Lee PIERCE
Springfield, IL, United States
About Lee PIERCE
"The Artist Alma Woodsey Thomas (dec.) stated in 1970 that: '[t]he use of color in [her] paintings [was] of paramount importance to [her].' She used color to concentrate on beauty and happiness in the human Spirit rather than on human beings' inhumanity to each other. --- Ms. Thomas' focus on color informs my Abstract and Expressionist paintings.
--- Since childhood I've been interested in Art, starting with paint-by-number sets and discovering that my favorite class in Junior High School was the Art class. When I was seven years old, a babysitter (who was an Art student) taught me as much as a seven year old can comprehend about perspective drawing. In college, I studied Art History and Interior Design during my senior year. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Film & Television from Northwestern University's School of Communications, and I began my career in TV as an Assistant Television Director. In the early 1970's I worked in TV as a FILM EDITOR and Producer. --- In 1992, a Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presented an HONOR to me for my role as the FILM EDITOR of a PBS TV News Special that won an EMMY AWARD.
--- The creative opportunities I had for 20 years while working in Television enrich my work as an ARTIST. --- In the early '90's I attended law school. In 2004, while I was working as an ATTORNEY, I studied ART in evening classes at the School of a Museum of Fine Arts.. ---- A decade ago, I retired from Law and pursued my love of Art as an abstract painter. I paint from my Home Studio in the Midwest, USA.
Besides painting, I practice Meditation; Tai Chi; and take daily walks (with my spouse) while observing Earth's natural surroundings, wildlife, and the night sky. They are the INSPIRATION for my artwork. --- I paint while listening to contemporary jazz and while accompanied by our 17 year old 'rescue cat' named Randy. --- MAJOR INFLUENCES for me are the artworks of: Anni ALBERS; Romare BEARDEN; Jacob LAWRENCE; Wassily KANDINSKY; Norman LEWIS; Henri MATISSE; Pierre Auguste RENOIR; Henri ROUSSEAU; Alma Woodsey THOMAS; and Rolinda VAN VLIET.... --- I trust that my paintings will add to the beauty and harmony of your surroundings and daily life ." *** Lee Pierce
Education:
ART EDUCATION: - *** Pierce's art education is mostly self-directed and has benefitted from evening classes at the School of a Museum of Fine Arts; membership in an Art Colony; Art Workshops; annual Art Festivals; curated & juried Art Exhibitions; continuing study of Art History; techniques of drawing, collage, and painting; and on-line classes offered by Xanadu Gallery's "Art Business Academy" (Scottsdale, Arizona).
Since 1995, several of Pierce's paintings have won 1st Prizes --- at a juried Art Exhibition and in an Art Contest during law school.
Events:
Pierce's paintings have been:
(2018)
- reviewed by the Juror for the Santo Foundation... Artist Awards
- posted on Xanadu Gallery's FACEBOOK website;
- in Xanadu Gallery's "Art Catalogue" (Winter)
- on cover of Xanadu Gallery's "Art Catalogue" (Fall)
- "Arts at the Center Exhibition" -- Kansas (Spring)
(2017)
- "Arts at the Center Exhibition", Kansas (Summer)
- Outnumbered Gallery, Colorado (Spring)
(2015)
- Outnumbered Gallery's websites (2015 - '18)
- two covers of a MENSA chapter's Newsletter
(2014)
- Xanadu Gallery's "Art Catalogue" (Winter)
- Featured Artist, Outnumbered Gallery 1st Night- CO
Exhibitions:
Exhibitions; Publications; & Collections:
(2019)
- Xanadu Gallery's "Art Catalogue" (Jan-Feb)
(2018)
- Xanadu Gallery's "Art Catalogue" (Nov-Dec)
- Xanadu Gallery's FACEBOOK website
- Cover of Xanadu Gallery's "Art Catalogue" (Fall)
- "Menagerie Exhibition", Art St. Louis (ASL), Missouri
- "Arts at the Center Exhibition", Kansas
(2017)
- "Arts at the Center Exhibition", Kansas
(2016)
- "Mixed Tapes Exhibition" -- Art St. Louis, Missouri
- "Serendipity Exhibition" -- Art St. Louis, Missouri
- INTERIOR DESIGNER (Carey Jones) placed a "Lee Pierce abstract" in the great room of her Client's West Village condominium, New York City
(2015)
- "The Awakening", Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
(2011 - 2013)
- paintings at a Nature/ Conservation Center's gallery
(2010 - 2012)
- Paintings at two family restaurants -- Midwest
(2009 - 2013)
- Annual Art Festivals ('In the Park' and 'Lakeside')
(2007)
- "Art Show" at a State's courthouse
(1962 -1979)
- Pierce's mosaic was in the Patients' Waiting Room of a private Medical Clinic (East coast)
PRIVATE Collections (USA):
- Atlantic Highlands, NEW JERSEY;
- Cambridge, MASSACHUSETTS;
- Chevy Chase, MARYLAND;
- central ILLINOIS;
- Denver, COLORADO;
- Littleton, COLORADO
- Minneapolis, MINNESOTA;
- 'the Hamptons', NEW YORK
- NYC, NEW YORK
- Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA
- Portland, OREGON;
- Southeastern FLORIDA
- St. Louis, MISSOURI
PRIVATE Collections (International):
- Ochsenfurt, Germany
REPRESENTATION - Several Art Galleries (including SAATCHI Art) represent Pierce's paintings.
*** NOTE:
my name "LEE PIERCE" is my Artist's-signature on my artworks.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, (c) Lee Pierce 20_ et. seq. (Copyright Act, 1976). No images on this web-page may be legally reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means (e.g., digital transmission, photocopying, electronic transmission, etc.) without prior, written consent of the copyright Owner (here, Lee Pierce).
