HARRY UNDERWOOD

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We're happy to have Harry back for his second show at LINDSAY GALLERY. Since his first show here we have successfully shown his work at Art Chicago, Folkfest Atlanta, and at Outsiders/Outside.
A native Floridian, Harry was uprooted when Hurricane Andrew destroyed his hometown. He wandered for a time, finally settling in Nashville.
Harry's paintings blend past, present and future into a timeless world that is a place he says he would like to go on vacation.
Living near Nashville, his paintings have caught the eye of many people in the recording industry... including Cheryl Crow and Michelle Branch.

Here's a great article from Harry's previous show at LINDSAY GALLERY:
http://www.columbusalive.com/live/contentbe/EPIC_shim.php?sec=arts&story=alive/2008/0306/ar-artscape.html

Come and meet Harry at the opening: Friday, Oct.2, 6-9pm

Artist's reception: Harry Underwood, Fri. Oct. 2, 2009, 6-9 pm

Paintings rendered with a folk art aesthetic... a tropical noir lifted from life and dreams, a history of light.

Artist's reception: Kendall Polster, Fri. Sept. 18, 2009, 6-9 pm

Milwaukee welder Kendall Polster started out making steel furniture, but over time his tables and chairs morphed in to the sculptures he's know for today. Polster's creatures are surprisingly elegant, especially when you consider that they are mostly made of scraps from his shop floor.

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Nice review of the MARK THOMAS show in the Columbus Dispatch.

Link to review:

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2009/07/26/2_YATES26.ART_ART_07-26-09_E6_48EGCLI.html?sid=101

MARK THOMAS in Columbus Alive!

Great article on my new show in "ALIVE",
CLICK HERE:
http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2009/07/09/ca_ar_scape.html?sid=108

MARK THOMAS exhibition preview, Reception JULY 11, 6-9PM

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MARK THOMAS artist's Reception Saturday , July 11, 2009, 6-9pm

"ON THE COURT" 36X34
oil on canvas

I have rarely been as excited about an artist as i am about Mark Thomas. The level of technical ability... the influences of American regionalism and WPA art made it hard for me to believe that he was self-taught, but he is!

Mark was born in 1967 in southern Ohio and lives on the east side of Columbus. He looks to his neighborhood for visual inspiration. Children playing, people drinking and dancing, trash collectors and construction workers tend to be the subjects of his work. Like the American regionalist painters of the 30s and 40s Mark is interested in the "American character." The character that he sees is in people of all races playing, partying, working , even brawling.
In his words: "There is something special about ordinary people doing ordinary things."

Thomas has clearly looked at a lot of art and absorbed the influences of different genres. And while he says he likes cubism, he seems to be completely unaware of artists like Thomas Hart Benton and Marsden Hartley. Perhaps he saw WPA era murals or prints as a child. But whatever the influences, he has combined them into his own unique style... not quite folk or fine,
a true "contemporary self-taught" artist.

Mark works in acrylics, pastels and charcoal... but also oils which many self-taught artists avoid.
This is his first one-man show, but i believe he's ready to join the ranks of the great African American self-taught artists from Columbus.