Curtis Stewart Jaunsen

“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