 

 

                           - Horace Mann

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Education:

 

          1988:  M.A. creative writing, Hollins College

          1985:  B.S. journalism, University of Florida

          1977-78: Art Apprentice under Leo Garel, Stockbridge, MA

          1968-70: Art class under Paul Heiner at the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

 

Solo Exhibits:

 

          2002-2005:  Port City Java, Raleigh NC

          2003-2004: Sizl Gallery, Carrboro NC

          2002, 2004, 2005:  Trial Lawyers Building, Raleigh, NC, 35 Large Works

          2001:  Louvre, Shack Gallery,  Grand Opening Show, Carrboro, NC

          2000: Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh NC, 2-hour demonstration for children's program.

          2000:  Trace Gallery, Raleigh NC, 3-hour demonstration of active art.

          2000: Café Trio, Chapel Hill NC

          1999: Visual Art Exchange Traveling Artist Series, Public Library, Garner, NC

          1999: Blackwood Station Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC

          1999: NoFo Collection, Wilmington, NC

          1994: Germanow Gallery, Rochester, NY

          1987-1988: Unicorns and Butterflies, Roanoke, VA

 

Invitational Exhibits:

                                     

          2006:  Degas Gallery, McLean VA (September 2006)

          2005:  Pharmalink, FHI Durham, NC  // NC IDEA Durham NC 

                    Research Triangle Park Corporations

          2005: Cedar Park Artist Colony at Sidestreet Gallery, Pittsboro, NC

          2005:  Sea Frolic International Artist Colony, Boca Raton, FL

          2005: Realis Gallery, Winston Salem, NC

          2004:  Sea Frolic International Artist Colony, Boca Raton, FL

          2004:  No Boundaries + 1, ArtsCenter, Carrboro NC

          2003:  Glance Gallery, Raleigh NC

          2003:  Washington Korean Art Center, Vienna, VA

          2002:  Sizl Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC

          2002:  Campenella Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC

          2002:  No Boundaries, Acme Gallery, Wilmington, NC

          2002:  FAME, Club NV, Chapel Hill, NC    

          2001:  Orange County Artists Guild, The ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC

          1999: Trace Gallery, Raleigh NC

          1999:  Internationalist Books, Chapel Hill, NC

          1997: Teahouse Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

          1996: Studios in the Square, Roanoke, VA

          1995: Teahouse Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

          1991: Alumni Show, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

          1988: Art Connections Gallery, Bethesda, MD

          1984: Project D Gallery, Naples, FL

 

Group and Member Exhibits:      

                                     

                        1999-2006:  Many Group Exhibits, Juried, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC

May, 2002:   Received Second Place Award in "Spring Has Sprung," Juried exhibit at Visual

Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC, and Second Place in the Juried VAE Ball exhibit.

1999:  Visiting Artist, Carter Building First Fridays, Raleigh NC

1998:  Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY

1978-1983:  118 Juried Outdoor Shows in Florida

                        1977-78: Garel Student Show, Lavender Door, Stockbridge, MA

 

Collections: 

 

Collected work hangs in 18 U.S. states, Australia, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Holland, Italy, New Zealand, Macedonia, Russia, and Scotland.  Travel for painting includes Amsterdam; Brisbane, Australia; Edinburgh; Florence; Leipzig; Rome; Moscow & St. Petersburg; Tauranga, New Zealand.