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Artist Statement:
- 3D-reconstructions and
paintings comprise the works
of Charles Spear. Forty-five
plus years of art production
and growth illustrate Spear's
dedication of his artistic
expression.
Artist
Statement
As my work becomes more
complex, it is becoming
sinister, yet still playful,
and unsuspecting. Each piece
of work is built of scraps and
discarded materials that I
hope will ferment an emotional
response in the mind-soul
witness of them. When I start
working on a piece I usually
pick one simple image or
artifact and place it in a
frame with wire in a
random-like fashion.From there
I begin a series of
associative connections coming
from within arranging toys,
home paraphenelia, and
discarded papers giving them a
new context and a new content.
I include acrylic paint, oil
pastel, pencil, varnish, and
other mediums I choose to
increase the visual components
of my work . A learned freedom
liberates the artistic
accidents surrounding the
ideas portrayed. These ideas
are not about the images per
se but interpretative
manipulations through images.
I create personal associative
imagery, humorous and slightly
dark.I invite the viewer to
decipher the image symbols and
the meaning behind the work,
much like heiroglyphs and...
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Artist Galleries:
Franklion Barry Art Gallery
Mass.Ave. Indianpolis IN
contact person Don Elliot
Santa Fe Fine Art Brokerage,
Santa Fe, NM contact person
Marian Padilla
BroadRipple Flaunt Salon,
Broadripple IN...
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Artist Reviews:
Grand Re-opening which will
feature 50 Local Artists and
“Artist of the Month” Charlie
Spear. September 9, 2005 come
by for the Masschusetts Avenue
“Fall Gallery Walk”....
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Collections:
Holly Greenberg, Master
Printmaker, Syracuse
University, Syracuse NY
George Jercich, Master
Glassblower, California
Polytechnic State University,
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Exhibitions for Charlie Spear:
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Exhibits
2007 Two-Artist Show Franklin Barry Gallery
2006 Animal Images ARTLINK Ft.Wayne, IN Aug.
2006 Indy Fringe July-Aug Exhibition
2006 Mar.April,May, June, L.A.M.P Gallery, Massachusettes Ave. Indianapolis, IN
2006 Ft.Wayne Artist Guild 9th Annual Exhibition: *AWARD* PAINTINGS
2006 MS Art Auction June 18, Walb Union, Ft.Wayne IUPUI
2006 Indiana State Museum Art Fair 95 Indiana Artists Special Premier Feb.24th, Public 25th
L.A.M.P Gallery, Massachusettes Ave. Indianapolis, IN Feb. 2006
L.A.M.P Gallery, Massachusettes Ave. Indianapolis, IN Jan. 2006
L.A.M.P Gallery, Massachusettes Ave. Indianapolis, IN Dec. 2005
L.A.M.P Gallery, Massachusettes Ave. Indianapolis, IN Nov. 2005
L.A.M.P Gallery, Massachusettes Ave. Indianapolis, IN Oct. 2005
L.A.M.P Gallery Opening, Massachusettes Ave. Indianapolis, IN Sept. 2005
Ox-Bow, Art Auction and Studio Opening, Saugatuck MI., July 2005
Upstream People Gallery Current Exhibition June 2005
7th Annual Collage and Mixed Media Online International Art exhibition, Omaha, University of Nebraska
2005 New Harmony Art Gallery, S.IN.University Gallery
Anatomically Correct- TRANSART-Art in Alternative Spaces Chicago, IL2005 Lamp Art Gallery, 2 shows contracted Jan, May
2004 TR2 Galleries, Oak Hill, WV
2004 Seton University, South Orange, New Jersey, Walsh Library Gallery, 'GENDER ROLES' , Jan-Mar
2004 Jaffe Arts Center, WALL to WALL, "Works on Paper", June-August, Norfolk, VA
2004 Twin Rivers Gallery, Oak Hill, WV
2004 Lamp Art Gallery, Indianapolis IN, ‘Flip the Switch’ July-Sept.
2001 Solo Exhibition ' ABO Walking Sticks, POTS and a Painting' IUK Gallery, Kokomo, IN
1998 ‘ART FOR SALE’ exhibit, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
1990- 1995 Fort Wayne Museum of Art rental Gallery
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