Lee PIERCE
Springfield, IL, United States
About Lee PIERCE
" The 'SUBJECT MATTER' of my abstract paintings is non-representational; however, my observations of the Earth's 'natural' environments and the night and pre-dawn sky find their way into my paintings. --- My STYLE of artwork is as an Abstract and Expressionist painter and collage artist. Favorite MEDIUMS include acrylics; watercolor; gouache; ink; and hand-made papers. My first career was in TELEVISION --- as a FILM EDITOR and TV PRODUCER. In the early 1990's, a chapter of "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences" presented an HONOR to me for my role as Film EDITOR of an EMMY AWARD winning TV News Special, that aired on a PBS Television station. The SKILLS I used as a Film EDITOR enrich my work as an ARTIST. --- After 20 years in Television, I attended law school and retired as an ATTORNEY after more than a decade in a state's court system. Since 2004, I have pursued my bliss of creating art. --- Besides painting, I practice Meditation; Tai Chi; and take daily walks with my spouse, while observing natural surroundings and wildlife that are the INSPIRATION for my artwork. I grow ORGANIC vegetables and live a primarily Vegetarian lifestyle. --- My constant COMPANIONS while I'm painting are MUSIC (contemporary jazz) and a 16 year old 'rescue' cat named Randy. I paint from my Home Studio located in the Midwest, USA. --- 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 hope that my paintings add beauty and calmness to your surroundings and daily life ...." *** Lee Pierce
Education:
ART EDUCATION: - *** Pierce's art ediucation has benefitted from Art History and Interior Design classes in college, during the early 1970's; classwork at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; guidance from a Mentor; membership in an Art Colony; painting Workshops; participation in Art Festivals; juried Art Exhibitions; an on-going study of Art History, biographies of Master Artists, Interior Design; techniques of drawing, collage, and on-line courses offered by the "Art Business Academy" of the Xanadu Gallery (located in Scottsdale, Arizona).
OTHER EDUCATION:
Pierce has a Bachelor of Science from the School of Communications at NORTHWESTERN University (major was in Film & Television) and a Juris Doctor degree from Northeastern University School of Law.
Since 1995, several of Pierce's paintings have won First Prizes --- two from a juried Art Exhibition held at an art gallery and another from an Art Contest during law school.
Events:
Pierce's paintings have been exhibited as follows:
- "Menagerie" Exhibition @ Art St. Louis, Missouri
(August - Sept. 2018)
- Xanadu Gallery (Scottsdale, AZ) featured a 'Lee Pierce abstract' on its FACEBOOK website;
- Xanadu Gallery featured a 'Lee Pierce abstract' on the cover of its "Art Catalogue" (Summer 2018)
- in the "2018 Arts at the Center" Exhibition, Kansas
(Spring 2018)
- in the "2017 Arts at the Center" Exhibition, Kansas
(Summer 2017)
- in a brick-and-mortar gallery near Denver, Colorado
(Spring 2017)
- Outnumbered Gallery in Colorado invited Pierce to be the "Featured Artist" at their "Gallery Walk/ First Night Reception" (Fall 2014)
Exhibitions:
ART Exhibitions; Publications; & Private Collections:
(2018 July - December)
paintings published in the XANADU GALLERY Art Catalogue)
(2018)
Xanadu Gallery featured a "Lee Pierce abstract" on its FACEBOOK website and on the cover of its Fall Art Catalogue
(2018 July - September)
"Menagerie" Exhibition at "Art St. Louis", Missouri
"2018 Art at the Center Exhibition", Kansas
"2017 Art at the Center Exhibition", Kansas
(2016)
"Mixed Tapes" Exhibition at Art St. Louis, and the "Serendipity" Exhibition at ASL, Missouri
(2016)
an INTERIOR DESIGNER (Carey Jones) of New York City purchased a "Lee Pierce abstract" for her design of a Client's West Village apartment, New York City, NY
(2015 --- present)
- Outnumbered Galley published "Lee Pierce abstracts" on its websites;
- the "Awakening" Art Show in a curated Art Exhibition at the Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
- a MENSA chapter featured Pierce's paintings on the front covers of two Newsletters
(2014)
Xanadu Gallery's Art Catalogue (Holiday ed.)
(2011 - 2013)
Paintings on exhibit at a Nature/ Conservation Center
(2010 - 2012)
Paintings on exhibit at two Midwest, family restaurants
(2009 - 2013)
paintings in Annual Midwestern Art Festivals
(2007)
paintings exhibited in "Art Show" at a State's Appellate courthouse
(1962 -1979)
Pierce's mosaic was exhibited in the patients' waiting-room of a private Medical Clinic
PRIVATE Collections in the USA include:
New York City, and the Hamptons, NEW YORK; Minneapolis, MINNESOTA;
Cambridge, MASSACHUSETTS;
Portland, OREGON;
Atlantic Highlands, NEW JERSEY;
central ILLINOIS;
Denver, COLORADO;
Chevy Chase, MARYLAND;
St. Louis, MISSOURI ---
PRIVATE Collections (International):
Ochsenfurt, Germany
REPRESENTATION - Several Art Galleries (including SAATCHI Art) represent Pierce's paintings.
*** NOTE -
"LEE PIERCE" is this Artist's "signature-name" on the artworks.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED under (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).
