Russel Mobley featured in Watercolor magazine
Tullahoma Artist Russel Mobley is featured in the Winter issue of Watercolor, an American Artist publication.
The article is about the use of watercolors in hand-painting photographic images.
Exhibits
2006 — Scheduled for July at the Arts Center of Cannon County: Solo exhibit.
2005 — Tullahoma Fine Arts Center, Tullahoma: Member show - Best of Show award, a $500 award from the Jack Richeson Company
2002 — Cumberland Art Society, Cookeville: Two person show
2001 — Tullahoma Fine Arts Center, Tullahoma: Solo exhibit
2000 — Tennessee Arts Commission,
Nashville: Three Views
1998 — Manchester Arts Center, Manchester: Solo exhibit
Junior League of Murfreesboro's Parade of Artists
1997 — Tullahoma Fine Arts Center, Tullahoma: Two person show
Press
Featured in 2005 Winter issue of American Artist's Watercolor magazine.
Projects
2004 - 2005 — Artist onsultant for Art with a Camera in Mind project for the Franklin Special School District in Franklin, Tennessee. Funded by a Tennessee Arts Commission's Arts in Education Grant.
2001 — Graphic consultant for Sacrifice and Prosperity: The Tullahoma Experience During World War II. The project was funded in part by a grant from Humanities Tennessee, an independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional support provided by the Tennessee Arts Commission.
Artist's statement
I am a native of South Louisiana. Terrebonne Parish was my home for 15 years.
After all of these years my dreams are still filled with imagery of twisting bayous of dark water, moss-laden oaks hanging over white-washed crypts, tug boats guiding barges through the canals, shotgun houses perched on concrete blocks and — the rain.
As a young boy I saw this land as a unique landscape caught between the New World and the Old. And although I claim to be of German-Irish descent, it is the French culture which holds the greatest influence over my work.
My favorite painter since childhood has been Edgar Degas. His paintings and drawings of dancers are magical. I've always been delighted whenever I discover similarities between our lives — relatives in New Orleans, an interest in photography, and an ill-tempered disposition.
Although I create images in various mediums, I am increasingly drawn back to the camera and film. Especially now that wet darkrooms are being abandoned by most photographers and replaced by computers and printers.
My work is still created by hand, using methods devised 100 years ago.
Artist's website: russelmobley.com
Other links: American Artist's website