Al Torres

I paint still lifes anf multiview paintings in my studio in Charlotte, NC. My web site is: .
In addition to this, I teach Painting, Design and Art Appreciation at Cenral Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC.
My paintings are owned by national and internatinal collections and collectors such as the City of New York and the Eternal World Television Network.

I received my MFA in painting from the New York Academy of Art. My further training included being a studio assistant for the renowned portrait painter, Sharon Sprung, at the Art Students League of New York for 7 years. This was followed by six years of classical training with the realist painter, Bennett Vadnais and four years of academic training with the NYC painter Andrew Reiss and various other summer workshops.

I have had a New York two person show at the Jade Necter Gallery in Southampton, NY. My work has been also exhibited in venues such as the Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, the Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA, the Queens Museum of Art, NYC, the Gaston County Museum of Art, Dallas, NC, Sotheby's Auction House, NY,.NY and the Pease Gallery in Charlotte, NC.
This is in addition to over 100 other exhibitions throughout the United Staes.