Everett Spruill

An American painter, photographer, and print-maker, Everett Spruill is an innovator. Born in 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama USA. Everett Spruill attended Berea College, where he majored in Business. It was during this time that he painted watercolor landscapes and portraits in the tradition of the French Impressionist, but did not seriously entertain the idea of a career in the arts. While managing a Hotel in Miami, and with frequent visits to the Miami Museum, a Picasso exhibition changed his mind as he was inspired by the simplicity of the work and the geometric patterns that formed the images. After relocating to Orlando, Spruill took up painting seriously and it was after two "accidental paintings" that he found his success. Known as The "Old School Jazz and Blues" series Everett creates paintings and collages, inspired by Romare Bearden, out of a variety of materials. From that time on Spruill consistently created increasingly complex variations of recycled and re-purposed materials focusing on Jazz as a central theme. Spruill constantly challenges himself to source new materials and expand his resources. His first radical shift came in 1999, with the "Tribal Rhythms Series" in which he employs interlocking geometric shapes combi...

1. Commission- 1998 University of Central Florida - Diversity Poster.2. Commission- February 1998 Walt Disney Worlds Black Heritage Poster3. Commission- February 1997 Walt Disney Worlds Black History Poster4. Commission- October 1997 Disneys Pleasure Island Jazz Festival Poster 5. Commission- March 1997 Lucent Technologies Annual Conference Logo Design. 6. Commission- 1997 UCF McKnight Center, Program/Poster Design.7. Commission- 1996 Orlando Housing Authority/Mural Design. 8. Commission- 1993 Mural Design-City of New Smyrna Beach- Babe James Center. 9. Commission- 1993 Mural Design- Orlando Fights Back-Ethnic Art Gallery Community Mural Project10. Commission - 1995 Mural Project -Evans High 9th Grade Campus.11. Publication - 2000 January Issue, Black Enterprise Magazine - 2000 Calender Sponsored by Walt Disney World Resorts.12. Publication- 1999 Featured Artist-Channel 21- Community Forum, 13. Publication- 1999 Winter Issue, O Arts Magazine-The State of Black Art - Featured Artist. 14. Publication- October 1999 Issue, Black Family Today Magazine-Featured Artist. 15. Publication- 1998 Atlanta Black Arts Festival Souvenir Book, Design for Walt Disney Resorts Advert...