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Gary Young is a native Texan, born in Houston, and he currently resides in Denver, Colorado. As an artist, he was a bit of a late starter. Even though Gary began to draw as a young boy, he didn’t complete his first oil painting until after his 50th birthday. Gary directed his early creative efforts into designing and building Windsor chairs. A trip to Italy changed the course of his artistic journey. Observing artists painting in the streets of Florence inspired Gary to pursue his artistic desires and dedicate his time and energy to the study of painting.
Young has had the opportunity to work under Roger Dale Brown and C.W. Mundy. “As C.W. Mundy’s workshop assistant, it has been a special time to study and practice under one of America’s true masters. I am thankful for the immeasurable impact they both have had on me as a person and as an artist.”
“The shortest path to true spontaneity in art is through intense planning and much experimentation.” Gary’s goal is not after illustration, nor to go to a photorealistic approach to art. He is after an emotion, a quick pulse of nature that gives a patron an opportunity to respond from within. This approach is built by developing a visual language that describes a scene with art information. While this method may appear to be the long path, wrought with many setbacks, it will result in the establishment of your unique voice, and describes your state of mind that particular day rather than standing on any particular set of rules regarding picture making. If we go after unseen things, rather than just the seen, we are destined to make a demonstration of our unique voice.
Gary Young is a Signature Member of both the American Impressionist Society, and the American Society of Marine Artists, and a member of The Oil Painters of America and Plein Air Artist Colorado. His paintings are held in several galleries and exhibited in regional and national juried competitions.
SELECTED EXHIBITION 2025 Plein Air Artists Colorado, 28th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Central City, CO 2024 Plein Air Artists Colorado, 27th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Online 2023 Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Juried Exhibition, Birmingham, AL 2022 American Impressionist Society 6th Impressions: Small Works Showcase, Taos, NM 2022 Oil Painters of America 31st National Juried Exhibition, Steamboat Springs, CO 2021 American Impressionist Society 22nd National Juried Exhibition, Omaha, Nebraska 2020 Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Juried Exhibition, Charleston, SC 2020 American Impressionist Society 21st National Juried Exhibition, St. George, Utah 2020 Oil Painters of America 29th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Fredericksburg, TX 2020 American Impressionist Society 4th Impressions Small Works National Juried Exhibition, Fredericksburg, TX 2020 American Society of Marine Artists 18th National Exhibition, Jamestown, VA 2019 Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Juried Exhibition, Birmingham, AL 2019 American Impressionist Society 20th National Juried Exhibition, New York City, NY 2019 American Society of Marine Artists West Regional Exhibition, Oxnard, CA 2019 American Impressionist Society 3rd Impressions Small Works Showcase, Petoskey, MI 2018 American Impressionist Society 19th National Juried Exhibition, Fish Creek, WI 2018 Oil Painters of America 27th National Juried Exhibition, Steamboat Springs, CO 2015 American Impressionist Society 16th National Juried Exhibition, Scottsdale, AR 2013 Cumberland Society of Painters National Juried Exhibition, Nashville, TN 2012 Central South Art National Juried Exhibition, Nashville, TN 2011 River Gallery, “Reflections”, three-person show, Chattanooga, TN 2011 “Green Show”, Marnie Sheridan Gallery, Nashville, TN 2010 American Impressionist Society 11th National Juried Exhibition, Nashville, TN
AWARDS 2024 Merit Award, Plein Air Artists Colorado, 27th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Online 2010 Merit Award, American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, Nashville, TN 2009 Second Place for Landscape, Pennyroyal Juried Exhibition, Hopkinsville Art Guild, Hopkinsville, KY 2008 Honorable Mention Award for Landscape, Pennyroyal Juried Exhibition, Hopkinsville Art Guild, Hopkinsville, KY 2008 Outstanding Impressionistic Work Award, Madison Art Club, Madison, IN 2008 Memorial Award, Central South National Juried Exhibition, Nashville, TN
EDUCATION 1969 - 1973 BBA in Marketing, Southwest Texas State University, TX |
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