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Drawing after Michelangelo
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Anatomical torso study
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Drawing after the Uffizi's "Gaddi Torso"
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The Holy Family
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                          657 East 39th Street, Savannah, GA 31401 | 917.204.0417 | redfernartstudio@yahoo.com
 

Education:

2002-04:  New York Academy of Art, New York, NY: MFA, emphasis in figurative painting
1998-99:  Studio 300, Minneapolis, MN: Stained glass apprenticeship
1994-98:  Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, OH: BA in Philosophy



Teaching Experience: 
2012-14: 
Adjunct Faculty, School of Foundation Studies, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA
2008-12: 
Adjunct Faculty, School of Foundation Studies, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2008-12:  Figure sculpture from classical plaster casts, portrait and figure painting  in oil, still life painting, plein air painting, portrait drawing, cast drawing and historical drawing techniques classes, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA
2009-13:  Figure drawing and figure painting, color theory, historical painting techniques, Red Fern Studio
2006-07: 
Adjunct Faculty, CE drawing and painting, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC
 

Red Fern Studio: www.redfernfineartstudio.com
 
1999-Present:
Founder, Owner, Artist
 
Through Red Fern Studio I take on commissions for residential, commercial and ecclesiastical works of decorative and fine art in stained glass and mosaic, sculpture, painting, and design.       
 
SELECTED LARGE SCALE COMMISSIONS:
 
2016:       Stained glass windows including 9 original and 14 restored, and the installation of 10 large Mayer windows; 
​                 Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Church, Jacksonville, FL
2015:       Church renovation including 40 foot mural, custom sanctuary furnishings, seven mosaics, decorative                                     painting, and floor design; St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Independence, MO
2015:       Stained glass, approximately 450 square feet; St. Patrick Catholic Church, Jacksonville FL
2013:      
Christ Crucified, bronze sculpture, 17 feet; Christ the King Catholic Church, Jacksonville, FL
2011:      
Assumption of Mary, mural painting; private chapel, Grove City, PA
2008:      
Trinity and Saints, oil on canvas, 5 x 13 feet; private collection, Grove City, PA
 

Selected Exhibitions:
 
2017:      
Cathedral Fine Arts Night, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Savannah, GA
2015:      
One Faith: East and West, traveling exhibit of contemporary Catholic art, New York, Moscow, Beijing
2014:      
5th Nationwide Catholic Art Competition Exhibit, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA
2014:       Catholic art show, Blessed John XXIII Cultural Center, Lincoln, NE
2012:      
4th Nationwide Catholic Art Competition Exhibit, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA
2012:       Faculty art exhibit, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA
2011-12   Faculty drawing show, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2009:      
Open Art, Telfair Art Fair, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA
2009:      
The Figurative Art of Carl Fougerousse /Drawing-Painting-Glass, McIntosh Art Association, Darien, GA
2007-09: 
Redeeming Beauty, traveling group exhibit, nationwide
2005:      
The Language of Drawing II, Medialia Gallery, New York, NY
2005:      
Recent Drawings and Paintings by Carl Fougerousse, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, OH
2004:      
The Language of Drawing, Medialia Gallery, New York, NY
2004:      
The Art of Crosshatching, New York Academy Art, New York, NY
2003:      
Roots of Drawing: Figurative Drawings by Emerging Artists, Medialia Gallery, New York, NY
 


Lectures:
 
2016:      
Creativity and Continuity: When Form Follows Meaning, Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape
                  Architects annual conference, Jacksonville, FL
2015:      
On the Dignity of the Person as Revealed in Sacred Art: Depicting the Figure as Worthy Gift, Annual conference of
                  the Society for Catholic Liturgy, Sheen Center, NY
2014:      
The Universality of the Figure: Its Importance in Catholic Art and its Decline in the 20th Century, Faith and Reason
​                 Series, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, OH
2014:      
Metaphors of Space, Catholic Center at NYU, part of the One Faith: East and West exhibit
2013:      
Harmonic Proportion in Art and Architecture, Lumen Entertainment, Jacksonville, FL
 

Bibliography:
 
2017:      
Theology Incarnate, Jessica Marsala, Southern Cross, January 19
2015:      
One Faith: an Exhibit of Contemporary Catholic Art, Samantha Shroeder, Ethika Politika, June 30
2013:      
Everlasting Art, Anne Hart, article in Savannah Morning News, October 21
2009:      
The Catholic Priest, Image of Christ, Steen Heidemann, Liamar Editions, color reproduction of stained
​                 glass window.
2009:      
Renaissance Art Specialist Presents Art Exhibit in the Old Jail Art Center in Darien, featured article including
​                 black and white reproductions, The Darien News, July 16
2005:      
University Showcases Graduate’s Artwork, article in Steubenville Herald Star, April 21
2000:      
A First Glass Act, Joann Boatwright, article including black and white reproduction, Hillsboro Argus, February 3
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