VAUGHN WEBB

                                                                                                                             Art Resume
 2007

Promotion    Exhibitions and lectures
Media           Acrylic, Oils, pen and colored pencil

Education     Idaho State University, Pocatello. Idaho

                      Bachelor of Arts Major-Graphic Arts   Minor-Art History 1970-1974

Professional Experiences
Exhibition Sites
        Museum of Art Kansas City, Missouri  1978

          Canterbury Arts Festival Edmond, Oklahoma 1982 Best of Show and Honorable Mention

          Oklahoma Medieval Arts Festival Norman, Oklahoma 1983-1994

         
 

Business-of-Art Books
       Young Art in America New York City New York 1970 Best of Show

         Blood and Thunder, The Art of Medicine Oklahoma State University Norman, Oklahoma 2005, 2006

Memberships:
American Drafting Association 1994-present

Individual Artists of Oklahoma 1985-present

Accomplishments:

Set Designer Kansas City Opera Company 1977-1981; Madame Butterfly, Hansel and Gretel, Aida and various operettas.

Commemorative Mural, Chisholm Grade School (“The Skies the Limit”) 1994.  Was commissioned to paint mural for the school library on the retirement of the Principal.

Artist’s Statement

     Since I was an adolescent and discovering I had a gift. I’ve always considered the paintings and illustrations as coming from a higher source. I’ve found that when a painting or illustration comes to fruition and the work is pleasing to the eye, I find myself perplexed as to the real source of each creation.

     Being multifaceted in media and subject matter has always allowed this artist to capture life’s moments and there is always a struggle to capture something more than just what is seen with the eyes.

Sunday Afternoon with Cindy-Acrylics

     Twenty-seven years ago, I meant a woman that has changed my life and became my helpmate. It was during the fall that we first started spending time together. This painting is  a commemoration of that time.

Homeless-Acrylics

     I left home when I was very young and spent several years traveling from town to town all across the U.S. I spent many days and months living on the streets of whatever place I found myself. This painting is taken from the numerous times I spent living with the homeless and is more of a self portrait (that’s me in the foreground) and a small but important part of my becoming a man.

Gwen-Acrylics

     I was a freelance photographer for the Kansas City Star between the years of 1979 and 1982. While working a human-interest story, I came across the beautiful lady walking through the area where I was working. I couldn’t help but walk up to her and find out her tale. She claimed to be Gwenevere the wife of King Arthur. I really don’t know if she was who she said she was, but I away knowing that I had an encounter with something that was beyond the mundane aspects of our lifes.