Richard Carlyon (1930-2006) studied painting and dance at Richmond Professional Institute (now Virginia Commonwealth University), earning a BFA in Fine Arts in 1953. After military service and a stint in New York, he returned to RPI in 1958 for his MFA. Joining the faculty shortly thereafter, Carlyon taught in the Departments of Painting and Printmaking, Communication Arts and Design, and Art History at the VCU School of the Arts until his appointment as Professor Emeritus in 1996. He received the Distinguished Teaching of Art Award from the College Art Association in 1993 and the Presidential Medallion from VCU in 2005.

The recipient of professional fellowships from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Virginia Commission for the Arts, Carlyon participated in nearly 100 group exhibitions from the mid-1950s to 2005, including several shows at Siegel Contemporary Art and the Fleischmann Gallery in New York. Among his many solo exhibitions over more than four decades were multiple presentations in Richmond at Reynolds Gallery, 1708 Gallery, and Anderson Gallery, VCU School of the Arts. In 2009, together with the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, these venues organized a city-wide retrospective of Carlyon’s diverse work, accompanied by a major catalogue.

Carlyon’s paintings and drawings are included in numerous private and corporate collections, and held in the permanent collections of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; the Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia; and the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, Virginia.

Past Exhibitions
Early & Late, Eleanor
Vacation Days
Hot Fun in the Summertime
Missed Connections
Summer Solstice
Selected Works 2008

Links
VCU School of Medicine Collection
“Selected Works” at W&L University

Tree, 1952, Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches

Entrance to the Grove, 1975, liquitex and acrylic polymer emulsion on canvas, 79 x 85 inches

Carlyon, In Place, 1986-88, acrylic polymer emulsion on canvas, 57 x 78 inches

Carlyon, Untitled, 1973, pastel, charcoal and pasted paper on paper, 18 x 24 inches

Untitled (Woman and Hedge , 1958, pastel on paper, 24 x 18 inches

 

David Freed’s landscapes capture the energy of nature, with all its unpredictability and imperfections. Drawing inspiration from the seasons, atmosphere, and changing weather, he adapts an intimate relationship with his subject, making paintings with a distinct perspective. Layers of etchings and mixed media techniques unite with varying hues and textures to convey an essence as opposed to accuracy. Freed’s touch and eye for color lends to the subtlety and undoubted sincerity present in each piece.

Born in 1936, his career as an artist spans over fifty years. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Miami University of Ohio and his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa (1962), and went on to found the printmaking department at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1966. He has been awarded numerous grants and prizes over his career, including the Fulbright Grant (1963-64), the World Print Competition (1977), the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship (1983-84), the Theresa Pollak Prize for Excellence in the Arts (2001), and the VCU Award of Distinction from the Southern Graphic Council (2009). The VCUarts Professor Emeritus currently lives in Richmond, VA.

Past Exhibitions:
Windows: For Bev
River on My Mind 
Here and There

Reviews & Links
Exhibition at Beverley Street Studio School
Richmond Times-Dispatch 2009

After the Rain, Days of Rain, 2021, etching, woodblock, watercolor and pastel on paper, 40 x 27.5 inches

Fall, ND, Etching, 17 x 15 inches

Backyard Gray Day, 2021, etching, woodblock, watercolor and pastel on paper, 40 x 27.5 inches

 

By painting over photographic inkjet prints, James Hyde redefines his own experiences and subsequently how we perceive painting, photography, and nature’s aesthetic. An avid traveler, Hyde photographs scenes of California which he prints and mounts over canvas. He then paints over the inkjet print with acrylic, allowing abstract shapes and bands of color to interact with printed shrubs or lake shores. This combination of acrylic and inkjet disrupts the normal viewing process, forcing viewers to examine the fundamental tropes and techniques of painting and photography. Hyde was born in Philadelphia in 1958 and currently lives in New York, teaching at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and The Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art. He is the recipient of several prestigious grants, including the Pollock-Krasner Grant (2011-12), Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (2008), Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship (2000-01), among others.

Curriculum Vitae

Searched, 2016, Acrylic dispersion on archival inkjet print sealed with urethane and uv varnish on stretched linen, 42 x 22.5

Track, 2015, Acrylic dispersion on archival inkjet print sealed with urethane and uv varnish on stretched linen, 22.25 x 38 inches

Sounds, 2018, Acrylic dispersion on archival inkjet print sealed with urethane and uv varnish on stretched linen, 16.5 x 33 inches

Outreach, 2016, Acrylic dispersion on archival inkjet print sealed with urethane and uv varnish on stretched linen on board, 22.5 x 60.5 inches

Double Reservoir, 2016, Acrylic dispersion on archival inkjet print on linen, 43.25 x 30 inches

Wash, 2015, Acrylic dispersion on archival inkjet print sealed with urethane and uv varnish on stretched linen, 25.5 x 20.5 inches