Gene Horne

I'm attempting to add my own voice to this history thru painting (oil on canvas) and drawing. My career began in High School, and continues today. I grew up in Augusta Georgia and my early exposure to art was thru my mother and an aunt who produced watercolors of various flower still-life. My formal art education ie: college was in the undergraduate program at the University of Georgia and the Masters program at the University of South Carolina. I have lived in various parts of the country, NYC, Martha's Vineyard, Maine, Savannah, and now the Holy City, Charleston which by the way I am never leaving, a wonderful place to live and work.

Memory and authenticity and a desire to leave something behind that will inspire people to notice the beauty of their surroundings are some ideas that guide my choices for the imagery in my paintings. I am constantly looking and searching for experiences in nature that I find intriguing. My work starts with noticing a particular natural phenomenon then over time develops into my own very personal interpretation of that experience and becomes a visual statement.

Master of Fine Arts - Studio/Drawing 1981
University of South Carolina
BFA 1976
University of Georgia
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History

Shows

1980 Gertrude Herbert Art Institute Augusta Georgia

1981 McKissick Museum Columbia South Carolina

1982 Atlanta Center for Contemporary Art

1986 Hudson Gallery NYC

1987 Hudson Gallery NYC

1988 Seifert Verlaan NYC

1993 Vineyard Haven Art Gallery Martha's Vineyard MA

1994 Barn Gallery Martha's Vineyard MA

1997 Bayview Gallery Camden Maine

1998 Bayview Gallery Camden Maine

2000 Maine Center for Contemporary Art Juried Show-2nd place Award Rockport Maine

2001 Maine Center for Contemporary Art Juried Show Rockport Maine

2004 / 2007 - Horne and Thistle Gallery - Owner

2015 One person show, Footlights Playhouse, Charleston SC

2016 Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Exhibition, Charleston
South Carolina, City Gallery Waterfront Park


Collections

Smithsonian Institute Washington DC

Jepson Center Museum Savannah Georgia

Bill and Linda Shaugnessy

Casey and Jen Cann

Penny Mill

Awards

1981 South Carolina Fellowship Grant

2000 Maine Center for Contemporary Art Rockport Maine / Artist Grant