“Marsh and Sky” 30″x40″ oil on canvas.-SOLD.
CURTIS STEWART JAUNSEN
Statement
After 20 years of practice as a professional architect, I spent 2 years—from 2002 to 2004—studying realist art at the Florence Academy of Art, in Florence, Italy. The academy’s teaching methods are modeled after those of the 19th century French Academy to revive abandoned classical painting methods and craft, the foundation of which is the ability to see and render nature accurately. The education I received gave me a much greater appreciation for the beauty and pleasure of art that comes from direct and focused observation. In all of my work I try to engage the subtle variations of light and form as deeply as I can, however, lately I have also been exploring more abstract attitudes regarding the manipulation of paint on the painting surface. A balance between the two attitudes or approaches creates a tension that I have found to be very exciting.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Gautier, Mississippi
2020, Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2018, Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2018, Art Space 86, Jackson, Mississippi
2017, Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2005, Florence Academy of Art, Corsini Family Stables, Florence Italy Alumni exhibition
2005, Shain Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
Group Exhibitions
2023-Written in the Sand : Plein Air Painters of Horn Island Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Gautier, Mississippi
2018, Art Space 86, Jackson, Mississippi
2015 – Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, Gulfport, MS
2011 – Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2009 – Coastal Artists Reflect on Walter Inglis Anderson, Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS
2008 – Gold Leaf Designs and Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2006 – European Landscapes, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York, NY
2005, 2006, 2007 – Alumni exhibition, Florence Academy of Art, Corsini Family Stables, Florence, Italy
2005 – Gold Leaf Designs and Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2005 – Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center, Ocean Springs, MS
2005, 2006, 2009, 2012 – Shain Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Publications
2015 – Artist profile, Plein Air Magazine, September
2014 – Inspired by Water, Life on the Water Magazine, Fall
Education
Education : Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia – Bachelor of Art, in Architecture, 1986
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia – Master’s Degree, in Architecture, 1993
Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy – Two years of study, 2002-2004