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Artist Statement:
I love to paint and draw. It
allows me to share with any
number of people my God given
gift. My favorite subject is
the complexity of our human
existence, our interaction
with nature, our movement, our
expressiveness, our
determination, our attitudes
and our beauty. I don't
necessarily look for all of
those elements when I paint,
but I am aware of their
presence. When a work of mine
is publicly successful, I
believe it is because I was
able to put the viewer in
touch with his or her
awareness of my subject....
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Artist Exhibitions:
Selected Exhibitions:
"Southern Journeys" Alexandria
Museum of Art, LA.
October-December 2004
"Sacred Center". Stella Jones
Gallery, New Orleans LA.
May/June 2004
"Voices on Paper" Hearne Fine
Art Gallery, Little Rock AR.
May 2003.
"Celebrations and
Investigations". Village
Shalom Museum 2003.
"First Light" American Jazz
Museum. Bing Davis, Curator.
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Commissions:
The Honorable Freeman Bosley
Jr., City Hall, St. Louis Mo,
USA...
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The Times Picayune - ROMANTIC REALISTS - Watercolorists Demonstrate Mastery of the Medium, June 25, 2004. "Although many people think of watercolor as the genteel choice of Sunday painters, it may actually be the most difficult artistic technique to master. A great watercolorist is able to create a painting with such economy and diftness that the hand of the artist is almost unnoticeable--a feat akin to walking across a snowy field without leaving footprints. Both Allen and Mitchell can do just that. - Art Critic Doug Maccash.
New York Times - April 26, 2002, front page Art & Liesure, "Black Romantic," A Black World of Ins and Outs -
"The work traverses the gamut from fine art to soft schlock.
At the high end are artists like Dean Mitchell, Leroy Allen,..." - Art Critic Michael Kimmelman
Hampton University Museum.International Review of African American Art - News & Reviews. "Black Romantic and Relevent". "Contemplation," watercolor image featured. 2004, Vol 19.2
Art Business News January 2004 - Black Buying Power "Hazel Eyes" & New Editions "Union"
From The Mayor's Doorstep - NY Art Critic(former Time magazine chief critic) Piri Halasz, June 2002,
"The symbolic work did nothing for me, but I did like the naturalistic approaches of Clifford Darrett, Leroy Allen,...
USart Magazine - "Artist Favorite Picks"(2001), March 2002
"Mitchell remembered Allen's charcoal drawing of his grandfather from an exhibition in Kansas City. "It had a certain power, a strenght to it" he says. "The line quality was just overwhelming."
USart Magazine - "25 Artist You Should Know," May 2002.
TVframes(Harlem) - A body of Allen's work is featured on the Current Urban Culture TV show. Based in Canada, TVframes is syndicated around the world.
Kansas City Star - "Love Of Life In Every Brush Stroke". "His studio and other rooms in his home display the emotionally resonant realist style he has evolved. The award-winning "Sundrops" displays all the hallmarks of the artist's figurative style, capturing both the inner and the outer beauty of its little-girl subject, her shyness and individuality. "He has the time to work and it shows" said Melissa Rountree, curator of the Hallmark Fine Art Collection. "His figures are more alive. He's tackling subject matter in a more thoughtful way." - Star Chief Art Critic Alice Thorson, 5/4/03
"Great Art Provokes Change," caption, and image of Allen's "Papa Jim," appears with full page promotion for Art At The Center nationally acclaimed juried exhibition. Review Magazine, April/May 03.
Watson Guptil, Book Publication, December 2001.
Art Business News, February 2003 and January 2001.
Kansas City Star, 1998-2003(Jan/Feb/May).
Arkansas Gazette, April 03
Clifton Record(Texas), Aug 03
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